Fall Fertilizer Looking ‘More Positive’ By Eric Sfiligoj|September 13, 2018 According to most market watchers, the Great Recession ended for much of the world approximately five years ago. […]
Agriculture in the U.S. and China: The Present and the Future By Eric Sfiligoj|September 10, 2018 In part because of current events involving a high-profile trade dispute, agriculture in the U.S. and China has […]
With California Glyphosate Verdict, Full-Blown Chemical Warfare Has Started By Eric Sfiligoj|September 1, 2018 God, I sometimes hate being right. Frequent readers of this column might remember that not too many months […]
Observations from MAGIE 2018: Another Strong Year By Eric Sfiligoj|August 24, 2018 It’s hard to believe another summer show season is already behind us. Soon, grower-customer fields will be bristling […]
Tariff Wars Promise New Pain for Agriculture Come October By Eric Sfiligoj|August 13, 2018 According to the calendar, the current tariff war between the U.S. and China began in early July. However, […]
Ohio Water Quality Executive Order a Warning for Agriculture By Eric Sfiligoj|July 23, 2018 Back on July 11, Ohio Governor John Kasich announced Executive Order 2018-09K was being passed. Titled “Taking Steps […]
Soybeans Officially Supplant Corn as Top Crop By Eric Sfiligoj|July 9, 2018 As the spring 2018 season got underway, USDA projections were that soybean acreage would surpass corn in the […]
Ag Retail Construction Remains Vibrant By Eric Sfiligoj|July 9, 2018 Recently while going through the news on one of the daily websites I visit, I came across an […]
Building Trends Building Back Up By Eric Sfiligoj|July 2, 2018 The old adage goes, “If you build it, they will come.” Although this doesn’t exactly apply to all […]
Tariffs and the Uncertainty Principle By Eric Sfiligoj|July 2, 2018 By their nature, ag retailers and their grower-customers are used to a fair amount of uncertainty season after […]
The Monarch Butterfly Effect in Agriculture By Eric Sfiligoj|June 18, 2018 For many years now, agriculture has gone out of its way to safeguard the health of the nation’s […]
Crop Protection Market: Renewed ‘Chemical’ Warfare By Eric Sfiligoj|June 11, 2018 In many ways the past few years have been very exciting for crop protection. In fact, according to […]
Hello New Bayer! By Eric Sfiligoj|June 4, 2018 Welcome to the consolidation club, new Bayer! Not too long ago, the Indian and U.S. governments finally signed […]
The 2018 CropLife 100 Mid-Year Report: Reviewing the Grades for the First Half By Eric Sfiligoj|June 4, 2018 Summer is here and school children across the country have received their end-of-year report cards by now. As […]
Bill Whitacre and Tom Warner: Good Luck, Old Friends! By Eric Sfiligoj|May 29, 2018 The past few years, we’ve seen plenty of long-standing company names leave the agricultural marketplace; names such as […]
Farm Bill Fail Adds to Ag Uncertainty By Eric Sfiligoj|May 21, 2018 I knew something big was up last Friday afternoon, May 18. Even though it was the end of […]
Good-Bye Monsanto Spokespeople By Eric Sfiligoj|May 14, 2018 A few weeks ago, I wrote a column looking at the end of the Monsanto Co. as it […]
Signs of Fertilizer Recovery in 2018 By Eric Sfiligoj|May 7, 2018 For the past several years, the fortunes for the fertilizer category among the nation’s top ag retailers has […]
2018 Nozzles Market: Staying Strong By Eric Sfiligoj|May 7, 2018 Over the past few seasons, various segments of the agricultural marketplace must have seemed like a yo-yo to […]
Daily Dicamba Update: The Importance of Paperwork and Cleaning in the Dicamba Age By Eric Sfiligoj|May 3, 2018 As many speakers over the past few months have rightly pointed out, dicamba has been used within the […]
