Eric Sfiligoj
Sfiligoj is the Editor for both CropLife and CropLife IRON magazines. He travels regularly to cover industry events and has been dedicated to the ag retail industry since he joined the staff in 2000.
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Bayer-Monsanto: Life, LibertyLink, And The Pursuit Of Regulatory Approval
As the calendar officially turns to spring, life is in full renewal mode. Flowers are blooming, birds are singing, and new crops are headed…
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Fungicide Resistance On The Horizon
For many years now, the agricultural market has struggled to keep ahead of an ever-growing number of herbicide-resistant weeds. According to most weed scientists,…
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Commodity Classic 2017: Growers’ Three Wishes
Last week, I had the chance to attend the annual Commodity Classic show in San Antonio, TX. Drawing some 10,000 agricultural participants, the Classic…
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Illinois Water Quality And Agriculture: Taking A Proactive Approach
When you consider the question of water stewardship for agriculture, it’s incredibly impressive that the state of Illinois — with perhaps the largest concentration of growers in…
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The Grower Acreage Consolidation Question
For the past few years, one of the consistent concerns among ag retailers taking part in the annual CropLife 100 survey has been the…
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Crop Protection Mergers: Plan B Or Not Plan B, That Is The Question
These past few months, many people that regularly follow the agricultural marketplace have been preoccupied with the numerous merger proposals being considered. If these…
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The Read From Louisville: Uncertain
By the time this column appears across the country, the annual Commodity Classic will be in full swing. This means the winter trade show…
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Consolidation In Agriculture: More Middle Movement
If you’ve regularly followed my column, you know I’m something of a movie junkie. Like many, one of my favorite films from the 1980s…
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Just ‘Okay’ Isn’t Good Enough With Dicamba Cropping Systems
Thus far, crop protection product experts have a very simple message for custom applicators who plan to use the new dicamba herbicides in their…
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2017 Fertilizer Outlook: Hard To Read, But Some Positive Developments
Compared to its performance in 2016, the fertilizer market could see a slight rebound in 2017. Or it could look identical to what the…
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