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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Gas Pains
Have you noticed how much it costs to fill up these days? In most states, gas prices have risen more than $1 per gallon…
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Show A Little Environmental Respect
Mid-April has arrived! In many parts of the country, spring has finally shown up and the agricultural community is busy getting ready for the…
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No Blade Of Common Sense
Last week, the talk around the country centered on the prospect of the U.S. government shutting down because the two political parties couldn’t come…
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Product Closeup: Visual Guidance Systems
If you ask Jeff Farrar, director of marketing-agriculture for Hemisphere GPS, visual guidance systems have changed significantly since the past five or six years.…
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2011 Commodity Classic: Optimism, With A Hint Of Worry
Compared with the past few gatherings, the 2011 Commodity Classic was a welcome change. Instead of talk about high crop input prices and a…
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Getting The Word Out
A famous Sydney Harris quote says “if you’re not a part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.” Let me state for the…
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GROWMARK: A Mirror Image
In agriculture, change is a way of life. On an almost daily basis, grower-customers deal with changing weather patterns, changing crop and soil conditions…
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Where Are The Deals?
Based upon the scuttlebutt in the market-to-date, 2011 is shaping up to be a banner year for agriculture. This follows up on a 2010…
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The Die(t) Is Cast
I tried to warn them 11 years ago, but no one listened to me then. Now, it’s happened. Back when I first started covering…
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Ethanol Under Siege
It’s interesting to me that of all the criticisms targeted at modern agriculture, ethanol keeps getting a lion’s share of the negativity. Since corn-based…
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