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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A Dangerous Trade Off
Without question, these are extra-ordinary times. The nation is suffering from its worst economic downturn since the 1930s. From agriculture’s perspective, USDA is projecting…
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Leaving Gaps
One of my favorite moments in the original Rocky movie is when the lead character provides his answer for dating his lady love, Adrian.…
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Half Wit
American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson once observed that “revolutions never go backwards.” While this may be true in most cases, it certainly doesn’t apply…
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The End Is (Never) Near
Recently, I was watching an animated movie with my one-year-old son. A fairy tale, the magical characters were approaching the conclusion of their epic…
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Asmark Institute: Special E-Delivery
One of the most common problems in today’s world is information management. Thanks to the growth of the Internet, an avalanche of data is…
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Not So Appealing
Are you, Mr. Ag Retailer, a polluter of the environment? Although you may not think so, at least one federal court has a different…
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Dropping An ‘F’ Bomb
Now that I’ve covered this market for nine years, I’ve found that true surprises are becoming fewer and farther between. In the past two…
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Product Of The Year: Truly Memorable IRON
Who would have ever thought that a letter could generate so much excitement among the manufacturers of big ag equipment? Yet when CropLife IRON…
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What About Ethanol?
Has there ever been a more topsy, turvy product category than ethanol? In the 2007 CropLife 100 survey, ethanol production using corn was THE…
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Being A Survivor
The other day, Group Editor Paul Schrimpf passed a particularly interesting Web article my way. This story discussed the precarious futures for various companies…
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