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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Tariff Wars Promise New Pain for Agriculture Come October
According to the calendar, the current tariff war between the U.S. and China began in early July. However, according to V.M. (Jim) DeLisi, Chief…
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Ohio Water Quality Executive Order a Warning for Agriculture
Back on July 11, Ohio Governor John Kasich announced Executive Order 2018-09K was being passed. Titled “Taking Steps to Protect Lake Erie,” this new…
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Soybeans Officially Supplant Corn as Top Crop
As the spring 2018 season got underway, USDA projections were that soybean acreage would surpass corn in the U.S. for the year. Now, it’s…
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Ag Retail Construction Remains Vibrant
Recently while going through the news on one of the daily websites I visit, I came across an article talking about the state of…
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Building Trends Building Back Up
The old adage goes, “If you build it, they will come.” Although this doesn’t exactly apply to all aspects of the ag retail business,…
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Tariffs and the Uncertainty Principle
By their nature, ag retailers and their grower-customers are used to a fair amount of uncertainty season after season. After all, one of the…
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The Monarch Butterfly Effect in Agriculture
For many years now, agriculture has gone out of its way to safeguard the health of the nation’s beneficial insects such as the honey…
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Crop Protection Market: Renewed ‘Chemical’ Warfare
In many ways the past few years have been very exciting for crop protection. In fact, according to data from the annual CropLife 100…
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Hello New Bayer!
Welcome to the consolidation club, new Bayer! Not too long ago, the Indian and U.S. governments finally signed off on the proposed acquisition of…
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The 2018 CropLife 100 Mid-Year Report: Reviewing the Grades for the First Half
Summer is here and school children across the country have received their end-of-year report cards by now. As always, some of the marks will…
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