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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Bill Whitacre and Tom Warner: Good Luck, Old Friends!
The past few years, we’ve seen plenty of long-standing company names leave the agricultural marketplace; names such as Dow, DuPont, and Agrium. Now, too,…
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Farm Bill Fail Adds to Ag Uncertainty
I knew something big was up last Friday afternoon, May 18. Even though it was the end of the day (and I was enjoying…
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Good-Bye Monsanto Spokespeople
A few weeks ago, I wrote a column looking at the end of the Monsanto Co. as it undergoes the long expected merger with…
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Signs of Fertilizer Recovery in 2018
For the past several years, the fortunes for the fertilizer category among the nation’s top ag retailers has been on a decided downward path.…
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2018 Nozzles Market: Staying Strong
Over the past few seasons, various segments of the agricultural marketplace must have seemed like a yo-yo to some observers: Up one year, then…
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Daily Dicamba Update: The Importance of Paperwork and Cleaning in the Dicamba Age
As many speakers over the past few months have rightly pointed out, dicamba has been used within the agricultural marketplace to control weeds for…
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Some of Washington’s Political Battles Put Exports, Workers in Play for Agriculture
The war of words between the U.S. and other countries is beginning to take its toll on the nation’s grower community. As reported a…
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Agriculture’s New Name Game
Name games are something I’ve enjoyed playing my whole life. With a last name featuring an odd combination of letters, people have been tripping…
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All Eyes on the Seed Sector
Now that the dust is finally beginning to settle on the mega-company mergers, there promises to be renewed focus on some of the crop…
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Good-bye, Monsanto
Last week, the world learned that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) had formally signed off on the proposed acquisition of U.S. crop protection/seed…
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