Author: gilltotten
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5 Steps to Setting Up an Ag Drone Operation
If your farm, or farmers you work with, aren’t flying drones, it will soon. Companies across industries as diverse as construction, insurance, and now…
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The 4R Principles of Nutrient Management — Do You Really Know Them?
When following the 4Rs, there’s a lot more to remember than just eight words.
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Sustainability in Ag Retail: Connecting the Dots
Just before Christmas I had the opportunity to spend some time in our nation’s capital with Jay Vroom, the President of CropLife America. (Editor’s…
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Service Providers Best Positioned to Move Nutrient Stewardship Needle
Nutrient stewardship efforts in the U.S. currently focus on a few very specific geographic regions of the country. The now-settled Des Moines Water Works…
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Crop Nutrition Enhancers Arrive in Many Forms
Many of the growers that Barrett Smith deals with are seeking something better, the Sales Manager/Agronomist with Huma Gro says. “They know that when…
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Market Trends for Crop Nutrition
As ag retailers and producers prepare for the 2018 growing season, they undoubtedly will be keeping a keen eye on two trends that have…
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The Need for More Crop Nutrition
It’s becoming something of an annual rite of passage to find new crop nutrition products entering the marketplace during the spring. In fact, although…
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Handling Crop Protection Products Using Closed Systems Can Keep Workers Safe
Every day, handlers and applicators transfer potentially hazardous chemicals and concentrates such as herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and liquid fertilizers from large drums into smaller…
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Accelerating Precision Agriculture
One of the most tired, yet also most useful and almost irresistible idioms used in business is the “elephant in the room.” You know,…
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Manufacturers Ramp Up Micronutrient Production
North American fertilizer demand is typically indexed to the relative price of corn, soybeans, and wheat as they account for roughly one-third of the…
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