Lisa Heacox
Heacox is a Contributing Editor for the CropLife Media Group, which includes CropLife and CropLife IRON magazines, and the PrecisionAg Special Reports.
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Biofuels Grow Up
Just before the corn-based ethanol boom shifted into high gear two years ago, CropLife® magazine offered a brief glimpse of a hopeful industry. With…
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Saving Each Drop
Tank and containment manufacturers are yet another sector of agriculture feeling the trickle-down benefits of good commodity prices. “Sales have been really good — almost…
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NH3 Rigs Go High-Tech
In the face of escalating fertilizer prices, anhydrous ammonia (NH3) continues to be an affordable workhorse product. “We’re going to continue to see strong…
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The Risky Business Of Fertilizer
With record plantings, 2008 was expected to be a boom time for fertilizer dealers. But not all realized the promise of increased sales —…
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Cabs: Creature Comforts
“Cabs are starting to look like the interior of a lunar capsule with all the monitors, screens, and control boxes required to run multiple…
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More Calls For NH3 Rigs
With the prices of liquid and dry products, we’re seeing an upswing in the anhydrous equipment market,” says Dick Dalton, president of Dalton Ag…
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Sowing Seed Sales
Top seed retailers we talked with don’t beat around the bush. They use terms like “24/7” and “12-months-a-year” to describe the level of commitment…
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Tracing Success!
Over the last few years, the Mid America CropLife Association (MACA) has hammered out some of the components needed for an industrywide product tracking…
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Fields Of Innovation
In a year of high fertilizer costs, mediocre crop prices, and drought, dealers and their grower-customers could use some good news. That’s where the…
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One Source
If dealers want one source to provide a pretty complete set of tools for raising profitable crops, they need only look in Syngenta‘s “toolbox.”…
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