Paul Schrimpf
Paul Schrimpf is Director of Marketing and Communications at AgGateway and served as an editor at Farm Chemicals/CropLife from 1998 to 2022.
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Precision Agriculture Stumbles into the New Year
After a challenging 2019 season, precision-focused retailers will be cleaning up well into 2020, but there are some interesting trends to watch as the…
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How One Ag Company is Moving Hemp into Mainstream
Employing a stringent agronomy and quality control regimen, North Carolina-based Pyxus successfully contracted with mostly traditional tobacco farmers to produce hemp in 2019.
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AgAmerica Lending: Precision Data is a Key Factor in Farm Loan Acquisition
Editor’s note: This article originally published in December 2019. AgAmerica Lending (AgAmerica), one of a few non-bank mortgage providers in the country for growth-minded…
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Boise Blockbuster: Simplot to Acquire Pinnacle Ag
Nearly five months after announcing its intention to “review strategic alternatives” for the company, Pinnacle Agriculture Distribution has chosen to go the way of…
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Agrellus Offers Retailers Ecommerce Options
There are several reasons why interest in ecommerce among retailers continues to grow. Farmers are in general increasing their use of sites like Amazon…
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USDA’s Tough Love
However you come out on the current administration operating in the White House these days, it’s safe to say that “bedside manner” is not…
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Here Is the Biggest Threat Facing Ag Retailers Right Now
With time being increasingly precious and everyone in the industry so busy, it’s rare when you get the opportunity to have a protracted conversation…
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What’s Next for Ag Drones Following UPS Flight Forward Approval?
My colleague here at Meister Media, Matthew Grassi, cut his teeth on the technology side of row crop agriculture before shifting his focus earlier…
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Ag Retailers Managing the Coming Ecommerce Wave
For ag retailers, the term “ecommerce” in agriculture has historically conjured up unpleasant images of “cutting out the middle man” and going around the…
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Pulling in the Reins on Ag Tech Enthusiasm
One of the interesting “side gigs” I get to do as a result of having invested a couple decades as an observer and recorder…
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