Long-Term Lessons
September 16, 2008
Even while tending to his crop on his family’s central Illinois farm, grower Eric Rund has been digging […]
Not to over-simplify the situation, but the ag retail marketplace really had an easy time in 2007. For […]
The top input tool of 2007 may have been simply a sharp pencil. With grower-customers giddily anticipating the […]
It’s no secret that competing in the crop protection business is tough these days. For several years, market […]
Back in January, CropLife® magazine published its short list of top retailer issues for 2006: product pricing, glyphosate […]
If dealers want one source to provide a pretty complete set of tools for raising profitable crops, they […]
As the world’s leading crop protection product manufacturer, Bayer CropScience AG has no plans to relinquish its commitment […]
Since CropLife magazine (and its predecessor, Farm Chemicals) first started tracking information on the nation’s best-selling inputs among […]
New information on the Asian soybean rust fungus and how it affects a soybean plant could eventually lead […]
There’s no other way to say it — the seed category is having one heck of a 21st […]
Top seed retailers we talked with don’t beat around the bush. They use terms like “24/7” and “12-months-a-year” […]
Before I start talking about the environmental challenges, I would like to share some good news. In the […]
Nitrogen fertilizers seem stuck on a price high and supply low these days, as end-users have toggled between […]
Whither crop — especially corn — prices go, so go micronutrient sales. Given current high corn prices, it’s […]
Although ethanol growth is receiving the lion’s share of attention among ag retailers when it comes to biofuels, […]
The surge in tank and containment purchases — felt some 10 to 15 years ago — is being […]
You can’t pick up a newspaper or watch the news these days without seeing something about biofuels. The […]
Input sales are the lifeblood of any successful ag dealership. The spring of 2007 — and into the […]
Kudzu in Louisiana is small but mighty. Compared to Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi, the Bayou state doesn’t have […]