Inputs
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Shifting Fortunes
As the world’s leading crop protection product manufacturer, Bayer CropScience AG has no plans to relinquish its commitment to this market. Indeed, the market…
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Under Pressure
Since CropLife magazine (and its predecessor, Farm Chemicals) first started tracking information on the nation’s best-selling inputs among top retailers 23 years ago, crop…
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Defense Spurs Resistance Hope
New information on the Asian soybean rust fungus and how it affects a soybean plant could eventually lead to a rust resistant soybean variety,…
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Life In The Fast Lane
There’s no other way to say it — the seed category is having one heck of a 21st century. Among all crop inputs, seed…
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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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Challenges For Nitrogen Management
Before I start talking about the environmental challenges, I would like to share some good news. In the early 1970s, we were producing about…
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An ‘N’ Perspective
Nitrogen fertilizers seem stuck on a price high and supply low these days, as end-users have toggled between anhydrous ammonia (NH3) and urea to…
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Micros Make Move
Whither crop — especially corn — prices go, so go micronutrient sales. Given current high corn prices, it’s not surprising that the 2007 growing…
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Biodiesel’s Promise
Although ethanol growth is receiving the lion’s share of attention among ag retailers when it comes to biofuels, biodiesel also holds promise. “Our customers…
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Investing In Storage
The surge in tank and containment purchases — felt some 10 to 15 years ago — is being revisited as facilities age, say manufacturers.…
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