For Pesticides, 2020 Looked ‘Crystal Clear’ for Top Ag Retailers
December 28, 2020
Although anticipation was high for 2020, the seed category saw a very lackluster sales year for the CropLife 100 retailers.
The 40,000-square-foot expansion in Pleasant Plains, IL, will allow for additional storage of finished dry and liquid fertilizer blends.
Among ag retail machine manufacturers, you had to be larger to see your way to market share gains.
VantagePoint crop performance will deliver high quality products to optimize inputs, increase yields, and lower costs.
Following a challenging year in 2019, the category clearly gained ground this growing season.
Despite myriad cloud-filled challenges and plenty of market blurriness, the nation’s top retailers still brought many profits into focus this year.
Three new million-gallon tanks add efficiency to Pacific Northwest distribution facility.
CropLife 100 retailer expands access and convenience to the ag community in Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa.
The vast majority of CropLife 100 companies expect good things financially next year.
Approximately 1,000 people participate in the live virtual event to keep everyone safe and comply with Illinois mitigation measures.
Editor Eric Sfiligoj offers a snapshot of the early findings from the 2020 CropLife 100 survey. Hint: It’s a bit of mixed bag.
With Bayer still fighting to settle lawsuits in the courtroom, ag retailers ponder the future for the popular herbicide.
Editor Paul Schrimpf caught up with incoming GreenPoint AG CEO Jeff Blair to gain insight into the new powerhouse of Southeastern ag retail.
A lot of the nation’s top ag retailers don’t do e-commerce – but might start soon.
Arizona-based HydroGro provides water-based, micronutrient solutions for the agricultural and turf markets.
Three major retailers serving farmers across 10 southern states will join forces to become one of the top seven agronomy businesses in the U.S.
CHS, CoBank, Farm Credit Services of America, and Land O’Lakes will together donate $200,000 to aid relief efforts in the impacted region.
GROWMARK will assume the wholesale agronomy and energy assets of Southern States, along with several retail locations in Delaware and Maryland.
As technology’s importance has grown during 2020, ag retailers are finding using it much easier than before.