A Drought Hangover For Fertilizer Retailers

Looking ahead to what the next 30 years might hold for the ag retail industry.

Allied Cooperative — ranked No. 42 on the CropLife 100 — is growing its grain business by acquiring three new grain facilities, one in Wisconsin Rapids and two in Blair, WI.

Two new liquid starter fertilizers — XLR-rate and Aventine Complete — are available through CHS Service Centers, cooperatives and crop input retailers.

Rich Sowieralski has joined BRANDT as Territory Sales Manager, Pacific Northwest, for the Specialty Formulations group.

Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings has followed up its recent purchase of Mathis Farm Supply by acquiring Lubbock, TX-based Acuff Farm Supply.

Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings, through its subsidiary Jimmy Sanders Inc., has acquired Mathis Farm Supply.

Next month’s CropLife 100 report is sure to shed some light on the future of the ag retail industry.

MFA, one of the oldest regional farm supply cooperatives in the U.S., is celebrating 100 years in business this month.

The acquisition of Hardy Fertilizer and Niantic Crop Service extend BRANDT’s retail footprint in Illinois to the east.

Providence Agriculture expands the retail presence of Pinnacle and will provide farmers with access to precision agriculture services in addition to seed, crop protection and fertilizer products.

CHS continues its growth in South American markets with the opening of an office in Montevideo, Uruguay.

A pair of researchers at Wilbur-Ellis attempt to clarify drift reduction technology and research.

Hillsboro Farmers Cooperative members have voted in favor of a merger with a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Cooperative.

GROWMARK, Inc., Bloomington, IL, has announced the results of director elections, held in conjunction with the regional cooperative’s […]

Grower John Reifsteck has been elected chairman of the GROWMARK Board of Directors.

Seven grain cooperatives were recognized by GROWMARK with the Ceres award during the annual meeting.

Five FS member cooperatives were recognized by GROWMARK, Inc. for business performance improvement during the GROWMARK annual meeting in Chicago.

Solid volume growth in GROWMARK business units produced record sales for the cooperative for the 2013 fiscal year, […]