How Will the New USMCA Trade Deal Affect Agriculture? By Eric Sfiligoj|August 5, 2019 For many years, the countries of North America have conducted their trade using the North American Free Trade […]
Glyphosate Jury Verdicts Are Being Reduced By Eric Sfiligoj|July 24, 2019 Finally, there is a small bit of good news for the crop protection marketplace from the courtrooms of […]
CropLife Retail Week: ARA 2019 Highlights and GROWMARK Acquisition News By CropLife Staff|December 6, 2019
Building New Ag Retail Facilities: Pride in a Job Well Done By Eric Sfiligoj|July 23, 2019 I remember when I moved into my first house. Like many first homes, this one needed quite a […]
Ag Data and Technology Are Not on Pace to Replace the Trusted Adviser By Paul Schrimpf|July 22, 2019 Last month The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) did what precious few national agriculture associations have ever done — ventured […]
Agriculture 2019: ‘The Year from Hell’ Finally Settles Down Some By Eric Sfiligoj|July 17, 2019 I must admit – I was very glad to see my calendar-on-the-wall flip from June to July. Like […]
Austria Votes to Ban Glyphosate By Eric Sfiligoj|July 8, 2019 Glyphosate may have the majority of scientific evidence behind its safety record, but governmental support in some countries […]
Pay Attention To Your Grower-Customers By Eric Sfiligoj|June 24, 2019 One of the first rules of the business world I learned back in the day was that it […]
Is Glyphosate Going to Disappear? By Eric Sfiligoj|June 10, 2019 Let’s fact it — glyphosate is getting no love these days, particularly in the popular press. Almost every […]
Grower Groups Universally Oppose New Mexican Tariffs By Eric Sfiligoj|June 3, 2019 On May 31st, the Trump Administration said it would be begin imposing tariff increases on Mexico because of […]
#Plant19 Defined By Weather, Tariffs, and a Second Round of Aid By Eric Sfiligoj|May 29, 2019 So far, 2019 has been an extremely atypical year for agriculture. Across much of the Midwest, persistent wet […]
Are New Crop Input Technologies Positioned to Disrupt the Traditional Distribution Channel? By Paul Schrimpf|May 27, 2019 This March I got the opportunity to travel to San Francisco to attend the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit […]
Crop Protection Companies Fighting Back in Chemical Warfare By Eric Sfiligoj|May 27, 2019 For several months now I — and the rest of the agricultural community — have followed the “open […]
Glyphosate Verdicts Fueled by Emotion, Not Science By Eric Sfiligoj|May 20, 2019 Another glyphosate-cancer trial in California has ended, with a jury awarding more than $2 billion to an elderly […]
Escalated Tariff War Further Rattles U.S. Agriculture By Eric Sfiligoj|May 13, 2019 On May 10, President Donald Trump instructed his administration to raise the tariffs on Chinese goods from 10% […]
Indigo Ag’s Data Dive By Paul Schrimpf|May 13, 2019 “But then again, a lot of us bet against Amazon, and look what happened.” That’s the caveat that […]
Mid Year for the CropLife 100 – Minus Four and Counting By Eric Sfiligoj|April 29, 2019 Every year in December, CropLife magazine compiles its annual list of the nation’s 100 top ag retailers. And […]
The Wrath of Consolidation in Ag Retail By Eric Sfiligoj|April 24, 2019 But no matter what way you slice it, 2019 is shaping up to be an oddball all its […]
U.S. Ag Secretary Expresses Disappointment in Vietnam Glyphosate Ban By Eric Sfiligoj|April 15, 2019 The recent court battles over glyphosate’s safety in the U.S. have generated plenty of headlines around the globe. […]
The Corn/China Syndrome: Will Expected Acreage Shift from Soybeans Benefit Ag Retailers? By Eric Sfiligoj|April 8, 2019 In terms of crop years, 2018 was something of an oddball. For the first time since the 1980s, […]
