Tariff Wars Promise New Pain for Agriculture Come October By Eric Sfiligoj|August 13, 2018 According to the calendar, the current tariff war between the U.S. and China began in early July. However, […]
CropLife Retail Week: Farm Bill Expired: ARA CEO Breaks Down What’s Next for Ag Retail By Eric Sfiligoj|October 9, 2026
CAST Names Former USDA Chief Economist Dr. Joseph Glauber 2026 Recipient of the CAST Lifetime Achievement Award By Council for Agricultural Science and Technology|October 8, 2026
Ohio Water Quality Executive Order a Warning for Agriculture By Eric Sfiligoj|July 23, 2018 Back on July 11, Ohio Governor John Kasich announced Executive Order 2018-09K was being passed. Titled “Taking Steps […]
Soybeans Officially Supplant Corn as Top Crop By Eric Sfiligoj|July 9, 2018 As the spring 2018 season got underway, USDA projections were that soybean acreage would surpass corn in the […]
Verification in Field Application: Going the Last Six Feet By Paul Schrimpf|July 2, 2018 While I love a good road trip out in the country as much as any agriculture industry editorial […]
Tariffs and the Uncertainty Principle By Eric Sfiligoj|July 2, 2018 By their nature, ag retailers and their grower-customers are used to a fair amount of uncertainty season after […]
Greenhouse Grower: Our Agricultural Guest Workers Deserve Better By CropLife Staff|June 21, 2018 Via GreenhouseGrower.com: This country’s politics are out of control when it comes to agricultural guestworkers and immigration reform, […]
The Monarch Butterfly Effect in Agriculture By Eric Sfiligoj|June 18, 2018 For many years now, agriculture has gone out of its way to safeguard the health of the nation’s […]
Crop Protection Market: Renewed ‘Chemical’ Warfare By Eric Sfiligoj|June 11, 2018 In many ways the past few years have been very exciting for crop protection. In fact, according to […]
Hello New Bayer! By Eric Sfiligoj|June 4, 2018 Welcome to the consolidation club, new Bayer! Not too long ago, the Indian and U.S. governments finally signed […]
Bill Whitacre and Tom Warner: Good Luck, Old Friends! By Eric Sfiligoj|May 29, 2018 The past few years, we’ve seen plenty of long-standing company names leave the agricultural marketplace; names such as […]
Farm Bill Fail Adds to Ag Uncertainty By Eric Sfiligoj|May 21, 2018 I knew something big was up last Friday afternoon, May 18. Even though it was the end of […]
E-commerce in Ag Retail: Big New Trend or Flash in the Pan? By Steve Watts|May 21, 2018 As many of you know, I have spent a fair amount of time over the past year learning […]
When It Comes to Farm Data, How Good Is ‘Good Enough’? By Paul Schrimpf|May 21, 2018 Ron Farrell, a frequent sounding board for my wacky ideas and a source of ongoing encouragement to stay […]
Good-Bye Monsanto Spokespeople By Eric Sfiligoj|May 14, 2018 A few weeks ago, I wrote a column looking at the end of the Monsanto Co. as it […]
Signs of Fertilizer Recovery in 2018 By Eric Sfiligoj|May 7, 2018 For the past several years, the fortunes for the fertilizer category among the nation’s top ag retailers has […]
Some of Washington’s Political Battles Put Exports, Workers in Play for Agriculture By Eric Sfiligoj|May 1, 2018 The war of words between the U.S. and other countries is beginning to take its toll on the […]
Agriculture’s New Name Game By Eric Sfiligoj|May 1, 2018 Name games are something I’ve enjoyed playing my whole life. With a last name featuring an odd combination […]
All Eyes on the Seed Sector By Eric Sfiligoj|April 23, 2018 Now that the dust is finally beginning to settle on the mega-company mergers, there promises to be renewed […]
Good-bye, Monsanto By Eric Sfiligoj|April 16, 2018 Last week, the world learned that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) had formally signed off on the […]
