Management
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ARA’s New Web Site Focused On Community
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) has created a new Web site and more opportunities for you to communicate with your friends in the industry.…
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Waiting For Walmart
I can’t remember the exact phrasing, but we were discussing the issue of food regulation at our PACE Advisory Council when one of our…
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Serving Your Customer Of The Future
One of the most important considerations for any business that’s planning for its own long term sustainability is figuring out who his customer will…
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Survival Guide For Small Retailers: Size And Success
When CropLife® magazine sent me an email asking about writing an article about the survival of small and medium retailers, I thought, “What a…
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Farmers Coop Elevator: Using Technology
In the ultra-competitive world of ag retail, surviving the past few years has been difficult at times. As the global economy ground to a…
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Why Employees Leave
One of the biggest challenges in successfully managing an agronomy retail operation is keeping your top employees. Every day, we visit with retailers across…
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Passive Is Passé
Change is in the air for agriculture — and I’m not talking about the weather. As I write this column, I’ve just returned from…
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An Easy Target
Recently, I read an article about how Internet retailer Amazon is fighting tooth-and-nail to prevent some states from requiring it to collect taxes from…
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EPA Seeks Deadline Extension For Clean Water Act Permits
Tthe U.S. EPA is requesting an extension to allow more time for pesticide operators to obtain permits for pesticide discharges into U.S. waters. EPA…
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Battle DC
Although information in the world today can be shared in a heartbeat thanks to the Internet, nothing beats attending a live event. Only here…
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