Management
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The Loyal Treatment
It’s been a few months since I’ve written about my beverage background in this column, but the topic resurfaced recently at an industry event…
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Lessons That Last
Well, I found out this morning that Mrs. Smolinski died last week. I wasn’t shocked, because I knew she had fallen ill late last…
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Morocco Tour 2010: Education And Enchantment
It’s doubtful that Mike Wilson, area marketing coordinator Wabash Valley Service Center, saw himself riding camels or witnessing tomato plants grafted to pumpkin rootstocks…
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Retailers Offer Tips On Emergency Planning
As any ag retailer knows, emergency planning and continual employee training are some of the keys to running a successful business. This is particularly…
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Spray Drift: Comments Raise Concerns
In the March 2010 issue of CropLife® (“Coming To A Head,” March 2010), we discussed the status of EPA’s Pesticide Drift Labeling Notice (PR…
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Technology On The Label
Jr Reabe of Reabe Spraying Service Inc., Plover, WI, is frustrated with product labels that mandate a nozzle or technique for drift reduction —…
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Start Spreading The News
Over the weekend, the news of an attempted bomb threat in New York’s Times Square broke. Thankfully, this plot was foiled before it could…
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Purdue Analysis Cuts Ethanol Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimates
Revisions to a Purdue University economic analysis have cut about 10% of the total emissions expected from an increase in corn ethanol production. The…
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AAI Provides $100,000 For ISU Scholarships
The Agribusiness Association of Iowa (AAI) has donated $100,000 to Iowa State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for scholarships. The scholarships will…
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Breaking Broken In
Like other people my age, I tend to hang on to comfortable things for too long. I was reminded of this fact recently regarding…
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