Management
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Ethanol Industry Tapped As ‘Promising’
The ethanol industry has representatives on Forbes Magazine’s “Most-Promising Alternative Energy Companies” list. "A recent Forbes Magazine article has named South Dakota-based ethanol production…
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Leading With Service
The past two years have seen a dramatic increase of cooperative mergers in the Midwest, as once fierce competitors find benefit in merging to…
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Making Community Outreach A Priority
Connecting with the community you do business in is one of the best ways to increase safety and security for both the retailer and…
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Living In Interesting Times
An old Chinese proverb says “may you live in interesting times.” While most listeners would view this as a positive state of affairs with…
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Ag Outlook: Good News, Bad News
A Purdue University expert says if you’ve already purchased a portion of your inventory, such as fertilizer, you’ll face some losses this year. But…
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Topping Out
Seeing all the recent volatility in the economic world, I’m glad that I work in agriculture. As global financial markets, institutions, and governments are…
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DHS Seeks AN Security Comments
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) is asking its members to comment on the proposed Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate (AN) Program. The U.S. Department…
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Associations Push Ag Concerns
Now that Barack Obama has made history as the first black president-elect, affirming ‘change has come,’ what’s in store for American agriculture? Association leaders…
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A ‘Riehl’ Mover With Ag’s Message
When I first met Mark Riehl of Mycogen Seeds at a Dow AgroSciences media event a few years ago, I noticed he was very…
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Trying To Beat Drought
To satisfy the world’s growing demand for food, scientists are trying to pull off a genetic trick that nature itself has had trouble accomplishing…
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