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Soils Hungry For Micros
Experts say three good yield years – with vigorous plants tapping soils – mean it’s definitely time to apply micronutrients…
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Do Customers Bounce Back?
As you prepare for the intensive spring selling season, it’s a good idea to assess the early warning signs of…
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Fertilizer: The Economic Downturn
The economic downturn slowed the global GDP -1.1% in 2009, tapered U.S. output to -2.7%, and disrupted the normal smooth…
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PACE 2009 Annual Report
Growers The great fertilizer price crash of 2008, which left fully stocked retailers holding thousands of tons of over-market-price fertilizer…
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How To Improve Fertilizer Safety
Representing almost half of all crop input sales industrywide, fertilizer is a major component for many retail outlets. Naturally, protecting…
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What Did Your Customers Leave Behind?
Last month, a grower I have had the privilege of knowing for a long time reminded me of something he heard…
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Ag Connect Expo: Global Gathering
Mickey Mouse cut his teeth as a ship captain in the cartoon “Steamboat Willie,” but for one week in January,…
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Crop Protection Outlook: Prices Ready To Rebound
After suffering from all the market downturns that affected the U.S. and world agricultural markets, 2009 is now behind us…
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Monsanto Refocuses
Monsanto appears to be rededicated to its glyphosate business. Amid widespread speculation that Monsanto was restructuring its chemical business in…
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Product Of The Year: Flight Of The Condor
Below are a few photos from the trophy presentation at the Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association meeting in mid-January. http://widget-5d.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf …
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RFS Reactions Mixed
Depending on the biofuel of choice, industry reviews vary on EPA’s Final Rule for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2). The…
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8 Digital Do’s And Don’ts
As online editor for the CropLife Media Group (CLMG’s) and long-time employee at its parent company, Meister Media Worldwide (MMW),…