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Creating Customer Alignment
Recently, I’ve heard concerns from some ag retailers about their difficulties in selling seed. Much of this seems focused on…
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SD Wheat Veteran Wins Operator Of The Year
With nearly 20 years of experience in the custom application of fertilizer and crop protection products, Tod Borge is the…
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4 Keys To Mixing Products Safely
As any ag retailer will agree, mixing products for grower-customers is one of the basic job functions at many outlets.…
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Improving Weed Control
The handweeding method used on smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa is largely detrimental to both women and agricultural production, according…
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You Are Environmental Respect
Being an environmentalist on Oprah and sending a check to the Sierra Club is a little different than protecting the…
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CropLife America 2010: Legal Language Lessons
As the first year of the Obama Administration draws to an end and we look forward to 2010, CropLife America…
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The Law Of Averages
The calendar has turned and that sudden rush of wind you are hearing is probably not Mother Nature. It’s more…
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TFI 2010: By Air And By Land
Every initiative The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) undertakes is designed to benefit the agriculture community and provides it the tools necessary…
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Outlook 2010: Technology
Last year was one for the books in terms of ag technology. While the headline news was mired in the…
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Outlook 2010: Seed
Amid the turbulent storm of lower sales, uncertain service, and general market pessimism that dominated 2009, the seed sector was…
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MACA 2010: Troubling Changes
As the Mid America CropLife Association (MACA) began planning for 2010, there appeared to be three key issues that were…
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Outlook 2010: Fertilizer
If ag retailers and crop nutrient suppliers were asked to pick words that best describe the marketplace they serve during…