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ERA Tour: A Course For Adventure
Environmental respect means a lot of things: Recycling your empty pesticide containers. Keeping the chemicals in your warehouse secure. Providing…
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ERA National Winner: Learning And Growing
Upon arrival in Mexico, we did not know what to expect from the agriculture or the people. Ag is much…
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Building A Net Promoter Road Map
Last month, I provided a high-level view of getting sales staff aligned with customers in your company or organization using…
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A Real Feast
Traveling from Gaudalajara To Puerto Vallarta gave us a great opportunity to visit and see the countryside. This was about…
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Safeguarding The Community
Regardless of where an ag retailer is located, the company is usually an important part of its local community. Dealerships…
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ARA Members: Help Keep Mergers Appropriate
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) Board of Directors is very concerned about continued consolidation in the crop nutrient production industry.…
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Call To Action: A Letter Writing Campaign
As many of you have probably already heard, a vegetable garden has been planted on the White House grounds in…
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Agrium, CF Industries, Terra Sales Pitches Continue
There’s not much lovin’ and a whole lotta of shaking — that’s shaking off offers — between CF Industries, which is fighting…
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NH3 Video Focuses On Safety
Each spring and fall, fertilizer dealers and growers transport anhydrous ammonia (NH3) to the field in white nurse tanks and…
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Cellulosic Ethanol Still Waiting In The Wings
The wait for a cellulosic ethanol industry is getting longer, according to an earth2tech.com blog. The blog reports that it…
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New Herbicide Tackles Soybean Weeds
Cheminova has received registration for its new Tackle soybean herbicide. Tackle is a selective, postemergence broadleaf herbicide that offers effective…
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USDA Projects Corn, Bean Acres Stay Steady
While overall planting of row crops is expected to decline by nearly 8 million acres, USDA anticipates the total area…