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Getting Aligned With Customers
Last month, we started discussing how to drive changes within your company that will impact loyalty. The first topic of…
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100 Million Pounds, And Growing
In October 2008, the Ag Container Recycling Council (ACRC) celebrated the collection and recycling of 100 million pounds of triple-rinsed…
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What About Ethanol?
Has there ever been a more topsy, turvy product category than ethanol? In the 2007 CropLife 100 survey, ethanol production…
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Saving With Software
The top of every news report and the focus of every bottom line lately has been the economy. While the…
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Safety Is Job One For Employees
In the world of ag retail, providing safety is a full-time job. Today’s dealerships need to not only provide safety…
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Nurse Tank Testing Update
Late last year the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) asked that an effort be made by the ag industry to…
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Show Some Respect
This is a strange position to be in right now, or at least it feels strange to me. We write…
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A Shorter Leap
Fact: Americans in rural areas of the country trail their urban counterparts in broadband adoption. We are all aware of…
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Rust Tales: Georgia
Bob Kemerait, University of Georgia plant pathologist, leads a team of scouts that are now literally stalk kudzu. His children,…
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Being A Survivor
The other day, Group Editor Paul Schrimpf passed a particularly interesting Web article my way. This story discussed the precarious…
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Impressive Evolution
In January, I was invited by the Nebraska Ag Technologies Association to speak at the organization’s winter meeting and share…
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Searching For Stability
After a tumultuous year in 2008 and a slow start to the 2009 season, the fertilizer industry is searching for…