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Big Idea; Logistics
I have to admit it … I’ve never really been the idea guy. Being the “idea guy” is a dangerous…
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NH3 Rigs Go High-Tech
In the face of escalating fertilizer prices, anhydrous ammonia (NH3) continues to be an affordable workhorse product. “We’re going to…
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Coalition Pushes For E85 Legislation
A broad coalition is encouraging U.S. House of Representatives leadership to advance E85 fuel infractructure legislation. In a first-of-a-kind effort,…
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Solid Year For Tech
By most accounts, 2007 was an interesting year for agricultural technology. Surveys of retail technology adoption that CropLife® conducted in…
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Testing Switchgrass, Sorghum For Biofuels
Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. will trial improved switchgrass cultivars and high-biomass sorghum hybrids with Range Fuels, Inc. to learn…
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The Phantom Menace
To be fair, I’m certain that every person reading this column thinks their dad is (or was) a bit odd…
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The Risky Business Of Fertilizer
With record plantings, 2008 was expected to be a boom time for fertilizer dealers. But not all realized the promise…
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Careful Controllers
View the latest technology offered with controllers from suppliers such as AGCO Global Technologies, Raven Industries, and Trimble. EZ-Boom 2010, Trimble…
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Invisible Force
Not long ago, a technology known as radio frequency identification, or RFID, burst onto the scene as the ultimate answer…
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An Innovative Legacy
Charlie Balmer, application pioneer and founder/president of Valmar Airflo Inc., died Sept. 14 after battling cancer. He left behind a…
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The Fight For Share
As corn acreage grew in 2007, custom applicators went along for the ride. According to data from the 2007 CropLife…
