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Persistence Pays Off
In one sense, Simplot Grower Solutions in Berea, NE, winning an Environmental Respect Award is interesting, especially when you consider…
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Sweet Suite
Editor’s Note: John Deere Agri Services offers software to cover all angles of ag retailers’ businesses. We asked Jerry Halterman,…
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Better Signals, Better Receivers
Satellites are doing their part to improve precision agriculture. Sid Siefken, sales channel manager at Trimble, reports that key satellite…
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Fads & Fundamentals
If you are a regular reader of this column, you know that I love taking walks down memory lane. There’s…
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A Lemonade Stand
The words urban renewal and retail crop protection service are seldom spoken in the same breath, but for the 2007…
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Finding The Right Fungicide
Retailers have heard this question from growers as often as the Extension experts: “What is the best and cheapest fungicide…
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Environmental Respect Awards: 2006 State Winners
The Environmental Respect Awards is in its 17th year of honoring and celebrating agricultural environmentalism throughout the industry. Hundreds of…
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As The Winds Blow
Kudzu in Louisiana is small but mighty. Compared to Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi, the Bayou state doesn’t have a lot…
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Building A New Future
When driving through Albion, MI, in early spring, visitors will see the usual agricultural-based sights — corn fields ready for…
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Investing In Storage
The surge in tank and containment purchases — felt some 10 to 15 years ago — is being revisited as…
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Spreaders: Dry Flies High
Manufacturers will be bringing a host of spreaders to test drive at the Midwest Ag Industries Exposition (MAGIE) and other…
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A StarLink To The Past?
One of my favorite quotes is by philosopher George Santayana: “Those that do not learn by history’s mistakes are condemned…