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Credit Card Theft Impacts Ag Retail, Too
Late last week and earlier this week, you may have caught the news that credit card issuers Master Card and…
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2012 State Environmental Respect Award Winners Announced
Twenty-eight top farm supply retail businesses have been selected as Environmental Respect Award (ERA) state winners in the U.S. for…
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Green Leaf Appointed As Lechler’s Exclusive North American Sales Agency
Lechler Agricultural Division has named Green Leaf, Inc. of Fontanet, IN., as its exclusive sales and distribution agent for North…
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Hintzsche Fertilizer Sales Manager Passes Away
Scot A. Sparks, 61, of Rochelle, IL, passed away on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at UIC Medical Center in Chicago,…
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Selling Crop Protection Short?
As a trade magazine journalist, I pride myself on being to able piece together seemingly unrelated facts and come up…
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Remembering The Fertilizer Institute’s Edwin Wheeler
Edwin M. Wheeler, who headed The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) from 1968-1983, died February 18 in Sarasota, FL. He was 83…
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The Many Needs For Visual Guidance
On the surface, it seems like a fairly simple question: What’s new with visual guidance systems? However, according to Mike…
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Scouting Shifts To Fertility Needs
There was a time when retailers hit customers’ fields primarily to spot insect and weed threats. “Now we are looking…
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2012 Commodity Classic: Optimism Abounds
Although it hasn’t been around that long relative to some of the other agricultural trade events, the annual Commodity Classic…
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Insects, Disease Take Varied Toll
It’s not surprising last season saw a mixed bag of insect and disease pressure. An exceptionally wet spring followed by…
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BRANDT: Building Something Special
Driving down South Koke Mill Road in Springfield, IL, you will see it. There, beside a small pond, is an…
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Corn Rootworm Management Options Using Soil Insecticides
Although Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) traits in corn have increased the convenience of insect control for growers, there are an increasing…