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Study: Employee Training Might Actually Increase Turnover
American businesses spend billions of dollars training employees to produce a better, more productive workforce. But a new study by…
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Report: Corn Growers Continue To Increase Efficiency
U.S. corn farmers yet again proved that they are growing more with less year after year. According to USDA and…
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Mini Issues
As a group, ag retailers are some of the best planners I know. They constantly are thinking about the season…
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Agrian Develops Fumigant Management Tool
Agrian Inc. has developed a Web-based, easy-to-use, comprehensive and free fumigant management reporting (FMP) tool. The development of the FMP…
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IAP Owners To Form New Company
A new company named Direct Ag Source, LLC is being formed in partnership with United Suppliers (US), Independent Agribusiness Professionals…
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Meeting The Late-Season Demand For Nitrogen
For growers unable to get nitrogen on fields this spring, ESN Smart Nitrogen provides a perfect solution for side-dressing crops.…
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Bayer CropScience Names New President
Bayer CropScience has appointed Jim Blome as President/CEO and Head of Crop Protection for the North American region, effective July…
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Dow AgroSciences To Acquire Prairie Brand Seeds
Dow AgroSciences LLC intends to purchase certain assets of Sansgaard Seed Farms, Inc., of Story City, IA. The transaction is…
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Deere: LightSquared Causing Massive GPS Interference
Deere & Co., a major provider of precision agriculture equipment and services, notified the FCC May 26 of substantial interference…
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Fertilizer Contract Now Available With Electronic Signature Option
The Agricultural Retailers Association’s Model Fertilizer Contract is now available in a format that allows the user to type information…
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Late Planting Could Cost Ohio Over $980 Million
Barry Ward, production business management leader with Ohio State University Extension, said he has roughly figured that lower yields due…
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Time Application Of Postemergence Herbicides
Properly timing the application of postemergence herbicides is critical, said Aaron Hager, University of Illinois Extension weed specialist. Recent precipitation,…