Ethanol Uncertainty Posted by Matt Hopkins|March 1, 2012 Q. What happened with the elimination of some ethanol subsidies at the end of 2011? Rick Kment: What […]
Why Brokers Remain the Essential Behind-the-Scenes Force in U.S. Ag Chem Distribution By Mike Snyder|June 21, 2026
CHS: Weathering Market Shifts By Lisa Heacox|January 23, 2012 While dealers have enjoyed two years of strong bottom lines, the cyclical nature of the ag economy demands […]
Retailer Roundtable: A Great Year, But … By CropLife Staff|December 16, 2011 For the past three years during the annual Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) meeting, CropLife® magazine and its State […]
Market Myopia — The Power Of The Dark Side By Sano Shimoda | Terry Jones|December 16, 2011 There is a broad body of theory that underpins our understanding of market behavior, especially financial markets — […]
Equipment And The CropLife 100: The Big Getting Bigger By Eric Sfiligoj|November 14, 2011 For the past few years, one of the most interesting and followed parts of our annual CropLife 100 […]
Seed And The Top 100: A Momentary Lapse? By Eric Sfiligoj|November 14, 2011 For the past decade, the CropLife 100 story for the seed category has been pretty steady. While other […]
Fertilizer Returns As Market Leader For Top Ag Retailers By Eric Sfiligoj|November 14, 2011 Ask anyone who follows the ag retail marketplace regularly to name one crop input that consistently has driven […]
Crop Protection And The CropLife 100: A Mixed Picture By Eric Sfiligoj|November 14, 2011 In the grand scheme of 2011, crop protection products did just fine. According to data compiled in the […]
Agriculture’s Value Equation: Farmland Values By Sano Shimoda | Terry Jones|November 14, 2011 Agriculture is facing Ag Bubble 2.0, reflecting “irrational exuberance,” not a “new normal.” In our opinion, this will […]
State Of Ag Retail In 2011: Up By Eric Sfiligoj|November 14, 2011 Boy, what a difference a few years has made for the world of agriculture. In 2009, when we […]
Key Inputs Growth Pushes Industry To New Highs By Lisa Heacox | Paul Schrimpf | Eric Sfiligoj|November 14, 2011
Strategies Emerge In Resistance Fight By Lisa Heacox|November 14, 2011 Reports of weed resistance continue in many regions, but the breadth of the CropLife 100 reporting companies’ experiences […]
Technology Fills A Need By Paul Schrimpf|November 14, 2011 The CropLife/Purdue University precision agriculture adoption survey conducted earlier this year showed a continued steady growth in the […]
State Of The Industry 2012: More Of The Same By Eric Sfiligoj|November 14, 2011 An old sports adage says that teams should enjoy winning streaks for two reasons — they tend to […]
Agriculture Faces The ‘Perfect Storm’ By Sano Shimoda | Terry Jones|October 18, 2011 Today, most everyone that is directly or indirectly tied to the commodity grain side of U.S. agriculture is […]
State Of Agriculture: Irrational Exuberance Or The New Normal? By Sano Shimoda | Terry Jones|October 10, 2011 Today, as exemplified by the Midwest ag marketplace, corn prices are approaching $7.50/bushel, land rents are pushing $350-400+per […]
Is Agriculture Facing A Bubble? By Terry Jones | Sano Shimoda|September 1, 2011 Today, the world of agriculture, especially Midwest agriculture, which is dominated by the three major row crops (corn, […]
Fertilizer Contracts Now A Must? By CropLife Staff|July 29, 2011 Ag retailers learned many lessons about the fertilizer business following the rollercoaster ride of price hikes and crashes […]
Fertilizer Executives Weigh In On State Of The Industry By CropLife Staff|June 2, 2011 Fertilizer prices are rising at a much more subdued pace than skyrocketing crop prices — and that’s not […]
