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No surprise: Distributor sales down
Den Gardner
A 2003 report on distributors in the U.S. crop protection market shows that total sales decreased about 3% from the level measured the previous crop year....
Applied Perspective
Sharing common ground
by Kathy Mathers, Guest columnist
From the environment to the potential human health impacts of our products, the policy and communication challenges facing the fertilizer industry have...
Spotlight on seed protectants
Listed here are the formulators and largest distributors of seed protectants, along with several of their products for 2004. Advanced Biological Marketing...
Partnerships
Mack focuses on 2004 Syngenta program
INSERT SPONSORED BY SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION Mike Mack is president of Syngenta Crop Protection, with responsibilities for the company's North American...
Customer First
L.A.F. your way to happy customers
by June Van Klaveren
No matter how smoothly your business is running, you will eventually have complaints or conflicts of some kind either with a customer or a coworker. Conflict...
From the Top
FROM THE TOP
A one-on-one interview with Bernd Naaf, head of U.S. Business Operations for Bayer CropScience Tell us about your efforts to closely align your company...
News
NEWS
INDUSTRY PotashCorp award The National FFA Organization selected PotashCorp, Indianapolis, IN, to be a recipient of the special Distinguished Service...
Customer Knowledge
What gets measured can be improved
by Bill Keogh
If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there. And if you don't have written goals for your business, how will you know you have...
E-Business Retailer
Ag Valley Co-op
by Natalie Knudsen
Ag retailers must answer many basic questions before they launch a Web site. What will the design be? What features and how many pages will the site contain?...
Breaking News
BREAKING NEWS
Court rules in favor of Monsanto A U.S. district court in St. Louis, MO, recently denied efforts to certify an antitrust class-action suit levied against...
Articles
Room to grow
by Den Gardner
Let's face it. With decreasing margins from sales of crop protection products, retailers are on the lookout for opportunities to improve their revenue,...
Fall application
Rhea Kaiser
With expanding farms and unpredictable weather, growers face difficult herbicide application decisions. A wet spring makes a busy workload more hectic...
New from Midwest farm shows
by Liz Selvig
Ag retailers from across the country had an opportunity to see what's new for 2004 at two major agribusiness shows last summer. The annual MAGIE show...