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Schooling customers
by Lynn Grooms
As fall approaches, thoughts turn to school. Similarly, the thoughts of the ag retailers featured here turn to educating growers about the benefits of...
Den's Doorstep
What are they thinking?
by Den Gardner
Sometimes you really have to wonder what color the sky is in Washington, DC. It seems every time you turn around somebody in the ag community is battling...
Applied Perspective
Being a good steward just got easier
by Jay J. Vroom, Guest columnist
How can the crop protection industry justify the creation of a new entity? The answer is simple. There will always be resources to do the right thing....
From The Top
FROM THE TOP
Q & A with Jerry McLeod, vice president, AGCO Application Equipment Division...
Customer First
We don't make long distance calls
by June Van Klaveren
Customer service experiences, both good and bad, seem to come my way. Each time they do, I learn from them. The latest involves a company (Company A)...
Customer Knowledge
The tip of the iceberg
by Bill Keogh
What is a satisfied customer worth to you? Probably not as much as you think, states a recent Harvard Business Review article. According to author Frederick...
E-Business Retailer
Farmers Elevator Company
by Natalie Knudsen
Unlike many cooperatives that have branched out into multiple areas, including crop scouting, seed sales and convenience stores, Farmers Elevator Company...
News
INDUSTRY
Soy peptides; Ownership change; NCGA public policy director; Bayer CropScience completes purchase; New manager for Wilbur-Ellis...
CROPS
Collaborative research; WideMatch herbicide; Silverado and Osprey registered; Agro Stalwart herbicide; Key discovery; New soybean inoculant....
IRM refuge requirements
The National Corn Growers Association, St. Louis, MO, encourages all farmers planting Bt corn borer-resistant corn to implement insect resistant management...
MANA names new sales manager
Makhteshim Agan of North America (MANA), New York, NY, announces the promotion of Gary Scharf to the position of national sales manager. Scharf replaces...
Trait technology registration extended
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, announces that the EPA recently extended the registration of its YieldGard Rootworm corn product. The extension enables...
China approves YieldGard corn
Syngenta Seeds, Golden Valley, MN, announces that China has approved its NK Brand YieldGard corn for import as food and feed. The final safety certificate...
Herculex I approved
Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, IN, and Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Des Moines, IA, announce that grain corn containing the Herculex I insect protection...
Articles
Power tools of the 21st century
by Faye Rudsenske
With dwindling space and land prices at a premium, today's farmers need to be innovative, flexible and progressive just to stay on top of things...
Advantages in automation
by Bill Tindall
With four of its 16 plants spaced only 15 miles from each other, Wabash Valley FS, located in Browns, IL, knew it needed to consolidate business by building...
Bright spots
by Susan K. Davis
For the first time in several years, Syngenta managers see bright spots in the crop protection market. This year we see the first sign of market stability,...
Not your father's phone
by David Hest
As new technologies for telephones are harnessed, the lines between telephones and other digital devices, such as cameras and computers, are blurring....
Soybean rust Rx
by Wayne Wenzel
Able to travel great distances via wind-borne spores, soybean rust has spread around the globe to wreak havoc with soybean crops throughout the Southern...
Combatting cheatgrass
by Shane Novacek
Farmers, ranchers and ecologists consider cheatgrass, also known as downy brome, to be one of the greatest threats to Western rangeland. However, to Dean...
Boom time in Brazil
by Greg Lamp
If you hear about opportunity knocking in the booming country of Brazil, open the door carefully. Right now there's plenty of dealer competition in the...
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