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Den Gardner
I don't have to tell you that growing your business and finding ways to maintain and increase profits is no easy task today. That's why we focus much...
Applied Perspective
What it will take to move precision agriculture forward
by Al McQuinn Guest columnist
Editor's note: Following is an edited version of a presentation that Al McQuinn, former head of Ag Chem Equipment Company, gave at the 7th International...
Customer Knowledge
Working hard is not a business plan
by Bill Keogh
I frequently speak with retailers about the challenges they face in growing their business in a highly competitive, consolidating market in which customer...
From The Top
FROM THE TOP
An interview with Jack Eberspacher, president and CEO, Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) The focus of your 2004 conference in December will be...
Customer First
Playing the Yellow Page game
by June Van Klaveren
A service company that wants to stay in front of its customers and prospects probably should devote a sizable portion of its marketing budget to a Yellow...
News
INDUSTRY
Fertilizer Education Foundation launched The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) launched the Fertilizer Education Foundation at its World Fertilizer Conference...
CROPS
New inoculant Becker Underwood, Ames, IA, says that Vault, its new inoculant and growth stimulant, is the first inoculant for soybeans and peanuts featuring...
PRODUCTS
New STS sprayers Hagie Manufacturing, Clarion, IA, introduces the next generation STS series sprayers for custom applicators and large farming operations....
TECHNOLOGY
GPS-based ground speed sensor Dickey-john, Auburn, IL, says its new iSpeed is a ground speed sensor featuring state-of-the-art GPS technology. Compact...
Focus Report
Spotlight on seed protectants
Listed here are the formulators and largest distributors of seed protectants, along with several of their products for 2005. Please note that all product...
Breaking News
Patent dispute settled
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, has won the key patent battle regarding biotech-gene technology for the transformation of dicot plants, such as cotton....
AAI chief resigns
The board of the Agribusiness Association of Iowa (AAI) announces the resignation of CEO Ed Beaman after nearly 10 years with the association. It also...
Section 18s granted
The EPA has issued Section 18 emergency exemptions for the active ingredients myclobutanil and propiconazole to be used in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma...
Cotton fungicide options
The EPA has approved two Syngenta Crop Protection fungicide products for cotton: Dynasty CST and Uniform. The company says Dynasty CST, a seed-delivered...
Toxicity of chemicals in soil
New research from the University of Illinois Urbana suggests that certain pesticides can become more toxic in contact with reduced, iron-bearing clays...
Articles
Customer knowledge grows sales
by Lynn Grooms
Knowledge is power, said philosopher Francis Bacon. And knowledge of one's customer base is a strong tool, as the retailers featured here will attest....
On the technology track
by Lynn Grooms
Getting on the technology track early has helped Farmers Cooperative Supply & Shipping in West Salem, WI, double its seed sales over the last few years....
One voice
by Liz Selvig
The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) launched its new Fertilizer Education Foundation at the World Fertilizer Conference held in San Francisco, CA, this past...
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