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Contract savvy
By Lynn Grooms
As more products with valuable output traits come out of the crop technology pipeline, so, too, should come new opportunities for ag retailers and growers....
Technology
Pollen blocker
By Wayne Wenzel
HOEGEMEYER HYBRIDS, a regional seed company based in Hooper, NE, appears to have found a way to prevent cross contamination of pollen from genetically...
Hybrids for high-temp drying
RESEARCHERS AT the University of Illinois have found that different hybrids handle drying at high temperatures better than others. The researchers found...
Products
Fungicide-insecticide combo
By Wayne Wenzel
SYNGENTA CROP Protection hosted two June field tours near Gilbert, IA, and Champaign, IL. Company seed treatment specialists, university experts and crop...
End wheel ruts
WHEEL RUTS challenge growers who irrigate, especially in certain soil types. The new Spider Dual Drive by Valley helps alleviate rut problems in the field....
Ditch liner
PENDA Corporation claims its corrugated plastic water management system called SmartDitch will greatly reduce water seepage in unlined irrigation canals...
More E85 at the pump
CHS ANNOUNCES it will provide a Cenex-branded E85 fuel to 22 terminals in Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska and South...
Inoculant application system
PIONEER HI-BRED International says silage producers can save time and wear and tear on their choppers by using its patented Appli-Pro Super Low Volume...
Preserving identity
By Lynn Grooms
MANY CONTRACTS that retailers make with processors to deliver specialty grains specify that the retailers must have identity-preserved (IP) capabilities,...
Wireless controls guide pivots
A NEW GPS-guided irrigation control system from Reinke helps growers keep track of year-round pivot activities and ensures correct alignments with the...
Know-How
Low impact?
By Doreen Muzzi
U.S. SOYBEAN producers, bombarded almost daily with reports of new discoveries of Asian soybean rust, may be wondering at what point new findings of the...
Service-selling tips
WHEN SELLING to a customer, you must illustrate value, and to keep a customer, you must prove value over time, says John Wagner, president of AgRePlan...
Articles
Complaint control
By John Pocock
UNCOOPERATIVE WEATHER patterns in much of the Corn Belt kept many ag retailers and applicators working overtime to keep pace with farmer demands this...
One up on Wal-Mart
By David Hest
AN IMPORTANT part of the success of Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, is attributed to its sophisticated inventory management systems. In the world...
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