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Margy Eckelkamp

Margy Eckelkamp is an award-winning journalist who serves as the Editor of The Scoop magazine, Top Producer magazine, and The Daily Scoop newsletter. She also the host of The Scoop Podcast and is a key contributor to AgWeb and other Farm Journal publications.

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The AgMRI platform provides a row by row and plant by plant view, and the newest feature is Compare View, which allows for side-by-side comparisons of field images gathered through the season.
With a business deal expected to close before the end of 2019, Growmark announces it will acquire the agronomy and energy assets of Mid-Iowa Cooperative.
The stated goal of the new alliance is to bring together independent ag retailers in a network for collaboration.
At the 2019 AgTech Expo Marc Saltzman will give practical tips and tangible ways to think about how technology is changing our personal lives and businesses.
After introducing the Nutrien Ag Solutions name in the U.S. and Canada in April 2018, Nutrien is unifying more of its global footprint by rebranding Ruralco and Landmark ag retail in Australia.
This is your opportunity to join the more than 13,500 Certified Crop Advisers (CCAs.)
Based on the 2019 survey responses, 37% of farmers who don’t buy online have 1000 acres or less. While 30% of the respondents who buy some inputs on line have 1000 acres or less.
Reported by category, respondents indicated more farmers are buying fertilizer online whereas sales of micronutrients decreased compared with 2018 results.
Of the 11% of farmers who said they buy some crop inputs online, here are the factors they said were important or very important in those decisions
Compared to 2018 survey results, as a category seed saw the biggest gains for purchases going digital.