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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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Retail Industry
Roundup Of Investments in Artificial Intelligence, Biologicals and Crop Breeding
Cooperative Ventures supports real-time agronomic insights, Syngenta expands biostimulant manufacturing with a new plant, and Loveland marks milestones in rice breeding
June 05, 2025 12:16 PM
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Retail Industry
Industry Moves: 3 Leadership Updates From 3 Input Companies
Catch up new roles and new faces across the industry.
June 04, 2025 12:55 PM
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Retail Training
Illinois Legislature Passes Bill to Improve Pesticide Applicator Process
There are more than 36,000 registered pesticide applicators in Illinois — of which 11,000 are farmers.
June 03, 2025 05:19 PM
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Retail Business
Aerial Application Field Trial: Fungicide Protected 20 bu. of Corn Yield
Despite being outside the optimum window for tar spot control, this Wisconsin field trial yielded strong results.
June 03, 2025 01:14 PM
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Retail Industry
High Stakes and False Claims: Understanding the MAHA Report’s Impact
The recommendations in the recent report could impose steep economic and environmental costs on U.S. farmers by limiting access to glyphosate and atrazine for weed management.
June 02, 2025 01:05 PM
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Retail Industry
Heads Up: Space Weather Could Disrupt GPS Signal This Week
These space weather events can disturb the Earth’s magnetic field and at this severe level cause “more frequent and longer periods of GPS degradation.”
June 01, 2025 12:01 PM
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Retail Business
Game-Changer in Fertilizer Pricing: Explore the New Urea Futures Tool
“It’s another option to have some control over fertilizer prices, which have been extremely volatile in the past couple of years,” says Josh Linville vice president of fertilizer at StoneX.
May 30, 2025 03:03 PM
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Margy Eckelkamp
The Scoop podcast hosts conversations with retailers and industry leaders on topics affecting ag retail today and in the future
Retail Industry
Inside Ag Retail’s Supply Chain: How This Industry’s Distribution is Unique
Kyle Barton, procurement manager at Simplot Grower Solutions, along with his team manage the supply chain of crop protection, adjuvants, micronutrients, and biologicals for the company’s retail locations west of the Rocky Mountains.
May 21, 2025 06:00 AM
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Retail Industry
Decode MAHA’s Potential Effect on the Agriculture Sector
Industry analysts are watching two fronts for activity from MAHA initiatives
May 19, 2025 02:33 PM
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Margy Eckelkamp
The Scoop podcast hosts conversations with retailers and industry leaders on topics affecting ag retail today and in the future
Retail Business
Demonstrating Value Is a Mandate: Fun, Shiny Objects Don’t Do the Job
Benny Andres, who oversees the product management team at Bushel, says agribusinesses are looking for three things in technology.
May 19, 2025 08:40 AM
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