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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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What can organizations do to elevate their entire team’s performance? Dave Mitchell, Founder of The Leadership Difference, says the answer lies in your company’s culture.
Retail Industry
The Scoop Podcast: Ag Retailers’ Policy Priorities for 2024
Hunter Carpenter says this was the most successful fly-in for ARA yet.
March 22, 2024 08:59 AM
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What can organizations do to elevate their entire team’s performance? Dave Mitchell, Founder of The Leadership Difference, says the answer lies in your company’s culture.
Retail Industry
The Scoop Podcast: Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover In Agronomy
Tyler Mitchell, agronomy account manager at River Valley Cooperative in Davenport, Iowa, details the daily complexities he and his team unravel for farmers as they serve as boots on the ground.
March 21, 2024 10:49 AM
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Gaining Traction: What Farmers Need to Know Now About Carbon Intensity
“We are talking about fuel produced in 2025, but that is going to use the crop we are growing this year,” Mitchell Hora says.
March 19, 2024 04:32 PM
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3 Biggest Management Opportunities For Farmers With Technology
“We are really in a second phase of ag tech,” says Ryan Raguse, co-founder of Bushel. “We aren’t in an overly mature state—we’re still somewhere in the middle ground.”
March 18, 2024 02:44 PM
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Retail Training
How To Outline Clear Direction For Each Role On Your Team
“The single most important tool to predict peak performance is a very well-developed job description,” Dave Mitchell says.
March 18, 2024 09:00 AM
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The Scoop 2024 Salary Survey
Retail Business
New Data: The Scoop 2024 Salary Survey
Uncover industry trends in key ag retail roles with the results of The Scoop’s annual salary survey.
March 18, 2024 08:14 AM
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Here’s how the pros approach soil sample seasons
Retail Industry
Across All The Acres: How to Maximize Your Time Soil Testing
Here’s how the pros approach soil sample seasons.
March 15, 2024 02:00 PM
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Can A Scouting Technology Increase Farmer Trust?
From 2020 with only a few farmers participating to covering millions of acres in 2023, Taranis says it wants to help retailers and farmers understand every decision with analytics via its AcreForward technologies.
March 08, 2024 01:44 PM
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Retail Industry
Telus Formally Announces Acquisition of Proagrica
The industry had been buzzing of the news since late November 2023.
March 07, 2024 02:46 PM
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Variable Rate At-Plant Inputs: Industry Update
To date, tens of thousands of acres have been planted with SIMPAS-Applied Solutions (SaS) through the SIMPAS application system.
March 05, 2024 03:44 PM
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