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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
Your Fourth of July Picnic Could be 11% More Expensive
Wells Fargo analysis shows hosting a party of ten for the fourth of July holiday could cost 11% more in 2022 than it would have last year.
November 15, 2022 01:26 AM
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Margy Eckelkamp
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 Business
Chaos and Risk Present Opportunities
The top three trends impacting ag retailers are: economic uncertainty, volatility and labor challenges says Ken Zuckerberg, CoBank agribusiness analyst.
November 14, 2022 12:38 PM
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Twenty months after its launch, Traction Ag has made its first acquisition. Corteva has sold its Granular Business software to the Traction Ag, which includes its farm management technology. The acquisition does not include the Granular brand nor any other Granular products.
New Products
Granular Business Acquired by Traction Ag
Twenty months after its launch, Traction Ag has made its first acquisition. Corteva has sold its Granular Business software to the Traction Ag, which includes its farm management technology.
November 11, 2022 10:47 AM
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Margy Eckelkamp
Veterans Day is November 11, 2022, and Koch Fertilizer is honoring veterans or who are currently serving in the reserve components of the U.S. armed forces.
Retail Industry
Veterans Day: Koch Fertilizer Highlights Employees
As part of this recognition, Koch Fertilizer talked with eight employees who are veterans about their service.
November 10, 2022 12:54 PM
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The fungicide combines three modes of action and is boasted as the first fungicide to use the newest molecule in the SDHI class–fluindapyr.
New Products
FMC’s New Three Mode of Action Fungicide
The fungicide combines three modes of action and is boasted as the first fungicide to use the newest molecule in the SDHI class–fluindapyr.
November 10, 2022 10:36 AM
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The Wilton, North Dakota site consolidates and elevates the opportunities for diversified field crop research which had been previously scattered and in smaller scale.
Retail Industry
WinField United Expands Answer Plot Program to Research Farm In North Dakota
The Wilton, North Dakota site consolidates and elevates the opportunities for diversified field crop research which had been previously scattered and in smaller scale.
November 09, 2022 09:16 AM
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Margy Eckelkamp
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 Training
The Best Swag To Give Farmers
Bridgette Readel and two additional co-founders have started Ag Mafia to bring training and coaching to ag retail sales professionals. Their slogan is to be “more than a price list and a pickup.”
November 09, 2022 09:15 AM
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Margy Eckelkamp
Last year’s data showed a flat trend of the percent of farmers who buy any of their crop inputs online, but this year’s study (conducted in October) showed one of the biggest jumps yet.
Retail Business
Five-Year Trends of How Farmers Buy Online
Last year’s data showed a flat trend of the percent of farmers who buy any of their crop inputs online, but this year’s study (conducted in October) showed one of the biggest jumps yet.
November 08, 2022 02:11 PM
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Margy Eckelkamp
AgVend has named Shane Thomas as Vice President of Strategy and Reed Mayberry as Vice President of Sales.
Retail Industry
AgVend Names Two New Vice Presidents
AgVend has named Shane Thomas as Vice President of Strategy and Reed Mayberry as Vice President of Sales.
November 08, 2022 08:38 AM
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Margy Eckelkamp
The early prototypes have a 10- to 50-kilowatt solar array connected to the Nitricity on-site system housed in a shipping container.
New Products
Nitrogen Made Different Than Ever Before
As CEO and co-founder Nicolas Pinkowski highlights, Nitricity has the key benefits of producing a less carbon-intensive fertilizer with local production closer to the farm, reducing the logistical demands.
November 04, 2022 12:24 PM
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