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“Together with our GROW Solutions Center, our technical agronomy expertise and direct ship opportunities, Landus can serve farmers across the greater Midwest,” said Matt Carstens, president and CEO of Landus.
Growers in California have a new tool to control Powdery Mildew starting this season. Lallemand Plant Care announced today the registration of LALSTOP G46 WG for use against Powdery Mildew.
Ag retail’s footprint in seed sales has grown over the past four years.
Begin using this tool every six months, and watch your team gain alignment and focus.
As an exercise, Brad Oelmann suggests ag retailers go over their product and service offerings, and ask customers how did they feel about each product or service. Then, ask if and how a purchase brought them value.
Via a February email survey, The Scoop conducted its annual salary study, which asks for insights related to compensation for two key ag retail roles: sales agronomists and machine operators/applicators.
Agribusiness business insurance programs are experiencing rate increases of 25% to 75% (and even more in certain geographies such as the Dakotas.
“The thrill of the hunt maybe is the word I’ll use, but it’s a process and I love it from start to finish,” says George Madison.
“Over the next five years, ag retailers will need to get a handle on changing customer needs, lower expected industry working capital, and rising property casualty insurance costs,” Ken Zuckerberg writes.
The Fed hiked rates 25bps at last week’s FMOC meeting and indicated it will stay the course. So why are forward yields (1 year through 30 year still lower, suggesting Fed easing?)
Green Creek Drone Company will be led by Tony Weber as general manager and will also be working closely with The Equity’s Agronomy Department providing custom application of fungicides in select areas in 2023.
Tweaking three financial assumptions challenges most ag retailers to realize their income statements can go from showing a profit to only breaking even.
Realize 6, 7 or even 8 figures of savings without reducing your most valuable resource—your people.
Numerous measures were announced over the weekend in response to SVB which now appear to reduce the risk of financial contagion.
K&R conversations with more than 15,000 prospective candidates in 2022 validate how top leaders continue to look at career opportunities from a different lens.
Incorporate good ideas into your company’s DNA today. Work to do that before the stress of the coming cycle downturn paralyzes you from investing for the future.
Grant Mason, sales manager for Wheeler Brothers Grain in western Oklahoma, shares how the team doubled their agronomy business in just a few years.
“We are committed to streamlining the work and efficiencies of our producers to ensure they get the information they need to increase their success,” said Jeff Van Pevenage, CEO of Columbia Grain International.
Key items we are watching this week include inflation (CPI and PPI) and retail sales reports, earnings from Andersons, Deere, Mosaic and Nutrien, and USDA’s baseline forecast.
Going forward, strategic planning should focus on three tangible activities
The drop in natural gas and fertilizer prices is very noteworthy, while equity markets have begun the year higher.
In the Agri-food Executive Briefing for the week, seven items are highlighted on the watchlist.
Instead of focusing on adding more to the to-do list, start a “stop list.” You can stop doing things altogether, or you can stop doing them in a particular way.
Ag retail has been cemented in supplying farmers with solutions to needs. But remaining stubbornly rooted in yesterday’s success poses risk to today’s infrastructure crumbling to serve the farmer of the future.
I’ve reformulated Porter’s list and labeled the forces as “pressures.” Along with these pressures that most businesses face, there are trends to consider.
Brice Bonin is Sales/E-Business Support Administrator at Nu-Way K&H Cooperative. She details what their team has learned with two years of hosting a digital portal for their agronomy and energy business.
CEO Kevin Still says this is an unprecedented cash return, and its shows two things: the business had a great year in 2022, and also he’s working to focus on the future of the co-op.
Investing in customer service has built the business for Marion Ag Service.
This year’s Retailer of the Year, Marion Ag Service Inc., has adopted four core values, which resonate in all corners of the business.