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NexGen Agronomy Solutions was founded three years ago, and co-founder Ben Werr shares the business was built on the type of work the team does, and why the team does it.
WHAT IS OMNiPOWER™ PLATFORM? The OMNiPOWER™ platform is a mobile diesel-powered platform designed to handle a large variety of implements commonly used in agriculture, including the New Leader NL5000 G5 spreader.
Looking to the near future reveals a very different makeup of employees, as such Ceres Solutions is implementing technology to drive its business forward in customer experience, employee recruitment and retention.
Mindset is key for innovation. During a 30-minute webinar, which is now available on demand, Shane Thomas presents five mental models ag retailers can use to augment their innovation strategies.
It sounds so basic, yet most companies have significant gaps in sharing and clarifying their missions.
What the pandemic has shown is that “life-work balance” is important and that employees will be expecting the right balance from their workplaces.
Bringing 20-plus years of experience in digital agriculture and data science, John Raines joined Telus Agriculture & Consumer Goods as president in 2021 as it springboarded from a series of 11 acquisitions.
Just like all other boom cycles, this one will come to an end. It is important to prepare for that eventuality now.
Teamwork is a key theme for Nelson McCord, senior manager of retail operations at Simplot Grower Solutions.
Managing the manufacturing process has been a great challenge and opportunity for Meredith Hubbell and the team at Wilbur-Ellis.
“After an extensive CEO search, in which we saw some very elite candidates, we are excited to announce that our internal candidate rose to the top against the stiff competition,” says Board Chairman Rick Osterday
With the recent twists and turns in the ag retail industry—Arnie Sinclair reflects on top trends he’s seeing across ag retail, and specifically in the machinery segment.
When it was completed in 2014, the Osage plant was the world’s largest purpose-built biorational manufacturing facility.
Brett Bruggeman says their business starts with the customer, and he’s a believer in segmentation as such identifying customers by appetite to growth, transparency with data, and willingness to advocate.
IAP serves more than thirty independent retailer-owners with locations across the United States with sales exceeding $2 billion
Forecasting the demand and facilitating the flow of crop inputs has changed the way these businesses are operating.
On June 16, EFC Systems is sponsoring a free webinar for all of those in ag retail looking to inject innovation and more importantly an innovation mindset into their business.
From the farmer perspective, e-commerce in agriculture shouldn’t just mean point, click, buy AgVend’s Pat Sullivan says.
“I’ve learned patience—I’ve learned patience with employees, patience with customers. And they have learned patience with me,” Wyatt Smith says.
With a territory the spans Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, Erin Hardin covers a diverse geography, and she says the reception to new technology tools varies.
It took nearly a month until the Stanton, VA, based cooperative was back to business in a new normal and no longer receiving communication from the threat actors.
Harley Rensing, a customer success manager at CommoditAg, joins The Scoop podcast to talk about supply chain constraints and how focusing on the customer experience is growing e-commerce and ag retailers’ businesses.
“As we think about what technical developments will propel agriculture forward (broadacre row crop), what will NOT change can be an interesting framework, instead of the latest buzzword or trend,” writes Rhishi Pethe.
“In ag retail we need to get comfortable with the fact that digital tools and infrastructure are not only here to stay, but an essential differentiator for your business indefinitely,” writes Shane Thomas.
“It is getting better, but also there isn’t just one answer either in how to work with data,” writes Nathan Faleide.
“Agriculture labor is one of those funny challenges that sounds almost boring at first but once you dive in, you realize it’s one of the most fascinating parts of our industry,” writes Tyler McGee.
For those ag retailers who are resistant to embrace opportunities, there could be a pretty big crowd saying coulda, woulda, shoulda.
Trust within the group is No. 1. It has to be there in order to have sharing in business and personal successes, failures, struggles, and ideas.
From Jim Farrell: One common theme I have heard in conversations with others is the companies that survive the next five years will have become true trusted advisers to their farmer-customers.
Here are four things you can do to decrease your company’s working capital requirements