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The $5 million donation from AGCO will construct a new 25,000 sq.-ft. state-of-the-art training center, which will house a new AGCO Agriculture Service Technician Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree program.
Crop Nutrition Week will connect growers and agronomy experts for five days of online learning Feb. 6-10.
Users of OTT dicamba are required to receive training in order to use these products and these training sessions will be starting soon.
The second webinar in the Adjuvant Advantage for the Sales Agronomist series will be hosted on Jan. 19 at 1 p.m. EST.
With the ASFMRA, it’s easy to take the next step in your appraisal career – visit the 2023 Education Calendar today and find the right course for you.
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.”
The academy is led by Purdue University’s Center for Food and Agricultural Business in partnership with the Agricultural Retailers Association and the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.
“I know I have to perform every year and deepen the customer relationship,” Jason Hanson says. “You can’t take a loyal customer for granted.”
The free online event is titled “Agroterrorism Remains a Significant Threat to U.S. Farms and Food Supply” and is set for Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, at 3 p.m. CDT.
This late season disease is nothing to hit the snooze button on. “This is a disease you have to pay attention to,” says Dr. Nathan Kleczewski, plant pathologist with Growmark.
Getting your planter ready for spring won’t change the price of corn, but it can mean you’ll harvest additional bushels next fall.
Many of the 2018 incidents were relatively minor and that the higher number of incidents could likely be tied to an increase in grain production and handling.
Completing these five easy steps will not only make sure your spreader applies product accurately but will also help reduce in-season down time.
Having a well-maintained machine is the best way to be ready for crunch time and prevent downtime.
“The 2018 Farm Bill changed the status of hemp for everyone,” FieldWatch CEO Stephanie Regagnon says.
Here’s how consultants can help grow the industry’s brain trust
This November, the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA) will examine the impact of new technologies on rural land management and valuation at its 2019 Annual Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.
The seminars will make their debut during Education Week, an annual event featuring education for farm managers, rural appraisers and agricultural consultants.
There are two grant opportunities for retailers to consider
The Agricultural Retailers Association, American Society of Agronomy, Environmental Defense Fund and Field to Market have teamed up to equip trusted farmer advisers tools and resources.
Fourteen participants attended the first-ever ENGAGE training in October. The event included one-on-one and small group sessions to use values-based messages to respond to even the toughest questions.
This committee provides independent policy advice, information and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on various environmental policies that are important to agriculture and rural communities.
The goal is to improve the long-term success of the agency’s Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ) requirements. The Agricultural Retailers Association supports these targeted revisions.
Field to Market’s Kelly Murray Young shares how the SPARC initiative is going so far and all of the ways retailers can get the conversation started with their farmer customers about sustainability.
This effort encourages motor carriers to hire younger drivers as part of the FMCSA’s Under 21 Military Driver Pilot Program.
Seats are limited – register today to save your spot!
You can order one ARA Navigator 360° or have all of your firm’s current and future leaders participate.
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) Conference & Expo is the premier event for agricultural retailers, distributors and suppliers.
Registration is open and deeply discounted for ARA members!
Starting July 19, once a week for four weeks an online session will go live.