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As part of the program, each Rising Star also completed the ARA NAVIGATOR 360° online leadership assessment to identify their own strengths and areas to improve as it relates to their company’s unique needs
ARA honored Alex McGregor with the Jack Eberspacher Lifetime Achievement Award for his legacy of leadership of The McGregor Company.
Anne Yargus Sheehy and Meg Yargus Steward of AGI Fertilizer Systems were awarded the ARA Distinguished Service Award during the ARA Conference & Expo.
The Retailer of the Year award, sponsored by Bayer, annually honors an ARA member retailer company that displays effective employee relations, environmental stewardship, customer reliability, leadership, etc
“It was eye-opening for Truterra, as a farmer-led sustainability unit of Land O’Lakes, to share its experience rolling out a carbon program,” says ARA President and CEO Daren Coppock.
“I believe the annual ARA Conference plays a large part in that resilience by providing a space for us to share ideas and prepare for the challenges of now and of our future,” says ARA Board Chair Rod Wells
EFC Systems, Inc (EFC), a leading provider of ERP accounting and digital agronomy solutions for Ag Retailer / Service Providers, has secured a new investment that will enable both organic and inorganic growth.
What do a Thanksgiving turkey and a canary in a coal mine have in common? More than you might think—this year’s turkey has a warning.
Matt Winslow: The NAICC is more than an organization. It’s a family of agricultural professionals that I personally will cherish for a lifetime.
Short-term realities and long-term stamina might be just the combination for the year ahead.
Greater integration of data and technology on U.S. agricultural operations can help producers tell the story of their stewardship while identifying new ways to manage resources and participate in emerging opportunities.
In dozens of turnarounds, I have participated firsthand in facilitating negotiations, strategic thinking, innovation and performance improvement dialogues with vendors.
The combining of the two networks will also form a near-national footprint for field testing of products and services. Additionally, down the path, CHS and Growmark can provide distribution capabilities for the startups
“We need collaboration, shared vision and action,” Liam Condon, member of the board of management of Bayer and president of Bayer Crop Science said in the company announcement.
For combating SCN during the 2022 growing season, The SCN Coalition encourages growers to work with their advisors to select the appropriate SCN-resistant varieties.
Orr will succeed Jim Spradlin, CEO since September 2014, who retires February 28, 2022.
Who has what products where and when are key questions swirling for the 2022 growing season and its required crop inputs.
AgVend co-founder of AgVend Alexander Reichert says this is another example of AgVend’s broader strategy to build its Grower Portal ecosystem to simplify the digital experience for growers.
For the management scenarios explored, the researchers found that complex dynamic tools did not consistently increase profits over simpler static tools.
Today, the program has a network of 8,000+ farmers and 25 million acres across all crops, including potatoes, corn, soy, wheat, cotton, sugar beets and specialty crops---citrus, watermelon, almond, and vegetables.
Bayer announced on November 9 that Liam Condon has resigned from his leadership role at Bayer Crop Science, and Rodrigo Santos will step into the position of president of the crop science division.
The use of poultry litter can contribute to reduced fertilizer input costs for many farmers, depending on the price and transportation expense.
AgLaunch and Farm Journal Announce Cutting-Edge Startups for the 2021 AgLaunch365 Row Crop Challenge
The 10 Row Crop Challenge startups were chosen by a panel of farmers that selected innovations based on their potential to address key problems in U.S. row crop agriculture.
Pro Farmer Crop Tour results will be released on Thursday evening.
Helm is highlighting three strategic product developments it has made that has it as a willing and ready supplier right now for ag retailers and farmers.
A new tracking tool developed at the University of Missouri provides a continuously updated 14-day snapshot of new cases of COVID-19 in every county in the nation.
This year has presented farmers across the Midwest with a myriad of challenges, which are accounted for in the group’s national corn and soybean yield estimates.
A bankruptcy filing by a leading hemp processor strikes a “gut punch” to the fledgling industry as it tries to secure a foothold in Kentucky, the state’s agriculture commissioner said Thursday.
Leaders at Helm are reporting where it used to take 30 days to get product from China/Asia, now it’s at least two months–if you can get it on a ship and container pricing is up 10 fold.
How can we make farmers’ social support systems stronger during this time of intense economic pressure?