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“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.
For retailers using the Growers platform, when agronomic recommendations are created in FieldX, agronomists can then offer purchasing options for farmer customers.
As agricultural advisers, our job is to assist growers in making educated decisions about the 2023 crop, so choose wisely.
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.
And with last week’s strong job’s report acting as an “all clear signal” for the Fed to remain hawkish, forget the “hard“ vs. “soft” landing debate, and think “long landing.”
Going forward, strategic planning should focus on three tangible activities
On the watchlist this week are the recent actions by the Fed. As well as recent and upcoming earning reports.
Eyes are on Thursday’s GDP release and public company earnings.
Ken Zuckerberg writes, “I remain intensively focused on the outlook for grain and fertilizer prices.”
The drop in natural gas and fertilizer prices is very noteworthy, while equity markets have begun the year higher.
Looking ahead we see an environment of margin pressure amidst a slowing economy, rising interest rates, high labor and energy costs (namely diesel fuel), and trade uncertainty with China and possibly Mexico.
Equity markets finished 2022 in the red as fears of a U.S. and global recession have become the consensus view. Be careful. Experience tells me that when everyone decides to sit on the same side of the canoe, it can tip
In the Agri-food Executive Briefing for the week, seven items are highlighted on ‘the watchlist':
In the Agri-food Executive Briefing for the week, seven items are highlighted on the watchlist.
Now partnering with more than 2,400 grain facilities in the U.S. and Canada, Bushel amped up its drumbeat to digitize the grain trail and kill the need for the traditional paper trail.
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.
Bill Anderson, most recently the head of Roche’s pharmaceuticals division, will succeed Werner Baumann as chief executive at Germany’s Bayer on June 1.
As one of the first retailers to commercial selective spraying in their agronomic offering, Jeff Crissinger, VP of Agronomy Sales/Marketing at NuWay-K&H Cooperative shares how they are positioning this technology.
So much in agriculture is changing—from regulations to developing technology to new crop input practices.
“People are concerned about food inflation right now,” says Dr. Michael Swanson, Wells Fargo Chief Agricultural Economist. “Some premier celebration foods have actually dropped from a year ago.”
It’s a big idea with far-reaching implications for ag retail—the environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework.
The new packaging is designed to be disposable, so the SIMPAS Smart Cartridges aren’t re-used with microbial products.
Tim Riley joined Certis Biologicals in 2020 as Key Account Manager, supporting the company’s business partnerships with distribution leaders.
Both technology systems result from work with leading industry partners and are designed to work seamlessly with farming operations to dramatically increase the performance of a broad range of biologicals.
Since 2013, FMC has built a biologicals business with more than 50 biological products offering protection for multiple high-value specialty crops and row crops across 50 countries.
To meet the rising demand of biological crop protection, Certis Biologicals today announced that it is strengthening its innovation pipeline by naming Mike Allan Vice President of Business Development and Licensing.
Kocide 50DF enters the market with the same proven efficacy that growers have relied upon for generations, but in a high-load formulation.
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.
When one takes off agriculture’s rose-colored glasses, the reality is much of the industry’s technology has been held together with digital duct tape and baling wire.