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“The Seasonal Ag CDL program is critical to ensure ag retailers are able to provide the level of service its farmer customers require at peak times,” says ARA’s Richard Gupton.
With spring comes a renewed excitement for many—or a busy planting season as an ag retailer working tirelessly as the farmer’s trusted adviser.
“ARA is extremely disappointed in the decision to revoke all tolerances for chlorpyrifos. This product has been an essential tool for growers...” says ARA’s Daren Coppock.
Organizations representing rural businesses say the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is not the tool needed to promote more vaccinations and could be damaging to the ag supply chain.
ARA supported the bipartisan infrastructure bill for two reasons: (1) it is bipartisan, and (2) it goes directly to physical infrastructure investments that improve U.S. transportation competitiveness.
ARA sent a letter in September to President Biden opposing the employer-enforced vaccine mandate requirement because of its likely impact on already-tight employment situations for ag employers.
ARA chair Rod Wells: “I am confident that mitigating supply chain disruptions in our industry and working to lessen regulatory burdens that hinder production, will significantly contribute to a burgeoning economy.”
ARA has put together an engaging agenda with very timely topics—for example, the workshop, “Ransom Attack: Could You Be Next?”
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) announced today several promotions effective July 1, 2021, to recognize the ongoing efforts of several staff members.
“Infrastructure has really taken the front burner here lately,” says Hunter Carpenter with Ag Retailers Association. “Infrastructure week has turned into the infrastructure quarter.”
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) supports the Dec. 8 vote by the U.S. Senate to nullify the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate.
Valley Ag has grown its footprint and influence in the Pacific Northwest
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The ag groups are of a position such labeling and regulations should be: durable, predictable, science-based and not fluctuate between administrations.
Since the chlorpyrifos tolerances have expired, chlorpyrifos products with food uses are currently misbranded, and it is a violation of FIFRA to sell and distribute misbranded pesticides.
Covering a full slate of round ups from DC, Richard Gupton, Senior Vice President of Public Policy & Counsel, joined The Scoop podcast to talk about everything from atrazine to infrastructure.
Hunter Carpenter, Senior Director of Public Policy at the Agricultural Retailers Association, came on The Scoop podcast to talk about powerful advocacy tools ag retailers can use.
ARA has been working hard to advance several policies that benefit ag retailers and their farmer customers.
ARA’s Richard Gupton joins the podcast to talk about legislation and court cases with effects on movement of grain and fertilizer, ag exports and global fertilizer supplies.
The process involves your team identifying and agreeing on two areas: your strongest points of defensible competitive advantage and your competition’s weakest points of vulnerability.
The Mid America CropLife Association (MACA) presented the association’s awards at its annual meeting in September 2022.
This seed-applied solution helps crops, such as soybean, capture nitrogen from the atmosphere and significantly reduces the need for nitrogen fertilizers – supporting regenerative agriculture.
Albaugh’s expansion is part of the investments to substantially increase its global production of 2,4-D, but the expansion will also add infrastructure for increased production capacity across other product lines.
There’s a stick, a big stick, with potentially big consequences for those involved in the value chain—all the way down to the farm gate.
“This move signifies more than a change in location. It is a symbol of growth of our farmer-owned cooperative, the strength of agriculture in Indiana and the evolution of how we will do business,” says CEO Kevin Still.
Agricultural retailers and other ARA members were already feeling the impact of a potential strike as railroad carriers started to cancel shipments of critical fertilizer products.
Corteva Inc announced on Tuesday plans to exit about 35 countries and lay off roughly 5% of its global workforce as part of the company’s cost-cutting plans.
The Bilberry technology has been developed as a retrofit system for sprayers to provide both green-on-green and green-on-brown applications.
In the arrangement, which has been in negotiation since February, Ceres Solutions now holds 20% ownership in the United Prairie partnership.
“These locations are ideally situated to complement the existing Ceres Solutions presence across the trade area, and we see many potential synergies,” said Jeff Troike, CEO of Ceres Solutions.