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The Wild West has come to ag retail. The scramble for ag retail dollars has kicked up a dusty haze as traditional chemical players scrap gravel with an expanding list of online start-up companies.

The Rural Mainstreet Index, a survey of community bank CEOs, shows economic growth stalling for the first time in months. The 10-state survey by Creighton University focuses on rural areas.

“It may be because of the continued economic challenges of ag, or maybe, just maybe we’re finally realizing precision ag has been stuck in a rut for way too long, and it’s time for a change.”

Steve Patterson, senior Vice President of Marketing and communications for Southern States Co-Op, is based out of Richmond, Va. We’re talking about agronomics and what farmers should be doing to make 2019 go smoothly.

Farmers are concerned the aid packaged announced last week by the Trump Administration will not help them financially.

USDA added 130 million bushels to the corn that will be on-hand at the start of the 2018/19 marketing year and corn prices dropped 8 cents.

There will be some lingering trade pain for U.S. agriculture according to the former chief ag negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative.

On the AgPro Podcast, voices from the industry asked, “Why is environmental stewardship important to your business?”

It’s no secret the Chinese economy is struggling. Still, Pro Farmer senior market analyst Rich Posson said he’s concerned the trade war will continue well into next year.

Bayer AG closed its $63 billion acquisition of Monsanto Co., emerging from an arduous two-year antitrust review as the biggest seed and agricultural chemicals maker in the world.