AG RETAIL
The ability to adapt, innovate and create lasting value for growers is vital, which is why ag retail managers, agronomists and sales professionals will gather for the ARA Management Academy, Jan. 20-22.
The U.S.'s competitors have hopped on the agriculture technology treadmill, and right now they are running faster, says precision ag consultant Steve Cubbage.
Nutrien Ag Solutions brings powerful depth of retail agriculture and agronomic expertise as coalition enters its seventh year
The tours to put a local face on the industry, as strengthening these relationships is central to the Agricultural Retailers Association’s advocacy mission.
The 2025 VA-NC Farm Tour offers a timely, hands-on opportunity to explore how agricultural productivity and ecological stewardship can go hand in hand.
What the numbers say about a land crisis.
Look for the sensitive areas in your fields now, advises Steve Pitstick, who farms 50 miles west of the Chicago suburbs. Be proactive and be informed, he adds, so making product use adjustments won’t be a huge lift this season.
Clay Houchin, who is second generation leadership for the 2024 Retailer of the Year Buttonwillow Warehouse Company, shares the business has evolved greatly in the past 60 years to meet the needs of farmers.
“The construction of a dry fertilizer distribution facility on the Ohio River is a significant commitment that we have been carefully considering for several years,” shared Richard Lloyd, President and CEO of Superior Ag.
Today’s ag economy has changed the way United Prairie is partnering with its farmer customers. The focus is still keenly on return on investment, but CEO Curt Miller explains, there are key considerations for how United Prairie is showing up differently for their customers.
“Nexus takes the foundational power of AgVend to the next level by serving as the “App Store” for our Partner Retailers,” says Alexander Reichert.
This offers a streamlined, digital solution to help ag retailers simplify and improve the quoting process.
Ambassador Terry Branstad was the first U.S. state governor to host Xi Jinping in 1985, so he carries the unique distinction of being called an “old friend” by the Chinese leader as well as a friend to President Donald Trump.
After being in the market alongside each other for four years, Truterra will begin offering Indigo Ag carbon programs, and Indigo Ag science will back Truterra’s carbon measurement.
A man who is no stranger to advocacy was on a mission. Mike Twining has been working toward taking a fact-based appeal to the stage of TEDx—the primetime way of sharing big ideas with potentially a big audience for big impact.
A recently announced partnership with Syngenta and Taranis will bring a proof of concept at scale.
Co-founder and CEO of AgVend Alexander Reichert shares how ag retailers are looking to digitally enable not just the customer experience, but also have best in class tools for their sales, marketing, finance, and procurement.
Particularly, Syngenta will extend a unique offer focused in the Midwest to support targeted retailers’ adoption of Taranis’ AI-powered tools.
Darren Frye, Water Street Advisory, says the Fed cutting interest rates by 50 basis points could be huge for agricultural markets.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management approved the Caldwell Canyon Mine located in Idaho in 2019.
Tips for retailers to help shape effective conservation conversations at the farm-gate
Starting in September, ag retailers who are CHS wholesale crop protection customers and AgVend network members can place orders, view transaction and invoice history, and reorder products within the AgVend platform.
If you have tar spot, Southern rust or other disease pressure and plan to dry the crop in the field, you might want to spray again.
After a devastating fire on Oct. 23, 2022, the team at Wilbur-Ellis rallied around its Moses Lake, Washington colleagues and customers.
Since 2020, a series of black swan events in just a few years time resulted in sporadic product shortages and concern about how to react and plan for the future.
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“What farmers need is some assurance and more certainties. They do not need more uncertainties,” Joey Caldwell says.
Tim Urban of Bracewell Technologies has advocated for clients on business tax issues, extension of temporary tax provisions, and federal tax policies within the energy sector.