Retail Business
Alexander Reichert warns that bad data and do-it-yourself builds can sink AI projects. He also lays out five trends that make standing still costly.
David Vail, a 40 Under 40 honoree and insights and analytics specialist, explains how Power BI and ArcGIS are turning sales and field data into faster, sharper decisions across Simplot’s retail network.
One Minnesota family is breaking with tradition and reserving fall fieldwork for acres where it can make the biggest contribution.
Ken Ferrie walks through the problems plaguing this year’s corn crop and shares his strategy for salvaging yield and protecting grain quality in storage.
Private labels are proving to be one way businesses are forging a new path.
Stephanie Vrakas Bagshaw takes over as CEO of TIMAC AGRO USA and Dean Williams becomes BW Fusion’s chief executive, as both crop nutrition companies bet on new leadership to scale their biological and soil-health platforms.
Kess Berg of Advanced Agrilytics says one of the solutions is connecting better with your existing data to identify what’s working well and where simple management changes could boost returns.
The industry is at the intersection of a wave of patents expiring, margin shrinking, and heightened competition.
AGCO’s award honors the custom applicators who keep ag retail running — nominations for 2026 close September 30.
Starting small on less productive acres gave Whalen Farms room to learn — and eventually cut fertilizer costs across 2,000 acres.
Orbit AI platform is betting that agentic AI can turn the crop input supply chain from reactive to predictive — for input and seed companies, and for the agronomists working directly with growers.
Crop protection, seeds and digital tools could be rolled into a standalone company by middle of next year.
Rhonda Bassett-Spiers succeeds Scott Sexton, who built Ever.Ag through more than a decade of acquisitions, as the company rolls out its Everett AI engine across FieldAlytics and MerchantAg.
Warm fall conditions could push back the window for safe, effective anhydrous and manure applications across parts of the Midwest, says Iowa State agronomist.
Recent university studies find that corn kernels usually hold their weight through the dry-down process while pinpointing the operational realities that lead to missing grain.
Innovative research is revealing thousands of untapped genes that could help breeders develop hybrids with better stress tolerance, grain quality and performance across diverse farming systems.
A survey of 5,500 farmers found the influence of nontechnical sales reps down 17 points in North America while agronomists held flat. The difference isn’t who calls on the grower. It’s what they bring when they get there.
The answers to which hybrids, products and practices paid off may already be in your fields. The trick is stopping long enough to find them, say David Hula and Randy Dowdy.
Farm Journal Field Agronomists say adjusting yield calculations for compromised plants could reveal 20 to 40 fewer bushels per acre than what farmers in parts of the Eastern Corn Belt currently expect.
PTI Farm research reveals how GMO, non-GMO and organic corn each offer unique economic advantages depending on local markets, input costs and management capabilities.
Oregon-based Pratum Cooperative joins the retailer-owned distribution company as its 13th owner.
The farmer-owned cooperative is backward-integrating into fertilizer production to drive value back through the channel that sells it.
Beyond replacing a loader operator, the technology could reshape facility design, staffing and service models.
Yield champions Randy Dowdy and David Hula saw hybrid performance differ significantly this season in the same fields under the same management practices. Their evaluation process went beyond yield and can help corn growers working on their seed decisions for 2027.
Led by Blue River Technology co-founder Jorge Heraud, the startup says it can improve fertilizer placement.
The farmer-owned cooperative says its One Health Studio partnership gives farmers and ag retail a voice as startups build new links among crops, livestock and human health.
“On behalf of the Board, the management team and all our colleagues, I would like to sincerely thank Mike for his invaluable contributions over the years,” said Bikash Prasad, Group Chief Financial Officer.
New research shows what is driving farmer decisions, how it’s effecting their timing of purchases and who they are turning to as advisers.