02/03/2012 10:00:47 AM
Greg Dahl, Winfield Solutions, product development research manager, explains the company's three new products registered for use in the 2012 growing season. ...
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01/26/2012 2:14:05 PM
Tim Ford, consultant liaison for the Southern Region of MANA Crop Protection, notes how the company is working with university researchers and crop consultants. ...
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01/16/2012 2:27:13 PM
A smaller budget, trade and the Farm Bill will present familiar challenges in 2012 for U.S. Agriculture. ...
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01/12/2012 1:41:27 PM
Conservation programs are the backbone of USDA's efforts to address environmental concerns. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Chief Dave White talks about the the importance of these programs and their role in solving future challenges. ...
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01/10/2012 2:25:18 PM
A three-person panel answered questions from Dave Downey, Ph.D., Purdue University, about what ag retailers should do related to sustainability during ARA's annual meeting. Here are their concluding comments. Panel members (from left) are Bob Willard, Willard Agri-Service; Orvin Bontrager, Servi-Tech crop consultant; and Dave Coppess, Heartland Co-op. ...
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01/05/2012 1:18:25 PM
Mac Carraway, president of Florida-based SMR Farms, LLC, explains how local governments throughout Florida are passing ordinances on fertilizer application without science-based knowledge or agriculture understanding. ...
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12/28/2011 11:29:40 AM
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam talked about various topics during the Agricultural Retailers Association annual meeting in Boca Rotan, Fla. One topic was his opinion that public and private research has to be funded for the U.S. to lead the world in ag technology, which will also result in additional sustainable agriculture. ...
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12/22/2011 4:01:03 PM
The potential to be active in the Agricultural Retailers Association activities has expanded, explains Daren Coppock, ARA president and CEO. Work group and committee participation is open to all members, he notes. ...
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12/19/2011 4:01:17 PM
Daren Coppock, president and chief executive officer of the Agricultural Retailers Association, explained the view that whole-hearted buy-in to sustainability is key to members of ARA and why the association's recent annual meeting was themed "Growing a Sustainable Business." ...
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12/13/2011 3:28:25 PM
Facts about what food production is needed to feed the world’s population today and in the future are presented by Jeff Simmons, Elanco Animal Health president. ...
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12/12/2011 1:26:54 PM
Gary "Butch" Hammond with Cargill, Inc. at Alma, Neb., won the 2011 AGCO Operator of the Year award at the Agricultural Retailer Association annual meeting in Boca Ratan, Fla. ...
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12/08/2011 2:00:37 PM
Robb Fraley, Monsanto, head technology officer, speaks about the need to double agricultural production to feed the increasing world population because very little additional land will be available for producing crops in the future. ...
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