CropLife Retail Week
A weekly video for members of the ag retail community to keep track of the news of the week and find out what happened at various in-person industry events.
Episodes
Bridge payments are on the way. We break down what it could mean heading into the 2026 season. Also, CropLife provides an update on China’s promised U.S. soybean purchases in 2025.
Stay up to date with the latest insights in crop protection, ag retail, and agricultural innovation from CropLife Magazine. We bring you expert interviews, product spotlights, and in-depth coverage of precision ag, sustainable farming, ag tech, and mo...
In this episode, Editor Eric Sfiligoj chats with Jason Solberg, the new interim President at the Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association (IFCA), about industry topics and the organization’s upcoming annual meeting in Peoria, IL.
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Welcome to a special year-end edition of CropLife Retail Week. Eric Sfiligoj and Matt Hopkins break down the five biggest stories that drove reader interest in 2025 — from glyphosate uncertainty and trade tensions to the mega rail merger, the Corteva split, and the coming ESA requirements heading into 2026.
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Glyphosate’s Final Act?
A holiday tradition continues with Editor Eric Sfiligoj reading the classic “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” with a decidedly CropLife twist.
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In this special edition of CropLife Retail Week, Editor Eric Sfiligoj reports from the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) annual meeting in Salt Lake City, UT.
Stay up to date with the latest insights in crop protection, ag retail, and agricultural innovation from CropLife Magazine. We bring you expert interviews, product spotlights, and in-depth coverage of precision ag, sustainable farming, ag tech, and more.
ESA (Endangered Species Act) label language is finally landing on crop protection products — and ag retailers are on the front lines helping growers stay compliant for 2026 and beyond. In this special edition of CropLife Retail Week, Eric Sfiligoj sits down with Terry Kippley, President & CEO of CPDA (Council of Producers & Distributors of Agrotechnology), to discuss this important issue.
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In this episode of CropLife Retail Week, Eric Sfiligoj sits down with Amy Asmus from Asmus Farm Supply to preview the upcoming ARA Annual Meeting and reflect on key wins, ongoing challenges, and what’s ahead for ag retail.
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Eric Sfiligoj sits down with Daren Coppock of the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) to break down what the end of the government shutdown means for agriculture — including assistance programs and the uncertain future of the Farm Bill. They also preview the 2025 ARA Conference in Salt Lake City in early December.
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Eric Sfiligoj sits down with Cotton Grower’s Beck Barnes to break down the biggest stories shaping the cotton market heading into 2026 — from the government reopening to stalled Farm Bill negotiations, rising input costs, shrinking farm numbers, and fresh optimism from new China trade developments.
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Fanwood Chemical’s Jim DeLisi joins Retail Week to unpack how 2025 tariffs hit exports, input costs, and what the November 5 Supreme Court arguments could mean.
Stay up to date with the latest insights in crop protection, ag retail, and agricultural innovation from CropLife Magazine. We bring you expert interviews, product spotlights, and in-depth coverage of precision ag, sustainable farming, ag tech, and more.
China quietly resumed purchases of U.S. soybeans while a major supplier consolidation takes shape. We also break down our Smart Tech survey: Interoperability tops the pain points.
Stay up to date with the latest insights in crop protection, ag retail, and agricultural innovation from CropLife Magazine. We bring you expert interviews, product spotlights, and in-depth coverage of precision ag, sustainable farming, ag tech, and mor...
In this week’s episode of CropLife Retail Week, Eric Sfiligoj and Lara Sowinski recap key takeaways from the CropLife Advisory Council meeting, a $3 billion federal aid package for farmers, and China’s trade outlook meeting.
Stay up to date with the latest insights in crop protection, ag retail, and agricultural innovation from CropLife Magazine. We bring you expert interviews, product spotlights, and in-depth coverage of precis...
CropLife’s Eric Sfiligoj and Laura Sowinski share highlights from Lara’s Nutrien potash mine tour in Saskatchewan. Then, Eric breaks down the major corporate shake-ups at Corteva and Farmers Business Network — and what they mean for ag retailers heading into 2026.
Stay up to date with the latest insights in crop protection, ag retail, and agricultural innovation from CropLife Magazine. We bring you expert interviews, product spo...
Brevant Seeds’ Anthony Lackore joins CropLife’s Eric Sfiligoj to discuss how genetics, innovation, and AI are transforming agriculture.
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Farmers are under pressure in 2025 with low commodity prices, high input costs, and global trade tensions. In this week’s CropLife Retail Week, Eric Sfiligoj and Dan Jacobs discuss Secretary of Agriculture’s Brooke Rollins’ remarks at the Agricultural Outlook Forum and rising fertilizer costs.
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Eric Sfiligoj and Dan Jacobs cover USDA’s big reorganization, the rise of smart ag tech, and the finalists for the 2025 CropLife IRON Product of the Year award. Plus, we look at AGCO’s Operator of the Year award and early 2025 CropLife 100 insights.
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This week on CropLife Retail Week, Eric and Lara break down the latest challenges facing crop protection products — including a new lawsuit targeting Corteva’s Enlist herbicide. We also discuss the potential company split and Land O’Lakes’ new Radical Growth Fund. Plus, a look ahead at Lara’s Nutrien potash mine tour.
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AI Is Reshaping Ag: “Smart Tech Decoded” Podcast Reveal
Group Editor Lara Sowinski sits down with Senior Content Specialist Dan Jacobs to unveil Smart Tech Decoded. A new podcast exploring how AI, interoperability, drones, sensors, and satellites are changing ag from intuition to intelligence. We dig into labor and water challenges, real-time data.
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Fendt/AGCO takes home the 2025 Showstopper Award for its AirMax Precision F1/F2 system and information on cooperative merger talks in Ohio and Indiana.
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On-site highlights from MAGIE 2025 (Bloomington, IL): attendance trends, air spreaders drawing crowds, and the latest equipment and smart technologies from See & Spray to drones and more
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