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ARA Announces Final Selection of 2025 Rising Stars and Launch of Fan Favorite Video Contest
Oct 10, 2025
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) has announced the final selection of fourteen Rising Stars as part of the 2025 Rising Stars Award Program, sponsored by Atticus. As part of this initiative, Atticus has also launched the Fan Favorite Video Contest to help highlight this year's honorees. The Rising Stars Program provides ARA member companies with a valuable opportunity to recognize employees for their contributions to the industry. Selected individuals will be honored in front of hundreds of agricultural professionals at the annual ARA Conference & Expo, while also gaining opportunities to develop their leadership skills.
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ARA Honors Joe Hodges with Lifetime Achievement Award
Nov 29, 2023
ARA honored Joe Hodges with the Jack Eberspacher Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades of leadership in ag retail. Hodges received ARA’s highest individual honor during ARA’s Conference & Expo general session attended by more than 620 agricultural professionals.
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ARA Named MKC Retailer of the Year
Nov 29, 2023
ARA honored Mid Kansas Cooperative (MKC) with its Retailer of the Year award in front of more than 620 attendees during the 2023 ARA Conference & Expo.
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ARA Convenes Annual Conference
Nov 28, 2023
ARA kicked off its 2023 Conference & Expo with more than 600 agricultural retail industry professionals convening to share knowledge, network, and celebrate more than 30 years of ARA.
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Sustainable Grain Cultivates New Opportunities for Retailers
Oct 24, 2023
Conversations around sustainable ag are increasing, and not just among those in the ag industry: Food companies are also paying attention to the sustainability of grain production. It’s an emerging market that agribusinesses can take advantage of with the help of a new marketing tool that offers comprehensive sustainability insights.
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Identify New Business Opportunities With Field-Level Sustainability Insights
Oct 10, 2023
Helping growers invest in farming practices that protect the land they depend on is an integral part of an ag retailer’s role. But now that an increasing number of food and pet food companies are seeking sustainably grown ingredients, others are interested in that investment, too. It’s an emerging market that, with the help of comprehensive sustainability insights, retailers and their customers can capitalize on.
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ARA Welcomes Chelsea to the Team
Oct 09, 2023
Chelsea Armstrong, ARA's new Manager of Member Services & Administration, is a communications professional with a background in promotions, administration, and management. Her flair for event coordination, social media management, and hospitality adds an invaluable dynamic to the ARA team.
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From Crop Scouting to Customer Service: The Impact of Taranis Technology
Sep 21, 2023
Armed with a drive to operate Bottiger Farms as a “tip-of-the-spear business”, Bottiger set to work forging the business relationships he knew he would need to build the “tech stack” that would deliver both precision and repeatability.
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ARA Expresses Concern on EPA's Flawed, Unworkable WOTUS Rule
Aug 29, 2023
ARA President & CEO Daren Coppock released a statement expressing serious concern with the final "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) rule announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Is Your Customer Satisfaction Score a Lie?
Aug 21, 2023
One of the fundamental tenets of performance improvement is to identify a metric that measures how you are doing. In business, the typical metrics are profitability, operational efficiency, and stakeholder satisfaction. The stakeholders are generally defined as ownership, employees, and customers. Of all these metrics, the one that can be the most misleading is customer satisfaction.
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A Story on Culture & Engagement (Saving Babies' Lives!)
Aug 16, 2023
Erin Mies and Kristen Ireland, co-founders of People Spark Consulting, share a story about culture and engagement ahead of their breakout session at the 2023 ARA Conference & Expo:
Early in my career I worked with a consultant, Bill, who focused on culture and engagement (yes, this was a topic even way back in the 1990’s). To this day, I still remember a story he shared a story with me about engagement.