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Help Growers Look Beyond Yield Results to Navigate Challenging Markets
Oct 14, 2025
By integrating financial strategies with agronomic planning, ag retailers can provide growers with the tools they need to navigate challenging markets successfully.
In today’s volatile agricultural market, success isn’t just about maximizing yields—it’s about making strategic decisions that drive profitability, resilience, and long-term sustainability. As growers look to improve their ability to navigate uncertainty and sustain their operations, retailers have the opportunity to provide them with the tools and resources to help them develop financially sound strategies.
How to Optimize On-Farm Logistics and Implement Best Agronomic Practices to Simplify Nitrogen Management
Oct 14, 2025
Protect Precious Nitrogen Investments with Tidal Grow® alignN® at the Right Place, Time, Rate, and Source
Every grower knows the frustration of investing in nitrogen only to lose a significant portion to runoff, translocation, and poor timing. With fertilizer costs high and commodity prices low, this waste is particularly challenging. It’s essential to apply nitrogen when and where crops need it most. This blog explores how traditional methods fall short and how Tidal Grow® alignN®, enables growers to enhance nutrient effectiveness, boost yield, and optimize nitrogen investments.
New from WinField United: SuperLock Adjuvant Simplifies Herbicide Performance
Sep 30, 2025
As weed pressures becomes increasingly challenging, enhance weed control with an easy-to-use combination adjuvant you can trust.
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Turn Financing into Your Sales Advantage — Grow with SECURE™
Sep 02, 2025
Strengthening grower relationships in today’s environment is key. Unlock a differentiator by helping growers leverage available capital to drive success all season long.
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Benefits of Post-Harvest Residue Management
Aug 05, 2025
Post-harvest may look like a break, but underground biology is still at work. Managing crop residue after harvest is essential—while soil temperatures cool, biological activity slows but never stops. This window offers a prime opportunity to accelerate decomposition, reduce biomass, enhance nutrient cycling, and stabilize soil structure before winter sets in. Post-harvest residue management is especially important for crops like corn, wheat, canola, and soybeans, where the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio impacts how quickly residue breaks down. Without proper microbial support, nutrients can become locked up, reducing seedbed quality and delaying spring planting.
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Special Offer for ARA Members: $100 Off! | Join us at Tech Hub LIVE Conference and Expo !
Jun 09, 2025
ARA is excited to announce their 5th year as a Supporting Organization for the Tech Hub LIVE Conference and Expo taking place July 21-23 in Des Moines, Iowa. As a Supporting Organization, all ARA Retailer Members receive $100 off registration! Click here to register and select the ARA Retailer Member category upon check out.
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ARA 2025 Summer Intern
Jun 09, 2025
Hi, everyone! My name is Everett Carlson, and I am excited to introduce myself as the Agricultural Retailers Association’s 2025 summer intern!
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Tidal Grow® Spectra™ delivers a smarter, cleaner, more cost-effective way to shut down threats
Apr 29, 2025
The spread of tar spot across corn production has added a layer of pressure to every link in the ag retail chain. From growers managing tight spray windows to retailers balancing cost-per-acre performance, the disease is driving a need for inputs that work harder, fit easier, and support stronger outcomes across the board. And while conventional fungicides remain a mainstay, they don’t always deliver the full protection needed, especially when disease shows up fast.
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ARA Fly-In Builds Momentum for Ag Retail
Mar 05, 2025
In more than 130 meetings with legislators in Congress from both sides of the aisle, 115 ARA members and stakeholders educated lawmakers and their staff ab out the public policy priorities of the agricultural retail industry.
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Updated Model Fertilizer Contract Addresses Trump Tariffs
Feb 27, 2025
ARA's Model Fertilizer Contract, a resource created to help ag retailers to better manage risks, collect e-signatures, and outline consistent terms and conditions for dealing with fertilizer suppliers, was updated in February 2025 to address price volatility in fertilizer markets that may result from tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on imported fertilizer from certain countries.
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