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2021 Conference Policy Panel

ARA Concludes Annual Conference and Expo

Dec 02, 2021

Today the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) concluded its annual Conference & Expo with two panels of industry experts and an off-site local ag tour. The 2022 ARA Conference and Expo will be held Nov. 29 through Dec. 1, in San Diego, Calif.

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Distinguished Service Award - Yargus

ARA Recognizes Anne and Meg Yargus with AGI Fertilizer Systems

Dec 01, 2021

Today the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) recognized Anne Yargus Sheehy and Meg Yargus Steward of AGI Fertilizer Systems with the ARA Distinguished Service Award during the ARA Conference & Expo.

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Valley Ag 2021 Retailer of the Year

Valley Ag Named ARA Retailer of the Year

Dec 01, 2021

Today the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) honored Valley Ag with its Retailer of the Year Award during the 2021 ARA Conference & Expo.

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Alex McGregor JELA

ARA Honors Alex McGregor, The McGregor Company

Dec 01, 2021

Today the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) honored Alex McGregor with the Jack Eberspacher Lifetime Achievement Award for his legacy of leadership of The McGregor Company.

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2021 Conference Crowd

Agricultural Retailers Association Conference Highlights From Keynotes to Breakout Speakers

Dec 01, 2021

Today ARA concluded its first full day of the 2021 ARA Conference & Expo with more than 600 ag retail industry professionals in attendance.

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Corteva PhytoGen

Help your cottonseed customers answer these 3 questions

Nov 15, 2021

If you sell cottonseed, you’ll likely get one of these three questions going into the 2022 season. Cotton Development Specialists from PhytoGen® cottonseed answer the most common questions they receive about newer PhytoGen W3FE varieties. (Sponsored content)

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Capitol Hill

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Passage is Bipartisan Success

Nov 06, 2021

Today the ARA applauds the U.S. House of Representatives' passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). ARA President and CEO Daren Coppock released the following statement.

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Supply Chain Infrastructure

ARA Board Chairman Testifies Before House Agriculture Committee on Supply Chain Issues

Nov 03, 2021

The U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee held a hearing on “The Immediate Challenges to our Nation’s Food Supply Chain.” Rod Wells, chief supply chain officer for GROWMARK, Inc., and Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) board chairman, was selected to testify on the panel.

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2021 ARA Conference & Expo

Policy Panel: One Year into the Biden Administration, What's Next?

Nov 02, 2021

While President Biden was elected for being a moderate consensus builder, Washington is still full of partisanship, divided government, and policy decisions creating potential disruptions within the industry and overall U.S. economy.

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CoBank quarterly

CoBank Quarterly: Supply Chain Disruptions Expected to Persist

Oct 18, 2021

Entering the final quarter of 2021, the U.S. economy and rural industries seem to be transitioning into yet another phase of the COVID pandemic. As the delta variant surge subsides, and the economic recovery continues at a healthy pace, businesses of all sizes and across most industries are wrestling with perhaps the worst supply chain bottlenecks to date. (Sponsored content)

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