News Release

ARA Recognizes Rod Wells with Distinguished Service Award

Dec 04, 2024

Today ARA recognized Rod Wells, senior vice president, corporate strategy & logistics of GROWMARK, with the ARA Distinguished Service Award during the ARA Conference & Expo.

ARA Celebrates 2024 Rising Stars

Dec 04, 2024

Today, ARA recognized a group of top performers and emerging leaders as part of its Rising Stars award program at the 2024 ARA Conference & Expo.

ARA Honors Ernie Chappell with Lifetime Achievement Award

Dec 04, 2024

Today ARA honored Ernie Chappell with the Jack Eberspacher Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades of leadership in ag retail.

ARA Honors Joey Caldwell with Excellence in Advocacy Award

Dec 04, 2024

Today ARA honored Joey Caldwell, senior vice president of retail at GreenPoint Ag, with the ARA Excellence in Advocacy Award in front of more than 600 ag retail industry professionals during the 2024 ARA Conference & Expo.

ARA Named Buttonwillow Warehouse Company Retailer of the Year

Dec 04, 2024

Today the ARA honored Buttonwillow Warehouse Company (BWC) with its Retailer of the Year award in front of approximately 600 attendees during the 2024 ARA Conference & Expo.

ARA Conference Highlights from Keynote & Breakout Speakers

Dec 04, 2024

Today ARA concluded its Wednesday sessions during the 2024 ARA Conference & Expo with more than 600 ag retail industry professionals in attendance.

2024 ARA Conference Biofuels Speaker Tim Urban

ARA Convenes Annual Conference with Rejuvenated Schedule

Dec 03, 2024

Today ARA kicked off its 2024 Conference & Expo with about 600 agricultural retail industry professionals convening to share knowledge, network, and celebrate more than 30 years of ARA.

2024 ARA Rising Stars Announced, Fan Favorite Social Media Challenge Launched

Oct 22, 2024

ARA announced the 2024 Rising Stars, a group of top-performing emerging leaders in the agricultural retail industry, and a new Fan Favorite social media challenge.

ARA Statement on Final EPA Herbicide Strategy

Aug 20, 2024

ARA Senior Vice President of Public Policy & Counsel Richard Gupton released a statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's final Herbicide Strategy released today.

ARA Deems Supreme Court Decision Reversing Chevron Defense as Good News for Ag Retail

Jun 28, 2024

The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) President & CEO Daren Coppock released a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in "Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo" to reverse the Chevron defense.