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JANUARY 17, 2018
Disruption and chaos
The agri-food system is changing and your organization is no doubt working through the ways to cultivate competitive advantage in an industry that’s moving at warp speed. But disruption and chaos in the marketplace isn’t necessarily always a bad thing.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
Producers' purchasing preferences in 2017
In the 2017 Large Commercial Producer Project, Purdue University asked farmers to rank product performance, price, and supplier relationship when purchasing crop inputs. The result: Most farmers have clear favorites.
AUGUST 17, 2017
Knowing your customer
Knowing your customer base is more important than ever, especially when your customer base includes the complex operations run by today’s large-scale commercial agricultural producers.
JUNE 20, 2017
Resilience: One key to business success
Our complex agri-food system is dynamic and ever changing. Managers and the teams they lead have to be able to positively adapt to change and adversity.
MAY 18, 2017
The search for improvement
Bill Stumph, CFO of Ag Alumni Seed and 2016 graduate of the MS-MBA program talks about how his degree has benefited him and his company.
AUGUST 11, 2016
The next 30 years
As the center celebrates 30 years, Dr. Allan Gray dreams about what the food and agriculture industry will look like in the next 30 years and what role the center will play.
JULY 14, 2016
Thirty years and going strong
Founder and Executive Director Dr. David Downey reflects on the center's evolution as we celebrate 30 years of exceptional professional development for the food and agricultural business sectors.
