Should the Supply Chain Play Fair? From AgriMarketing Magazine - In the first article in our series – Should the Supply Chain Play Fair?—we discussed whether consumers want a just and equitable supply chain. Initial survey results showed that consumers do perceive...
Should the Supply Chain Play Fair? From AgriMarketing Magazine - Technological changes over the past century have caused increased interest among many consumers about how their food is produced. Some consumers now question whether everyone in the agricultural supply...
Customer-Driven Marketing Strategies for Different Segments of Ag Borrowers, Pt 3 From Ag Lender Magazine - Background: In our May issue, the first article in this series introduced a new way to segment a lender’s customer base by household income, wealth and other...
Wealth and Capital Allocations of Today’s Agricultural Borrowers, Pt. 2 From Ag Lender Magazine - The first article in this series introduced a new way to segment a lender’s customer base by household income, wealth and other characteristics. Six groups or...
Segmenting Today’s Agricultural Borrowers From Ag Lender Magazine - Today’s agricultural borrower is anything but run of the mill; farms differ in size, commodities produced, types of inputs used, etc. Often overlooked when characterizing a farm, is one...
Scorecarding and Heat Mapping: Tools and Concepts for Assessing Strategic Uncertainty Download This Resource Categories: Agribusiness, Research, StrategyTags: 2006, Allan Gray, brian briggeman, exposure, heat mapping, josh detre, likelihood, michael boehlje,...
Protecting Your Turf: First-mover Advantages as a Barrier to Competitor Innovation Download This Resource Categories: Agribusiness, ResearchTags: 2006, barriers to entry, brian briggeman, first-mover advantages, josh detre, michael gunderson, product innovation,...
The Search for an Optimal Capital Structure From Seed World Magazine - You’re looking over your income statement and come to the interest expense entry … you immediately know that money goes straight to the bank, never having an opportunity to hit the bottom line. You...
Earning a Positive Net Income is Not Good Enough From Seed World Magazine - Sure, your accountant asserts that you have earned a profit, but you could still be losing money! For example in Table 1, a privately-held seed company had revenues last year of $2.5 million...
Putting the Risk Scorecard to Work for Your Company From Seed World Magazine - Previous risk management articles discussed the taxonomy of risks faced by agribusinesses, a method for categorizing and assessing these risks via a scorecard, and how a firm should...
