Scott C. Lucas
Learn The Customs
Those of you who receive our weekly e-mail newsletter, FCI eNews, have read about some of the experiences that Associate…
Service First
I’d like to step back from the normal domain of this column, and take a moment to relate a story…
In Different Fields
In my time covering US agriculture, there has never been a feeling like the one that the US industry has…
USA Report: Fueling The Fuel Market
Crop protection sales in the US have shrunk by some US $2.5 billion over the past several years — down…
Shifting Fields
The US had its best soybean producing season on record in 2006, according to the Crop Production 2006 Summary released…
Biofuel Snapshots
Just as the shift to biofuel production is transforming US agriculture, here are a few select markets and how they…
The Whole Wired World
Every year, the December issue of Farm Chemicals International gives us time to step back and reflect on the state…
Cleaner, Leaner And Greener
Last year marked the beginning of China’s 11th Five-Year Plan, the central government’s written objectives and strategies for the upcoming…
The World’s Finest
The International Agri-Center in Tulare, California, US will be home once again to one of the world’s largest international agricultural…
Global Eyes Are Green
Globalizaton has brought many changes to agriculture, most of which have been well documented. Clearly, efficiencies have been gained as…
Reaching China’s Fields
China’s production of agrochemicals is well known around the world, with its pesticides exported or used as source material in…
War On Assumptions
Somtimes situations create popular opinions that are so obvious, so simple, that they are almost certainly misinformed – or at…
After August
This issue’s China Report brought up a point that we have heard several times from different industry players, namely that…
Trend And Ephemera
Brazil, always an agricultural heavyweight, is reaching a level of prominence today that has crop protection companies’ mouths watering. As…
Sustaining Leadership
For three consecutive years, Syngenta’s Brazilian arm, Syngenta Proteção de Cultivos, has reigned as the crop protection leader in the…
Far-REACHing Effects
While the EU’s Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) program has had its share of detractors from within the…
China: The New Path
Since Farm Chemicals International published its country report on China (“Cleaner, Leaner, and Greener,” June 2007), many of the forecasts…
FCI Trade Summit: A Star Is Born
[imageviewer] The 1st Annual FCI Trade Summit brought together leaders from around the globe to Toronto, Canada. The1st Annual Farm…