Source: Sonja Begemann, AGWEB, 7/16/19


For Caleb Hamer, recent agriculture mega-mergers have changed how and with whom he does business. “Locally, we’ve lost some industry people on the ground level, that were excellent at their jobs, through corporate cuts or employees deciding they were tired of all the change,” says the custom applicator and corn and soybean farmer from Hudson, Iowa.  Companies say the recent round of consolidation has increased efficiencies, improved research and development and provided more resources.

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