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STRATUS AG RESEARCH PROFILES WHAT FARMERS WANT FROM THEIR AG RETAILER
by Margy Eckelkamp, The Scoop magazine

The team at Stratus Ag Research divided farmers into three groups based on how they interact with their ag retailer:

1. Cost-conscious self-sufficient: 37%

2. Traditional retailer reliant: 23%

3. Data-driven solutions seeker: 40%

The 40% of the pie chart--the data-driven solutions seeker--stands separate from the other two groups, which are a bit more alike.

And Mike Weddel of Stratus says there are 5 key things retailers should know about this important segment:

*They want more services from their retailer.

*They want a retailer who can provide tech technology support.

*They're less concerned about getting the lowest price

*They're out looking for information from a broader range of sources, and they're less likely to rely just on their own experience.

*They get more value from online customer portals. And they would view retail support on field data management software to be more useful.

Weddel says this group is particularly important to retailers who pride themselves on high level of service.

"Particular to the data-driven solutions seeker, the farmers in that group find a whole range of services more useful or important to them than the other farmer groups we've identified," he says.

Examples include:

To read the entire report click here.


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