The Context Network Names Doug Griffin Principal in the Firm
Fall 2016
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA – (September 12, 2016) The Context Network, a premier, global agribusiness consulting firm has named Doug Griffin as a new Principal with the firm. Griffin joins nine Context Principals as a shareholder of the growing company. For nearly 25 years, Context has provided proven strategic management insights to the agriculture industry … Continue reading The Context Network Names Doug Griffin Principal in the Firm
Read MoreConsolidation, Specialization, and Sustainability: Three key trends creating investment opportunity in agriculture
Summer 2016
Currently, Context is focused on three key trends emerging in agribusiness – trends that have the potential to have significant influence on the way business is conducted. In the near-term, we see a trend toward consolidation as firms reposition in a difficult market environment. At the same time, they are preparing for medium-term increased specialization, as consumers demand … Continue reading Consolidation, Specialization, and Sustainability: Three key trends creating investment opportunity in agriculture
Read MoreBrazil Seeds & Traits: The Opportunity to Cultivate Stewards
Summer 2016
Cultivation and stewardship are two principles that stand at the very core of agriculture, and which will continue to be critical to the long term viability of the tools and technologies available to the industry. As markets grapple with the need for sustainable growth, there is an intensifying urgency to preserve the technologies targeted at … Continue reading Brazil Seeds & Traits: The Opportunity to Cultivate Stewards
Read MoreCarbon Sequestration and Agriculture
Summer 2016
I have uttered the words “carbon” or “carbon sequestration” more in the last year than my previous forty-nine. The level of attention that climate change or more specifically Anthropogenic Climate Change has received has dramatically increased in the last few years. The focus on agriculture’s role as part of the solution has increased even more … Continue reading Carbon Sequestration and Agriculture
Read MoreUnderstanding Culture: Examining Dairy Operations’ Culture
Spring 2016
This article is adapted from the first in a series of articles published in Progressive Dairyman magazine, (see below for link to full article). Context Senior Associate Monty Miller explores the importance of culture and the role it plays in helping us get work done effectively within our organizations and in this case, the dairy … Continue reading Understanding Culture: Examining Dairy Operations’ Culture
Read MoreValue and Values: Managing Through Market Cycles in the Ag Equipment Business
Spring 2016
Value: The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something. Values: Things that you believe are important in the way you live and work; determine your priorities. The current agricultural equipment market cycle has created many challenges for very successful, well managed companies. As farmers place greater scrutiny on their capital … Continue reading Value and Values: Managing Through Market Cycles in the Ag Equipment Business
Read MoreThe Context Network Establishes Context Global Development™
Spring 2016
Growth – it’s at the core of everything we do in agriculture. Context is no exception, and we continue to grow in the services that we offer as we work to advance agriculture; making it more productive, more efficient and more sustainable around the globe. Recently, The Context Network announced the formation of Context Global Development™ … Continue reading The Context Network Establishes Context Global Development™
Read MoreGlobal Commodity Outlook: Thriving on the Commodity Tightrope
Spring 2016
The recent pain of depressed commodity prices across grain and oilseed markets has left many asking questions like, “What’s the root cause of the falling prices?” and “Will this pain continue or will prices rebound?”. A simple scan of various news sites for information that could impact commodity markets yields headlines that might be obvious … Continue reading Global Commodity Outlook: Thriving on the Commodity Tightrope
Read MoreThe Context Network™ launches new website
Fall 2015
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA – (November 2, 2015) Across the globe, clients of The Context Network™ now have access to a new website (www.contextnet.com). The newly launched, integrated and mobile-optimized website provides access to the ready resources and many services that the premier, global agribusiness consulting firm offers to help each client achieve remarkable results … Continue reading The Context Network™ launches new website
Read MoreRevolutionizing Grain Storage and Logistics
Fall 2015
Bagged grain technology has revolutionized grain logistics and storage in Argentina, as well as in other producing countries of the world for the last decade. Since the beginning of agriculture, grain has been stored in oxygen. In a radical change from the past, grain storage in a silo bag is an airtight storage. The grains, associated … Continue reading Revolutionizing Grain Storage and Logistics
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