# Cotton Companion: How Did Ag Retailers Stack Up in 2024? Author: thatch Published: 2024-12-23 Canonical URL: https://www.cottongrower.com/companion/cotton-companion-how-did-ag-retailers-stack-up-in-2024/ --- ![](https://www.cottongrower.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CCpageheader-Asca-cottonboard.jpg) 2024 didn’t just impact growers. Ag retailers felt the heat, too. Our colleagues from CropLife magazine – Eric Sfiligoj and Lara Sowinski – join the podcast to discuss how retailers are managing their way through ag’s current economics and how the grower/retailer partnership is more important than ever. [![Cotton Companion #52 – Market Facilitation Payments!](https://www.cottongrower.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/apple-50px.png)](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cotton-companion/id1003900020?mt=2) [![Cotton Companion #92](https://www.cottongrower.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Spodify-50px.png)](https://open.spotify.com/show/2VVvVXQizfND8stXzeJW77)