Daren is the President and CEO of the Agriculture Retailers Association

You may know it as similar to the Fertilizer and Agri-Chemical Retailers Association in your state but he heads up the national association in Washington, D.C.

He has an active relationship with a sister organization in Brazil and also works with Argentina.  

I ask Daren if he thinks we remain competitive and the major challenges facing the cooperatives and independent dealerships in your communities.

(In the 1990's, I was the Executive Director of an organization (NARA) that merged and became a part of the current ARA organization.)  I give Daren an A+ for the work that he and ARA are doing.