Unpredictable. If farmers could redefine this word in the dictionary, its new definition would probably include “weather in the Midwest.” While controlling the ever-changing weather is beyond any producer’s abilities, proper nitrogen management can bring...

Agtegra Cooperative is happy to announce that Paul Forst has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer and will begin on June 10

Glen Crawford farms with his wife, Heidi; son, Garrett; daughter, Claire; mother, Marie; brother, Todd; and Todd’s wife, Lana; and brother, Leon.  Together they grow corn and soybeans, operate a machine shop, welding repair business and truck dealership.  Glen...

Planning to use dicamba products this year in your Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans? Here’s what you need to know about the dicamba label changes for a successful growing season.  

Heather Beaner operates Wal-Di Inc., a family farm growing corn and soybeans south of Mellette in Spink County. The operation practices no-till and precision planting across all acres. A 1998 graduate of the University of South Dakota School of Law, Heather spent 12 years...

Agtegra Cooperative has recently expanded its aerial operations division by adding a pilot to the Aberdeen area. Agtegra pilot Jason Vercruysse will serve as an onsite resource for Agtegra’s sales team and patrons.  

Here are some main reasons for using multiple modes of action herbicides. Effectively attack herbicide weed speciesLimit future herbicide in weedsIncrease overall weed control

As a producer, you want what’s best for your crops, and as planting season nears, you must start making nutritional decisions about those crops even before seeds hit the soil.  

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Technology has revolutionized the way we farm. When faced with fields with inherent variability in areas such as soil texture or water holding capacity, technologies like seeding prescriptions can help increase return on investment for producers.  

Having the correct sprayer nozzle is such a key factor in achieving an accurate spraying application/coverage with your herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides.  

Agtegra Cooperative today announced an internal leadership promotion that will further strengthen Agtegra’s innovative capabilities and support its long-term growth.  

When it comes to the legacy of the cooperative, Mike Madsen has seen it all. For the past 40 years, Madsen has served the Carpenter location in a variety of capacities, including managing the location for the last 30 years, a feat accomplished by very few.  

Agtegra Cooperative is happy to announce that Jane Kuhn has accepted the position of Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Organizational Development at Agtegra and will begin on March 22.

Agtegra Cooperative has announced donations totaling $80,000 to North Dakota and South Dakota area food pantries throughout the Agtegra trade area.According to statistics from Feeding South Dakota, one out of every eight individuals is food insecure, meaning they lack...

Rural & Volunteer Fire Departments to receive donation money from Agtegra. All of the below Departments were also included in the Land O’Lakes grant that was submitted.

As producers, you want what’s best for your cattle. That’s why it becomes important to supplement mineral in your feeding program.

Agtegra Cooperative is committing nearly $66,000 to county 4-H and high school FFA chapters throughout its trade area in the Dakotas and to the South Dakota and North Dakota statewide FFA Foundation Star Partner programs. The commitment consists of nearly $33,000 now and...

For Agtegra employee Dustin Christofferson, service extends past his customers’ needs.  

Are you seeing an occasional wilted plant out in a soybean field?  Over the last few weeks, mid-season soybean diseases, including Phytophthora began making their entrance into fields within Agtegra territory.

Planning ahead can bring some sweet rewards. In this case, it is getting a great rate for filling your propane tank! 

Recently, Agtegra launched a Spray on Profits offer to enhance plant performance and uptick yields.  The offer is simple as farmers can work with their agronomist to select the appropriate Fungicide, Micronutrient and Insecticide products to receive delayed payment terms.

The recent strong southerly winds we had for what seemed like forever brought with them some unwanted visitors.  A few insect pests have arrived in the state early, from one to several weeks earlier than normal. 

For many livestock showing families, summertime means a calendar filled with weekend jackpot shows, county fairs, and many hours spent in the barn getting animals ready for the show ring. However, the events of this spring and early summer have likely changed those dreams.

Pieces of Agtegra territory are seeing another high Prevent Plant season.  Although moisture has kept producers (mostly in our Northern Regions) from planting their intended crop, Agtegra Cooperative has the expertise, products, and services to support successful cover...

With seasons changing and temperatures climbing, now is the time to be monitoring the grain quality in your bins at home.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) continue to evolve in the world of agriculture and Agtegra Cooperative is here for it.

While years of high moisture can often improve the quantity of forage available, maintaining quality becomes an important aspect of a producer’s summer to-do list.

The recent actions by the Federal Court ruling revoking the federal registrations of certain dicamba products in Roundup Ready® Xtend Soybeans, also known as dicamba-tolerant soybeans (DTS) has created quite a stir in the ag industry.

What we know about the status of dicamba. ​ We are aware that there is currently a great deal of misinformation being spread by retailers and service providers about XtendiMax, Engenia and FeXapan. We want to help set the record straight for our farmers.

Agtegra is opening a new feed and farm supply store in Murdo, S.D. on June 1. The store, which is located in the heart of Murdo, will have everything from livestock feed to farm supply items on hand.

All across the Dakotas, rural communities are encountering a lack of adequate internet access—and in a time when many day-to-day activities continue to move online, this can be a problem. This problem is even more prevalent now that the COVID-19 pandemic is requiring...

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Agtegra Cooperative is pleased to announce the selection of Daryl Molskness as the new Senior Vice President of Agronomy.

Recent below freezing weather conditions created some agronomic concern around newly planted crops and raised the question of, “Should I expect to replant?”

While orders to stay at home sweep across the nation with the spread of COVID-19, consumer habits have changed drastically as well.  

Over the past few weeks, it’s become obvious which careers are considered essential by worldwide communities. These essential positions range from Truck Drivers to Accountants with many roles in-between and within the month, our group of interns will be joining the...

With the snow melting away and the grass beginning to turn green again, cattle producers cannot wait to take cows and calves off muddy lots and graze them out on pasture again. However, early-season grass can be a recipe for grass tetany.

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Agtegra has been taking inventory at all locations to compile as many N95 respiratory masks as possible to donate to area healthcare facilities, and nursing homes.

With the ongoing spread of COVID-19, Agtegra is committed to the health and safety of our employee team, their families, our patrons and our communities. As we enter Spring 2020, we will continue to operate our facilities for delivery of products and services while at the same...

This growing season we are presented with many challenges and opportunities. One challenge that should be on the front of our minds is soil health.

Due to guidance from the CDC and the South Dakota Governor dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak, at this time Agtegra Cooperative has decided to restrict all non-essential visitors at each of our locations until further notice.

While calving season is in effect, it is not too early to start thinking about factors that can play a part in making next year’s calf crop successful too.

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Members of Agtegra’s Technical Rescue Team (TRT) from Highmore, S.D. were contacted Friday, March 6 just after 4 p.m. regarding a grain bin entrapment southwest of Harrold, S.D.

Growers are very familiar with key terminology when it comes to crops. Words like maximize, optimize, and potential are common when it comes to getting the most out of yields, and with good reason.  

Preventable entrapment cases and fatalities related to grain bin entry are on the rise due to less than ideal grain storage conditions.

The sound of yet another bottle calf bellering to be fed is not quite the sound every producer wants to hear, yet it is still one that will be answered with a bottle of milk and a smile as the calf jumps around, excited someone has come with food.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued a proclamation naming February 16-22 as Grain Bin Safety Week.

As we move towards spring, crop input decisions become an important focus – however, let’s not put grain marketing strategy too far to the wayside. 

A stranger's death in familiar territory can come as a shudder, even when it's a state away.

Mike Traxinger’s world went whizzing by him at the age of 13. Sliding across the 4-H showgrounds on his belly, he had a mouthful of dirt and was desperately clinging on to other end of the rope around his prized heifer as she dragged him back to the barn. The moral of...

Travis Antonsen, Director of Grain Origination at Agtegra Cooperative, would really like the challenges that growers endured last year to be a distant memory in this new calendar year.

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE (NRCS), Huron, S.D., Jan.3, 2020 - When your doctor prescribes a new daily regimen or a major surgery to improve your health, it's common practice to turn to an expert and seek a second opinion. When setting out to improve the health...

Battling sickness is the last thing any cattle producer wants to deal with in the winter weather. Keeping calves healthy and knowing the signs and symptoms can help alleviate this stress during the snowy months.  

With calving season approaching, it is important to be ready for whatever, whenever calves begin to hit the ground. From preparing your cows for their increased nutritional demands to taking inventory on calving supplies, this checklist can help you in preparing for the season...

McLaughlin Agronomy Center was recently highlited as AgPro Top Facility.

In the true spirit of farm-to-table, a restaurant in one small South Dakota town is making its food with the soybeans local farmers deliver to the grain elevator next door.

Unfortunately, the impacts of the shortened growing season and less than ideal conditions throughout 2019 are continuing to reflect on corn harvest.

There have been a lot of conversations about the fall propane shortage, says Agtegra Energy Vice President Kent Borstad. “But it’s really not so much a shortage, as a logistics issue,” says Borstad.

Your agronomy department is issuing a ‘high alert’ for white mold on soybeans next year. That’s according to Agtegra Agronomy Tech Service Manager Brad Ruden

In a year when positive paybacks have been hard to find, mid-season nitrogen strategies on both soybeans and corn are showing significant returns on investment (ROI), according to Agtegra Agronomy Tech Service Manager Brad Ruden. That’s one of the key plant nutrition...

As harvest has progressed, the quality of the South Dakota and North Dakota corn crops have deteriorated rapidly. 

The Domestic Production Activities Deduction (DPAD) serves as a benefit unique to cooperatives and is one of the many positive attributes of doing business with Agtegra Cooperative.

Producing corn in the Northern Plains can often be challenging. Weather variability and environmental stress can derail the best laid plans.

Minimum tillage stewardship has been the preferred crop production system across this corridor of the Northern Plains for a decade and more.

As bad as many of the current Prevent Plant (PP) acres looked by season’s end, what you don’t see may be the worst aspect about them. 

Agtegra has a spectrum of financing options that can empower growers with choices for best managing cash flow and capital needs of their farming operations. These customized financial products have key terms and conditions aligned with the seasonal needs of Agtegra customers. ...

It’s the season of seed. You’re harvesting the result of last year’s seed decisions, while also evaluating genetics as you develop your farm plan for the 2020 planting year. Now’s the time to also ensure your planting equipment is serviced to deliver...

In a year that has been like no other, the last weeks for finalizing seed selections for various strong-pricing offers are coming up on the calendar. These proactive seed decisions for planting year 2020 also have another positive effect for growers developing timely farm...

All it takes is a quick google of “propane shortage,” and you will see several stories of farmers and elevator grain dryers idle because of a lack of propane.  Many suppliers are out of LP in the Midwest including several in SD.  

As we enter the late fall months, there are several factors to keep in mind when feeding cattle.

In 2019, Agtegra had a unique opportunity--it was the only farmer cooperative that could offers its grower customers the option to grow Calyxt soybeans. 

Cooler and wetter than normal conditions continue to influence corn development and dry down. The 2019 harvest will be a balancing act of managing field dry down, drying costs, harvest losses in a standing crop and harvest efficiency.

As we struggle with weaning this year, and basically everything else, it bears reminding that an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure. That is true on a variety of fronts this year.

Effective November 1, 2019, Farmers Union Oil Company of Reliance, Presho and Draper, South Dakota merged with Agtegra Cooperative.  This merge is the result of a favorable vote by Farmers Union’s members in late September. 

Keeping up with fall harvest also means making effective grain storage decisions. With the less-than-ideal spring planting season and excessively wet growing months, harvest has already been met with challenging precipitation and temperatures. Despite these challenges, Agtegra...

Developing a better map for maximized crop productivity management. That’s the premise behind data logging, says Agtegra sales agronomist Preston Barragan. “This is the next technology progression from just using basic satellite imagery maps to make management...

Prevented planting (PP) acres will have another ‘P’ in their continued story line next year, when these fields come back into production. It’s the P for phosphorus, and a lot of current PP crop ground is going to be very short on this nutrient.

It could be the most important cup of coffee you ever have with family and employees. Beth Locken, Agtegra Director of Safety and Environmental, recommends an intentional, around-the-shop-table discussion about all things related to grain bin safety.

What are most cattle producers looking for in a calf starter feed? Most will say something that keeps calves healthy.

As the summer started waning down in August, another internship program came to a close at Agtegra Cooperative.

Mike Nickolas was recently inducted into the South Dakota Cooperative Hall of Fame.

The seed guide and yield monitor data may not be the best starting points, as you begin thinking about next year’s crop genetics. Agtegra Regional Seed Sales Manager Clint Matthews instead suggests first evaluating the big picture scope of your operation.

With the deadline for delegate and director consideration by a nominating committee quickly approaching, it is important to remember why Agtegra Cooperative relies on its members to serve as directors or delegates within their respective territorial districts.  

Just weeks after its July grand opening, Ag Processing, Inc. (AGP) is crushing old crop soybeans as the region gears up for fall harvest. Agtegra Soybean Merchandiser John Borchers says a lot of grain is being hauled to the plant as producers clean out bins in preparation for...

As the fall 2019 harvest gets underway, five Agtegra locations will have newly added capacity available for producers trucking their grain into the system. Andover, Bowdle, Highmore, Kennebec and Wolsey are the sites of new grain bin storage.  

The Calyxt® High Oleic Soybeans grown in the Agtegra countryside are looking good, according to Sales Agronomist Brent Larson.   “These beans look really decent, overall,” says Larson. “They fit our growing area nicely and provide consistent yields...

Achieving cost-effective efficiencies from planting through harvest with your farm machinery is the driving force behind the resources at the Agtegra Innovation Center. Right now the team is in overdrive with fall management strategies that can make a dollars and cents...

Agtegra Cooperative will hold elections for directors and delegates in December. If you would like to participate in governance of your cooperative, this is your opportunity to take the next step!

"U.S. agriculture has been dealt a hefty blow by extreme weather over the last several years, and 2019 is no exception,” Sonny Perdue, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, said. “The scope of this year’s prevented planting alone is devastating, and although...

Our soil is stressed. With increased yields reaching record levels, crops requiring more nutrition than ever before, and challenging weather conditions on top of it all, fertilizer application is a must. 

Do you have a price objective in mind for your grain? Are you expecting yourself to watch the market constantly in order to call your elevator and sell that price when the opportunity arises? What if the market changes before you get to your phone? 

Tumultuous weather events so far this year make the fall season appear far off in the distance. However, deciding on a fall residual herbicide application plan is approaching faster than most may think. 

With newly added propane services to Agtegra’s Energy division, Agtegra is committed to additional methods to support its member-owners.

Spring calving season is now behind us, marking the optimal time to focus on how to generate the greatest profit potential from the calves that survived the stressful weather. 

Micronutrients are absolutely necessary for...

Soybeans will show every stress event in the leaves.

The risk for white mold infections in the ouple weeks...

White mold fungicides must be preventative; they are not curative.

How to make the most from your fungicide applications...

Now that the 2019 growing season is well underway...