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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 decisions,” says Barragan.
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 offers numerous opportunities to growers facing grain storage and contracting decisions.
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.