Agtegra News
2024-2025 Scholarship Recipients Announced
Apr 18, 2024
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Agtegra Cooperative has awarded scholarships to 10 high school seniors and one college student who are pursuing agricultural degree programs for the 2024-2025 school year.
West Bowdle Grain Facility Upgrade
Mar 26, 2024
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Agtegra Cooperative is pleased to announce a significant facility upgrade at our West Bowdle Shuttle Terminal.
Knock Named NCFC Farmer Co-op Director of the Year
Mar 06, 2024
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The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) announced Agtegra Director Wallace “Wally” Knock of Willow Lake, South Dakota, as the 2024 Farmer Co-op Director of the Year. The announcement was made at the NCFC Annual Meeting on Feb. 15 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida...
EPA Issues Existing Stocks Order for Dicamba Products
Feb 27, 2024
| Agtegra
On February 6, 2024, a ruling by the U.S. District Court of Arizona vacated the 2020 registrations for OTT dicamba products XtendiMax, Engenia, and Tavium. On February 14, the EPA issued an order with the requirements for XtendiMax, Engenia, and Tavium. We want to assure cus...
Agtegra Cooperative Announces the Purchase of Aurora Cooperative’s South Dakota Agronomy Assets
Feb 06, 2024
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Agtegra Cooperative is excited to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Aurora Cooperative Elevator Company (“Aurora Cooperative”), a Nebraska cooperative, to acquire its two South Dakota agronomy locations at Mitchell and Tyndall. The transaction is exp...
Director Spotlight: Kim Vanneman
Jan 25, 2024
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Kim Vanneman and her husband, Clint, are co-owners of Vanneman Farms, which is located near Ideal, South Dakota. Their son, Justin, and daughter-in-law, Tasha, joined the operation in 2015. Together, they raise corn, soybeans, milo, winter wheat, oats, alfalfa and grass hay. They...
The Root Cause: GroundWorks Connect Impacts Youth in SD Communities
Jan 22, 2024
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Agtegra strives to make a meaningful impact in our communities by partnering with organizations whose missions focus on food security, agriculture education and health and safety. Founded in 2011, GroundWorks Connect brings agriculture and education together through three pr...
Agtegra Cooperative Holds 2023 Annual Member Meeting
Jan 08, 2024
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Agtegra Cooperative held its annual member meeting on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. Management and board leaders discussed the cooperative’s performance and the vision for future growth. Agtegra also announced the results of the 2023 director and delegate election.
Agtegra Cooperative Announces New CHRO Kristi Johnson
Nov 21, 2023
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Agtegra Cooperative is pleased to announce and welcome Kristi Johnson as its new Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective December 11, 2023. In this role, Kristi will be responsible for leading the company’s human resource strategy and providing innovative and creati...
Meet the Sperry Family: Four Generations of Cooperative Governance Leadership
Nov 03, 2023
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While multi-generational family farms are common across much of the Midwest, it is not as common to find multiple generations involved in the governance of a cooperative. But for the Sperry family of Bath, South Dakota, four generations have been involved in Agtegra’s gover...