August Vision Newsletter

AUGUST 26, 2021

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VISION NEWSLETTER IN THIS ISSUE LINCOLN COUNTY - LIVESTOCK MEAL NEWS FROM JEFF NOW IS THE TIME TO

Lincoln County Fair - Livestock Meal Ag Valley Co-op partnered with Brevant Seeds to provide the meal for the 2021 Lincoln County Fair Livestock Sale. Over 250 4-Hers, families and buyers were served prior to the sale.

CREEP FEED INTERN CELEBRATION COUNTY FAIR LIVESTOCK AUCTIONS LOCAL LEADERSHIP IN AGRICULTURE CO-OP DAY FALL HARVEST DISCOUNTS

Follow us on social media @AgValleyCoop L to R: Eric Meritt and Tom Hanson grill hamburgers.

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Charles McGreer serves the meal.

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From Jeff Krejdl's Desk With the fall harvest season fast approaching, we continue to make preparations at Ag Valley, so we are ready to assist you in getting your crop out of the fields. The strong demand we have seen for corn this summer, along with an aggressive wheat shipment schedule over the next month, will allow us to begin fall harvest with empty elevators. We look forward to being able to help you with your fall grain production.

We continue to keep a close eye on the fertilizer markets. The countervailing duty investigation into UAN imports from Russian, Trinidad, and Tobago is one of the main stories at this point. The chance that there could be tariffs on imported UAN has put domestic manufacturers in a “wait and see” mode, and they are reluctant to put any offers out there. Everyone will be watching that case with interest as we move towards the end of the year. One thing that we know for sure is that you will need fertilizer next spring.

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In closing, I again want to say thank you for your business. We know that we would not exist without you and your business. The rest of the employees of Ag Valley Co-op and I are thankful that you allow us to assist you with your farming operations. Our goal every day is to help make your operation run smoother.

I would welcome the opportunity to visit with you, so please give me a call or stop in Edison and let me know what we can do to help make that happen.

Jeff Krejdl Thank you!

Congratulations to Ag Valley Feed Customers on a successful County Fair!

Left: Colter Hejtmanek Reserve Overall Purchased Market Beef Frontier County Right: Tucker Brandyberry Overall Grand Champion Market Swine Harlan County

Jace Binder - Grand Champion Swine Norton County

Garrett Urban - Reserve Market Swine Norton County

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Add pounds to your calves with creep feed

Now is the time to creep feed your calves. Crude protein is proven to drop forage use especially native grasses after they have matured or gone dormant during the fall or winter. When forages drop below 5% calves need extra nutrients.

Creep feed not only provides the calf’s nutritional needs but helps calves experience less stress when it comes to weaning. Research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has shown that creep-fed calves often are in better health and have higher weaning weights than those that are not creep-fed. Even a short period of creep feeding such as 30 days prior to weaning calves has shown to reduce stress because calves are familiar with feed.

University research has also shown that creep feeding programs that are 80-120 days long can add 50-80 pounds of gain. It has been proven that carcass quality benefits from creep feed as well.

Ag Valley offers a full line of creep feed for your calves. Products offered are 14% Creep and 16% Bulk.

Contact your Ag Valley Feed Sales Representative to purchase creep feed for your calves.

Intern 's Complete Summer Internship Ag Valley’s five summer interns, Megan Houser of Elwood, Dominic Johnson of Lincoln, Sophia Nutter of Wilcox, Branigan Schaben of Arapahoe and Carson Schroeder of Arapahoe completed their agronomy operations internships this summer.

The summer internships are a part of Ag Valley Co-op’s commitment to perpetuate the future of agribusiness and create an exceptional value for our patrons. Students complete the summer long internship with hands on activities related to agronomy sales and operations of the co-op.

The interns presented what they learned over the summer and celebrated with a fun day at the Big Apple in Kearney.

L to R: Sophie Nutter, Megan Houser, Carson Schroeder, Branigan Schaben, and Dominic Johnson

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County Fair Livestock Auctions

Ag Valley is proud to support our youth involved in 4-H. This year, Ag Valley supported 13 livestock auctions. We supported Deuel, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper, Garden, Harlan, Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Norton (KS), and Sedgwick (CO).

Riley Adams - Deuel

Clayton Sayer - Furnas Ayden Moore - Gosper

Cole Murdock - Licnoln

Owen Foster - Deuel Saige Tegtman - Furnas

Tucker Brandyberry Harlan McKenna Lundvall - Lincoln

Avery Haward - Deuel Ellie Weatherwax Furnas

Mara Gordus - Harlan

Breyer Lampe - Red Willow Jace Grunden - Frontier

Tate Weatherwax - Furnas Tanner Heckenlively Harlan

Carlee Banelt - Sedgwick Halle Sheffield - Frontier

Alex Anderson - Gosper

Maggie Rawson - Harlan

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Local Leadership in Agriculture Co-op Day Ag Valley Co-op hosted a Local Leadership in Agriculture Co-op Day on August 24th. 66 FFA students attended the event from Arapahoe, Cambridge, Maywood, Medicine Valley, Southwest, and Southern Valley.

Students learned about a Co-op system, who Ag Valley is, and why Ag Valley is important to our local economy.

Students learned the importance of taking an opportunity and applying the skills they are gaining in high school in the future. Medicine Valley FFA Advisor, Tonya Mortensen, said, "I think the event really showed my students the breadth and variety of employment opportunities that Ag Valley can provide. Hearing speakers give advice such as “don’t say no” and “take advantage of every chance” reminds students that there are so many ways to find a career path that truly fits them. Agriculture is so much more than production farming and ranching, and many of today’s students really benefit from seeing that in their local communities."

Students heard presentations from CEO - Jeff Krejdl, Human Resources Director - Nikki Marquez, Agronomy/Sales – Charles McGreer, Energy – David Dodson, Feed – Kurt Nielsen, Grain – Brian Groskreutz, Safety – Terry Klein. The students ended the day with a facilities tour in Edison. Students had the opportunity to tour the Elevator, Dry Plant, and Liquid Plant.

Top Left: Steven Sander gives students a tour of the Liquid Plant. Top Right: Terry Klien, shows a student a trapped grain bin simulation.

Bottom Left: David Dodson presents on the Energy Division.

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