May 2023 Vision Newsletter

Scholarship Recipient

The Nebraska Cooperative Council Education Foundation (NCCEF) has awarded Cooper Schutz a $2,500 NCCEF Scholarship in Honor of Michael S. Turner. The NCCEF scholarship program was initiated for the 1993/94 academic year with funding from voluntary contributions from the agricultural cooperatives which are members of the Nebraska Cooperative Council. Since the program's inception, 240 scholarships totaling $333,700 have been awarded.

Cooper will be a senior at UNK and is majoring in agribusiness. Cooper is the son of Joel & Jennifer Schutz of Arapahoe. Congratulations Cooper!

Cooper Schutz

From the Desk of Jeff Krejdl

The final audited numbers for the fiscal year ending February 28th, 2023, are complete, and Ag Valley Co-op had another great year! We recorded $479 million in sales and posted just over $1.3 million in local savings. Net savings is $6.8 million, and we will be paying cash patronage this year to you, totaling $1.0 million. We returned over $891,000 in equity retirement and estate payments, which brings the total cash we will be returning to our members to over $1.8 million. We spent $6.7 million during 2022-23 on capital assets to assist you and your operations.

We will be handing out those patronage checks at our customer appreciation meals scheduled for the week of June 12th. We look forward to serving you a meal and visiting with you in June.

As we continue to navigate the uncertainty and volatility in our current environment, we realize that it cannot be business as usual at Ag Valley Co-op. We must ensure that your Cooperative is here to help you work through those challenges. Building long-lasting, committed partnerships with our members and the communities we are a part of will be crucial to our success. I also know that we need to continue to evaluate our daily tasks and procedures and look for those efficiencies that will bring profitability to our business. We must continually look for ways to add value to your farming operations and find ways to be relevant to you and the marketplace we operate in. We are committed to making that happen.

As we near the end of the spring planting season, I want to thank you for your business. The trust you put in Ag Valley Co-op and our employees to help you with your farming operations is not something we take lightly. Our employee group works hard every day to continue to earn that trust, and I am grateful that you allow us to do our part to help make you successful.

Be sure to congratulate these employees!

Employee Anniversaries

Celebrating in May

Chris Dodson - Edison Admin, 4 years; Kevyn Gesick - Edison Electrician, 12 years; Zach Gimeson - Norton Agronomy, 1 year; Brian Groskreutz - Edison Grain, 2 years; Jason Hambidge - Edison Agronomy, 11 years; Glenn Hilker - Cambridge Feed, 19 years; Travis Houser - Cambridge Agronomy, 11 years; Craig Howell - North Platte Grain, 12 years; Taryn Jacob - Bartley Grain, 11 years; James Koelzer - Edison Agronomy, 1 year; Ryder Lewis - Orleans Grain, 4 years; Blake Ludowese - Edison Energy, 1 year; Steven Sander - Edison Agronomy, 3 years; Branigan Schaben - Cambridge Agronomy, 2 years; Amy Warner - Edison Admin, 1 year.

Hercules Tires

In and out of the field, we know you need a tire you can trust. Ag Valley Co-op, your new Hercules Tire Dealer, has tires that fit your needs With over 70 years of proven durability and dependability, the Hercules tire is one you can count on. Contact our service stations in Cambridge, Edison, or Indianola to get tires you know will get the job done. Ag Valley Co-op: Building Tomorrow Together

ALMA PUBLIC SCHOOL LINDEN BISKUP

2023 Scholarship Recipients

SOUTH PLATTE HIGH SCHOOL RILEY ADAMS

MAYWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL MATAYA ROBERTS

MAYWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL KILEY HEJTMANEK

ARAPAHOE HIGH SCHOOL

COURTNEY EIDSON

ARAPAHOE HIGH SCHOOL ANNA TENBENSEL

SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOL DELANEY CRITCHFIELD

MULLEN HIGH SCHOOL CLAYTON MOORE

NORTON HIGH SCHOOL TATE SCHULZE

SOUTHERN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL MASON NOEL

CAMBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

NICKOLAS ROHR

SOUTHERN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

JESSICA LAMBERT

MCCOOK HIGH SCHOOL

CONNER SNYDER

NORTON HIGH SCHOOL

COLLIN BROOKS

CAMBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

JACEY KENT

NORTON HIGH SCHOOL

AVERY PORTER

STAPLETON HIGH SCHOOL

CALEB BURNSIDE

MCCOOK HIGH SCHOOL

CHARLIE BORTNER

NORTHERN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

STEPHANIE WHITNEY

2023 Scholarship Recipients

ARAPAHOE HIGH SCHOOL GENTRY WARNER

SOUTHERN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL CAMDEN WRIGHT

EUSTIS - FARNAM PUBLIC SCHOOL SKYLAR OBERG

CAMBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL JORDAN RUF

SOUTHERN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL KEIRA WASENIUS

SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOL KIANA MARTIN

MCCOOK HIGH SCHOOL LAYTEN BORTNER

PUBLIC SCHOOL ALEXIS WOOD