News from Your Federated Agronomists | November 12, 2019

Say “Yes” to Fall Fertilizer & Tillage It’ll be tempting with the late harvest and the rough year that preceded it to just git ‘er done and move on to 2020, but don’t be done quite yet.  “The weather environment of this past season was challenging," said Kevin Carlson, Federated’s agronomy sales manager, but that is exactly why it’s smart to get as much work done as possible in the fall ... Read more.

Harvest Reveals What’s Good, What’s Not “We’ve had tough conditions for harvest.” And the delayed maturity of crops has been “very challenging for growers,” said Kevin Carlson, Federated’s agronomy sales manager. Harvest is proving to be “a real mixed bag,” he said. Federated’s corn plots are still being harvested, and “corn test weights are a little light and the corn is a little wet,” Carlson said. However, plots harvested thus far have had good yields with an average ... Read more.

Perfect Storm Brewing for Propane Supply, Transportation A wet and late harvest is quickly progressing throughout the five-state area, and as propane demands skyrocket, supply is not keeping pace. According to Mark Grave, Federated’s propane manager, propane pipeline terminals outside of Federated’s service areas to the south are experiencing 12 to 20 hour waits for a single load. Rail terminals have depleted inventories with limited access to more rail cars. Multiple propane suppliers throughout southern MN and northern IA have suspended delivering corn dryer propane to focus on heating needs for homes and livestock. Grave noted that the peak of corn drying has yet to reach Federated’s trade territory ... Read more.

Federated's Agronomy Team Keeps Growing As the face of agriculture continually changes, so do the faces at Federated Co-ops. Adam Jahnz is the newest addition to the agronomy team; he joined the Co-op in April of this year as an agronomy sales rep. Jahnz grew up in Pine City and currently commutes from Hinckley to his post at Federated’s Rush City location. As a local kid who grew up on an 80-acre corn and soybean hobby farm, it wasn’t a big leap to work with area growers after earning a biology degree from UW-Superior. “I’ve always had an interest in agronomy,” said Jahnz, “and now it’s fun to make a career out of it.” Like that of most Federated agronomy reps, his work runs the gamut from seed to fertilizer to chemistry. But what Jahnz enjoys most ... Read more.

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