Living in rural communities means increased farm traffic on the roadway in the spring. Farmers spend an estimated 50 hours a year moving equipment on public roads. Most paved roads are 18 to 20 feet wide and 70 percent of farm machinery is more than 13 feet wide. According to statistics from MN DOT, there
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Agronomy
Why Carbon Intensity Scores Matter More Than Ever In recent years, measuring carbon intensity – the greenhouse gas emissions generated throughout a product’s life cycle – has become a big deal in agriculture, especially for corn grown for ethanol. Major ethanol producers like Valero, POET, and Green Plains are prioritizing corn with a low carbon
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Sustainability
Markets are starting to find some direction since the release of the DOE (Department Of Energy Report) came out this morning (see chart below). With a more than expected build on crude, diesel and gas markets have started to soften. The last two days we have seen a little bit of a downward trend so
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Energy Update
Jake Oldenburg, VP Operations The winter has been fairly mild. We didn’t dedicate much equipment or employee time to moving snow, which is frankly a timewaster. On the other hand, we didn’t deliver as much propane, because of abnormally warm temperatures. Despite this, our employees stayed busy preparing for the spring agronomy season and studying
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DAVID ANDERSON AND RYAN SCHMIDT, AGRONOMY OPERATIONS DIRECTORS Our agronomy team spends three months—January, February and March—getting our equipment ready for spring and summer. This year, we’re working with new equipment, and we plan to add even more equipment to address our current initiative, doing more with less. Last fall proved this can be done.
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Jeff Crissinger, VP of Agronomy sales / Marketing Conservation opportunities and implementation of climate-smart practices has been a re-occurring topic in my recent newsletter articles. In this article, I’ll expand on this topic by describing specialized equipment NuWay-K&H has that supports the conservation efforts of you and your cooperative. SoilWarrior® Strip Tillage After more than
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NuWay-K&H ENERGY Account Managers LP contracting is available for the 2024-25 heating season. Contracting is a way to avoid risk with the volatile energy markets we’re experiencing. We have LP contracts available, both pre-paid and 10¢ down, for the 2024-25 heating season. There’s a lot of risk in the markets, so contracting may be a
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Energy, Newsletter
NuWay-K&H AGRONOMY ACCOUNT MANAGERS Temperatures this winter have been abnormally high, and lack of snow cover could lead to an early growing season. Our concern is for the minimal soil moisture in the top two to four inches—see the accompanying map generated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Soil temperatures could warm faster this
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Agronomy, Newsletter
JOHN SANDMEYER, Seed, Crop Protection & Nutrients Products Director On February 6, 2024, a federal court in Arizona vacated EPA’s 2020 registrations for dicamba products to be sprayed on dicamba-tolerant crops. These crops include Bayer’s XtendiMax®, BASF’s Engenia® and Syngenta’s Tavium®, which are the only products previously registered to spray over Xtend® or XtendFlex® soybeans.
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AL Seckinger, VP of Retail Operations NuWay-K&H Cooperative now offers a loyalty program that gives you points for every single purchase you make at our stores. You can redeem those points inside our stores or at the pumps for instant savings. Sign up for NuWay-K&H Rewards today, and you will also save money on fuel
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