Oil and products are lower today as the market looks to continue this week’s slide. Worries surrounding economic conditions and fuel demand due to higher interest rates along with expectations that the FED will not cut rates until fall at the earliest is weighing on prices. Further insights into the FED’s policy could be seen […]
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Energy UpdateAt the core of the cooperative model is a commitment to strengthening our local communities. We strive to be active community members, reinvesting resources to benefit the areas we serve. Recently, we had the opportunity to support the Trimont Ambulance Service, an organization that our community depends on! Through a combined donation of $8,000 from
Living the Cooperative Way: NuWay-K&H Gives Back to Trimont’s First Responders Read More »
CommunityLiving 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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AgronomyWhy 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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SustainabilityMarkets 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 UpdateJake 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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NewsletterDAVID 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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NewsletterJeff 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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NewsletterNuWay-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, NewsletterNuWay-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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