Jake oldenburg, VP operations
Jake.Oldenburg@NuWay-KandH.com
I’d like to start by recognizing a valuable member of our leadership team, Justin Coyle, who takes on this new role as of March 1.
Justin has held the position of Energy Operations Director of NuWay-K&H Cooperative for the past five years and has done a wonderful job. I want to thank Justin for the time he’s put in. He has created a lot of good relationships with both our customers and employees.
That won’t disappear as he takes the new role of VP Retail and Energy Sales. In this new role, which he assumed with the retirement of Al Seckinger Justin will head up the 12 retail sites owned and operated by your company. Jason Floy, our Retail operations director, will report to Justin on the retail side.
Justin will also have all the energy sales staff reporting to him, including our Energy Account Management Director Reid Rettke, and our Energy Account Managers Haley Ammann-Ekstrom, Jesse Collins, Craig Eckels, Brady Koppen, and Ed Westemeier.
With this transition, customers should notice no difference in the service they are getting. As for our employees, the energy operations group will be reporting to someone else in the future. We’re sorting through this to be sure we do the right thing. But until that happens, they’ll continue to report to me.
Congratulations, Justin.
Propane
Our propane and refined fuels employees have been busy this winter. A couple of cold snaps have kept them busy providing propane—keeping everyone filled and doing it safely. We do appreciate our customers partnering with us during these cold days, keeping an eye on their tank levels whether they are scheduled delivery or will call, and giving us time to be efficient.
If we can be efficient, we can be price competitive.
This summer, we’ll start the second and final phase of our regulator replacement program. A regulator has a lifespan, like anything else. We want to make sure we have good equipment out there in the country that our customers can rely on to help heat their houses, shops and hog barns.
We got about half of the out-of-date regulators switched out last summer, and we’re hoping to finish the job this summer. If you have an old regulator, expect a call, and please call us back so we can move forward serving you.
Refined Fuels
As far as refined fuels go, everything has been working smoothly. This time of the year, it’s a good idea to look at the number of times you empty (and we fill) your tanks during the year. Get ahold of us to see if you can save some money with a larger tank.
We still have some steel out that was purchased before the current steel tariffs went into effect. Check with your Energy Account Manager.
Agronomy
As usual, a number of our agronomy operations employees have been working at our Sherburn and Welcome shops to get our equipment ready for spring. They have an April 1 “go live” date for those of you who head for the field early.
Also, during the fall and winter, we’ve scheduled training to boost the knowledge and skills of the operations people who serve you while giving them the ability to build their careers at NuWay-K&H Cooperative. Topics covered at recent training events include seed treatments, nitrogen stabilizers, nutrient essentials for growing corn and soybeans, carbon intensity, the results of last year’s field trails, and John Deere’s selective spraying technology which NuWay-K&H Cooperative will use in your fields this growing season.
