Joining our team just in time for the spring growing season is Mike Conover, our new VP of Wholesale Fertilizer. Mike grew up on a farm in Holstein, Iowa, and has remained in the ag industry since, working for cooperatives in northwest Iowa for the past 27 years. The past 15 of those years were spent involved in agricultural procurement.
Sometimes the little things can add up in big ways. Our March STRIVEr, Robert Linnebrink, has made a big difference in a short period of time by valuing collaboration to collect much needed pallets from our customers on his return routes, benefiting both them and us.
The adoption of pulse width modulation (PWM) nozzle control systems has grown in leaps and bounds over the last few years. We have been offering Raven’s Hawkeye system since 2017, and it has been a great tool for co-ops and farmers. However, the Hawkeye system is limited in what platforms it can be installed on. To overcome this and bring PWM technology to operations not compatible with Hawkeye, we have partnered with CapstanAG™. With this new partnership, we can now install PWM control on basically every planter, sprayer or sidedress applicator on the market.
Selecting the best manure tank applicator for your operation depends on a variety of factors like your soil type, tillage, toolbar, horsepower and efficiency needs. Shanks deliver higher volume and better coverage in certain soils, while the phantom till, vertical till, and rotary manure injectors all require less horsepower and operate at higher speeds for improved productivity. Meanwhile, the conventional tillage disc incorporator stands out for its lightweight design and simplicity.
Our team members’ drive to live out our core values makes serving our customers, community, and fellow employees for success possible. This collective mindset is what makes the Stutsman Difference. Through our STRIVEr program, we celebrate employees who embody the Stutsman Difference and embrace the Stutsman Core Values.
Our newest feed ingredients customer service team member, Kyla Schneider, radiates enthusiasm and brings an infectious positive energy to everything she does. Much like she enjoys adventuring and learning about new parts of the world, Kyla looks forward to learning more about our feed customers’ businesses as she helps answer questions and manage orders and deliveries.
We’ve received multiple requests for a conveyor able to withstand years of use for fertilizer. Just like many other times when we’ve brought on new products, we listened and have been searching for a product line that can do just this. We set out to find a conveyor line that is durable, stainless, self-contained, self-propelled and easy to work on. Our search has led us to Convey-All’s conveyors, especially the stainless-steel version of their 1650 series.
Several products exceeded our expectations during our extensive product testing and field evaluations. Network, AF-5Plus and Radiate stood out to us with their yield potential as well as their ease of application and handling.
Juggling the responsibilities of two jobs as we head into our spring busy season is nothing short of a large feat. Due to a recent unexpected illness in our wholesale fertilizer department, our February STRIVEr, Bill Parchert, has been setting the bar higher by managing his two workloads to ensure we continue to provide the best service to our retail and wholesale customers.
As the ag industry becomes more competitive and increasingly tighter in these markets, staying ahead of the curve isn’t just about working harder anymore but, in many cases, working smarter. We’ve found some of the “working smarter” and “doing more with less” solutions can be found within your farm’s data — likely information you already have and have been collecting.
