Though some may think “We Are CVA” applies to the internal parts of Central Valley Ag, it is much more than that. It is the kid glued to their parents’ legs wishing to farm “just like them,” the spouse that may have a town job to help support the farm’s income. It is the generations before that left their knowledge and years of hard work. It is the young person just getting started in farming. “We Are CVA” is the producers and member-owners that make up the cooperative.

Tucked away in its soft rolling hills, Lincoln, Kansas has been home to the Buttenhoff family for many generations. John Buttenhoff, alongside his father Ron, have ran a diversified crop and livestock operation John’s whole life, just as Ron and his father did before John. READ MORE.