Our crops are maturing nicely in most of our Central Valley Ag trade territory. We need to start thinking about harvest and setting the stage for next year’s crop. One of the first...
September is here and now is the time to be planning ahead. It’s important to create a plan with the correct protein and mineral supplements to help improve body condition scores going into...
Northwestern Iowa cattle producers: Mark your calendars for Sept. 3 and 5th! Purina and CVA are teaming up with our Hinton and Akron feed locations to bring you information on weaning...
We normally think of weed control as a summer activity. Sometimes the difficulty of controlling winter annuals means we need to change our focus. Problem winter annuals such as marestail may require a...
If you have purchased a Purina starter feed in July or after, you may have noticed an extra ingredient called RX3. So, what is this and why is it necessary? RX3 is immune support technology that can...
As the dog days of summer come to an end, the last thing on your mind is propane contracting. With the “-ber months” fast approaching now is the time to look at contracting your propane...
With pasture quality quickly decreasing and some pastures drying up due to lack of rain, weaning calves in a few weeks is something many producers and I have visited about. Protein tubs to supplement...
We are done with corn weed control and finishing up soybeans for the 2019 crop year.One step we sometimes try to forget is an end of season assessment of weed control. Over the next few weeks we need...
Like many of you, I have been preparing to show at the Nebraska State Fair and had already set up a day to visit my veterinarian to get health papers. However, with the recent Vesicular Stomatitis...
“Being a part of the cooperative, it’s still about people. I really appreciate CVA’s willingness to serve and be there when we need them.”...
In the past two weeks, creep feed has been moving out of our CVA mills in Northeast Nebraska at a steady pace. I've also been getting a lot of calls asking when to transition to the intake...
As we film our video and write our Agronomy Focus Blog, we are starting to see planes flying. We know it has been a wet year which often leads to disease issues in both corn and soybeans...