Sustainability | Central Valley Ag

Sustainability Practices

We can help producers make the best agronomic decisions for their operation while considering environmental and ecological factors through our nutrient and soil management programs including carbon credits, grain premiums for sustainability practices, and organic farming.

Soil Management

Soil is our producers most valuable asset. We want to maximize the productivity of our grower’s soils with a focus on profitability and long-term soil health. This means a focus on soil fertility, organic matter, soil organisms, and crop rotation.

Organic

CVA provides inputs that are certified for organic production to help organic crop producers maximize yields while maintaining long term soil health. We also purchase organic grains. We understand that many consumers place great value on organically produced products, and we want to help our growers access this market.

Carbon Programs

Many companies and consumers are concerned with climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. We assist our growers in tracking their cropping practices to show lower greenhouse gas emissions and/or carbon sequestration. Emphasis is on reduced tillage, cover crops, and increased nitrogen use efficiency.

Grain Premiums

Many consumers place a premium on food products that are produced in a sustainable manner. To take advantage of this market we assist our growers in tracking their inputs and production practices so they can show grain buyers that their crops were produced using sustainable practices.

Agronomy Focus

Central Valley Ag Cooperative provides insight from the field with host Tim Mundorf, CVA Director of Soil Management, who is joined by various experts throughout CVA's territory in Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa

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Nutrient Management

Just like a healthy body starts with a healthy gut, a healthy crop starts with the soil’s health. The soil microbial life acts much like the microbes in the human body. They help cycle nutrients in the soil, assist the plant with acquiring nutrients and water, and create a healthy environment for life in the soil.

Sustainable Acre

Your fields offer a prime opportunity to generate this new commodity by adopting in-field conservation practices like no-till or cover crops or for growing value-added grains. Central Valley Ag goal is to guide you through the necessary agronomic adjustments and provide you with recommendations to ensure that you are maximizing your yields and profitability. Though each sustainability program is slightly different, most require the grower to track the following information: Field Boundaries & Crop Rotation, Applications to the Field (Seed, Chem, Fertilizer, etc), Fertilizer Management Records (Rates, Timing, etc), and Tillage & Yield.

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Soil Sampling

Central Valley Ag’s ACS team can bring you many advantages with intensive soil sampling. The ACS team does intensive sampling to establish a baseline of soil fertility levels without bias from previous land use, cropping histories or manure applications. These samples are collected, and information is kept in-house to be analyzed and available to you and your CVA partners, keeping your data secure. Soil samples are analyzed for Macro and Secondary Nutrients as well as OM and pH. Micronutrient and Nitrogen analysis are available for additional fees upon request. All soil analysis is performed by an independent, nationally recognized, and certified soils lab and results are evaluated and interpreted by experienced CVA ACS specialists and Field Sales Agronomists.

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