Seed

The experienced and award-winning professional agronomy team at United Cooperative offers a full line of seed, including Croplan®, Asgrow®, DeKalb®, NK®, and Mycogen® brands of corn, soybean, alfalfa, wheat, and forages. Agronomists are stationed throughout south-central Wisconsin, and are always willing to help you make cost efficient plant food recommendations to result in bigger yields.

Stine Seed has been added to the seed lineup. Stine has a long tradition as a leader in soybean breeding and today operates the industry’s largest soybean breeding program, developing genetics that comprise nearly two thirds of the genetics planted in the U.S. each year.

Stine, along with having traits like RR2Y, and Extend Stine, is uniquely positioned to provide growers with multiple new choices for resistant weed management with the new technologies such as GT27/LibertyLink system. This technology offers resistance to both Roundup and Liberty giving us another option to control waterhemp and other glyphosate-resistant weeds. An added bonus is that they are tolerant of HPPD/Group 27 herbicides that might carry over from the previous year. Products such as Callisto and Impact would be in the group 27 class of herbicides.

2018 Answer Plot Data

WinField Answer Plot Data

Almena Beaver Dam Chilton Janesville Menomonie
Platteville Pulaski Stratford West Salem  

 

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Crop Protection & Fertilizer

United Cooperative's agronomy division has one of the largest amounts of liquid and dry fertilizer storage in the Midwest, and cutting-edge equipment greatly enhances the effectiveness and timeliness of our agronomy services. With quality equipment for spraying, spreading, delivery, soil sampling, grid-soil sampling, test-stand calibration, precision agriculture, etc., United Cooperative is always looking for new ways to maximize your crop yield potential.  

Rely on us for Nutrient Management Planning to keep you in compliance and profitable

In this fast-paced and ever changing agriculture industry, it can be difficult to comply with all the environmental and regulatory rules that are out there. Currently there are on-going rewrites of the DNR 151 rules, NRCS 590 rule, ATCP 50 rule, increased focus on the Mississippi River Watershed and increased emphasis on the Great Lakes Watershed Initiative.

As all Wisconsin producers are expected to meet state and federal standards for nutrient management, we have established a team of qualified certified crop advisers (CCAs) and technical service providers (TSPs) to serve you with all your nutrient management planning, comprehensive nutrient management planning, WPDES Permit planning for CAFOs, assisting with other DNR permit issues, pest management planning, CSP Program assistance, tissue testing, soil sampling and other consulting needs.

Find your agronomy location below, connect with your agronomy specialist to help you move forward with all your consulting needs. 

Safe Driving Practices Around Farm Equipment

Since 2011, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation has recorded more than 1,300 crashes involving agricultural equipment that resulted in 678 injuries and 26 deaths.

Three scenarios drivers and farmers should know how to handle are passing farm equipment, left-hand turns and braking distance needed at controlled intersections.

Passing: In 2014, it became illegal to pass an IOH which include farm tractors and farm machinery, or an Ag-Commercial Motor Vehicle, trucks that are specially designed for agricultural work, in a no-passing zone. Motorists should wait until they enter a passing zone when considering going around a slow-moving vehicle. Farmers should not pull over in a no-passing zone to let vehicles pass, unless the road shoulder condition and width can allow for the farm machinery to completely move onto the shoulder. Farmers should also not wave a driver forward to pass them. While these actions seem courteous, it sends mixed signals and isn’t encouraged. In a passing zone, or if shoulder width permits, farmers are obligated to yield the roadway to the overtaking vehicle so they do not impede the normal movement of traffic.

Left-hand turn: It can turn into a dangerous situation when a farmer is attempting to make a left-hand turn. Farm equipment, especially the tractor, will likely have two flashing amber or yellow lights on the cab or tire fenders of the tractor when in operation on the roadway. When a farmer signals to turn, the light will continue to flash in the direction the farmer is turning. The other light will go solid. For motorists, this is a very important distinction to recognize. For farm tractors or farm machinery without turn signals, hand signals should be used to indicate the operator’s intention to turn. 

 A controlled intersection: When a motorist legally passes large farm equipment within a very short distance of a controlled intersection (stop sign or stop lights), this action can dramatically impact the reaction time and braking distance for the farm equipment operator. Farm equipment is much heavier than a normal passenger vehicle which makes having adequate braking distance critical for the operator.      

 The Wisconsin Department of Transportation recommends drivers slow down immediately when they see a slow-moving vehicle emblem (orange and red triangle) on the rear of a tractor or other piece of equipment. This emblem indicates that the farm machine usually travels slower than 25 mph. Stay alert, focused and patient when passing a slow-moving agricultural vehicle in an area where passing is legal.

Farmers are asked to comply with the proper lighting and marking requirements to draw attention to the size, shape and speed of agricultural vehicles and to alert drivers that caution is required. There are specific requirements for different types of equipment. This information can be found here.

Farmers should also know their local weight restrictions. Generally, agricultural weight limits are 23,000 pounds per axle or 92,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, dependent on number of axles and axle spacing, and subject to seasonal or special postings. Farmers can find more information about weight limits from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

 

Source: Wisconsin Farm Bureau

1 of 8 John Deere Gators United Cooperative purchased for nutrient management testing

United Cooperative has quality people and equipment to serve your nutrient management planning needs
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