Agronomy

Overview

When it comes to finding a partner in agronomy, most cooperatives offer the latest and greatest products and technology. The difference is in execution, and that’s where we excel.

At Central Region Cooperative, we deliver a customer experience that is second to none. Our agronomy account managers work hard to understand your specific farm goals, and they help you build a management plan that’s geared towards achieving your goals as efficiently as possible to maximize yield and profitability on every acre. We provide peace of mind through our accurate and timely custom application services. We carry crop nutrient and crop protection products that are tried and true, and yet we continue to find innovative products that can prove practical results. We also offer a number of precision agronomy services and technology platforms.

Central Region Cooperative has agronomy centers located in Sleepy Eye, Buffalo Lake and Fairfax to ensure that our quality products and services are always available to meet your needs. Read on to learn more about our product portfolios and service offerings, and give us a call to start realizing your operation’s fullest potential.

Crop Protection Products

Central Region Cooperative offers a complete lineup of quality herbicide, insecticide and fungicide products from every major manufacturer. Our forward-thinking agronomy account managers will guide you through the seemingly endless list of products to help you create a pre and post planting crop protection plan that mitigates the challenges that weeds, pests and diseases can bring to your field in any given season.

Our crop protection services include:

Crop scouting (in-person, drones and aerial/satellite imagery)
Delivery of bulk or packaged products
Custom applications
Aerial spraying

Crop Nutrition

Central Region Cooperative fertilizer plants in Sleepy Eye, Buffalo Lake and Fairfax have you covered for any and all of the pre and post planting crop nutrients you need. In addition to our custom blending and bulk delivery service, our extensive product lineup includes:

Dry and liquid fertilizer
Anhydrous ammonia
Plant health products
WinField^®United plant nutrition products
Compass Minerals’ portfolio of Wolf Trax^™DDP Nutrients, which come with EvenCoat^™Technology to ensure that each and every granule of N, P, K or S in a fertilizer blend are coated, resulting in blanket-like distribution of the nutrient across the field, in close proximity to the plant roots and early plant uptake.

Our agronomy account managers will perform soil tests and analyze the results to help you create the ideal growing conditions in your fields before you put seed in the ground. They can also use in-season scouting observations and plant tissue analysis to help you determine if in-season nutrient applications are needed to give your crops a boost.

If you don’t have the time or the equipment to apply the nutrients yourself, our certified custom applicators specialize in:

Dry fertilizer spreading
Impregnated VRT spreading
Top-dress application
Drop nozzle application
NH3 application

Seed

Thanks to our partnership with industry-leading seed companies and a local seed house for small grains, Central Region Cooperative sells and supports some of the best crop seed on the market, including crops like corn, soybeans, alfalfa, cover crops and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) seed. Our agronomy account managers will help you select the right seed for the right acre, and place it at the right depth in the right conditions. We are proud to offer the following seed brand portfolios:

Seed Treatments

It’s important to protect your investment after selecting the right seed for your fields. We take great pride in our seed treatment capabilities at Central Region Cooperative. We carry a full line of premier seed treatment products to protect against early season disease and insect pressure. We offer seed treating services in Buffalo Lake, Sleepy Eye and Fairfax. Contact your local CRC account manager to learn about our lineup of quality seed treatment products, which includes:

Local Yield Data

Selecting the right hybrids and seed varieties can be a complex process with new products constantly being introduced. Fortunately we help you sort through the details by providing yield data from our Central Region Cooperative test plots. In addition to reviewing the data below, be sure to consult your local account manager for customized assistance in finding the best fit for your acres.

Click on a yield trial below to review hyrid and harvest data.

Mike Vait Soybean Plot

Mike Vait Soybean Plot - Fairfax, MN

Brand	Hybrid	LBS of Grain	% Harvest Moisture	# of Rows	Yield
Asgrow	14X8	500	10.9	4	53.49
Asgrow	14X0	452	10.8	4	48.41
Pioneer	P15A63X	416	10.8	4	44.55
Asgrow	16X0	510	10.8	4	54.62
Asgrow	17X8	490	10.8	4	52.48
Asgrow	18X0	552	11.3	4	58.79
Asgrow	19X0	414	11.2	4	44.14
Asgrow	20X9	516	11.3	4	54.95
Asgrow	21X9	504	11.4	4	53.62
CROPLAN	RX2219	494	12.1	4	52.14
CROPLAN	RX1960	496	12.2	4	52.29
CROPLAN	RX1827	480	11	4	51.29
CROPLAN	RX1600	510	11.2	4	54.38
LG	LGS2007RX	434	10.8	4	46.48
LG	C1838RX	502	10.9	4	53.70
LG	LGS2007RX	464	11.1	4	48.46
NK	S21W8X	488	11.2	4	52.03
NK	S20-J5X	474	11.2	4	50.54
NK	S18-G4X	522	11.4	4	55.53
NK	S18-H3X	550	11.4	4	58.51
NK	S14-U9X	490	11.8	5	54.51

Mike Vait Corn Plot

Mike Vait Corn Plot - Fairfax, MN

Brand	Hybrid	Test Weight	LBS of Grain	% Harvest Moisture	Row Length	Yield
Dekalb	47-54	52.1	1786	22.4	670	190.42
Dekalb	49-44	52.6	1770	22	670	189.69
Dekalb	49-72	50.8	1568	21.9	670	168.25
Pioneer	P998AMXT	52.3	1460	23	635	162.97
Dekalb	50-08	51.3	1572	24.1	635	172.97
Dekalb	51-38	50.5	1550	25.3	635	167.85
Dekalb	52-34	50.3	1990	27.8	670	197.41
Dekalb	53-27	50.3	1904	26.6	670	192.01
Pioneer	P0157AMXT	50.8	1818	27.1	670	182.09
Dekalb	54-64	50.9	1800	25.6	670	184.00
Dekalb	55-53	52.5	1784	27.3	670	178.20
NK	0624-3220	51	1900	30.1	670	182.47
NK	0243-	51.3	1800	27	670	180.54
NK	0472-5222	50.9	1682	23.6	670	176.56
NK	0933-5122	51.6	1596	20.2	670	174.99
NK	9610-3010	52	1464	19.2	670	162.53
NK	9468-5122	52	1572	20.2	670	172.36
NK	9227-3220	51.1	1580	22.6	652	172.66
CROPLAN	CX17099SS	50.4	1892	23.5	632	210.82
CROPLAN	CX29202VT2P	52.7	1940	23.7	618	220.49
CROPLAN	CX1906SS	52.5	1720	23.2	618	196.76
LG	5505SS	53.3	1702	24.8	613	192.20
LG	5525SS	52.2	1562	23.5	606	181.52
LG	46C73VT2P	53.8	1606	20.7	600	195.39
LG	5465VT2P	53.8	1432	21.9	595	173.03

CRC Soybean Plot

CRC Soybean Plot - Fairfax, MN

Brand	Hybrid	LBS of Grain	% Harvest Moisture	Yield
CROPLAN	2180LG	332	12.6	54.35
CROPLAN	CP2039E	374	12.4	61.37
Stine	20EB23	360	13	58.67
Stine	19EA23	358	13.2	58.21
Credenz	1859GTLL	344	12	56.70
NK	19-E3	334	12.3	54.87
NK	17-E3	380	12	62.64
Stine	17EB02	374	11.7	61.86
Credenz	1738LL	346	11.7	57.23
NK	15-2E3	346	11.7	57.23
Credenz	1549GTLL	360	12.5	59.00
CROPLAN	LC1550	316	11.7	52.27
Credenz	1418LL	298	11.8	49.23
Stine	14EB26	312	11.6	51.66
CROPLAN	1.43E+06	288	11.3	47.85
Stine	12EB13	336	11.2	55.89
CROPLAN	LC1200	324	11.4	53.77
Credenz	1028LL	282	11.5	46.75
Credenz	1139GTLL	312	11.4	51.78
Credenz	1660GTLL	296	11.4	49.12
Credenz	2040GTLL	352	11.7	58.22
Credenz	2230GTLL	304	12.7	49.71
Credenz	2360GTLL	354	12.6	57.95

Danube and Wabasso, MN Answer Plot^®Locations

The Answer Plot^® Program by WinField^®United is your year-round resource for local agronomic, seed and crop protection expertise, strategies, and the latest information and data. When attending local Answer Plot^®Knowledge Events, you’ll find customized answers that can apply to the challenges you experience in your own fields.

We’re fortunate to have the Danube Answer Plot^® and Wabasso Answer Plot^® locations in our service area. Check back periodically to see when the next Answer Plot^®VIP Week will take place at these sites. To see data from the National Answer Plot^®site, click on the Learn More button below.

Answer Plot Data

Precision Ag

Central Region Cooperative’s agronomy team uses leading technology to provide you with accurate, cost-effective field prescriptions. Our agronomy account managers leverage the R7^®Tool and Climate FieldView^™to store data and help farmers identify and better manage the acres that provide the best opportunity for increased profit potential. Both of these comprehensive precision farming solutions integrates soil and tissue sampling, satellite imagery mapping and harvest data to help create customized variable rate prescriptions for your farm. Let our account managers assist you with: