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AGRONOMY

Top reasons to try Mid County Crop Management

Kory Johnson Sales Agronomist( 952) 466-3730
koryj @ midcountycoop. com
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Easily keep an eye on your crops with Mid-County Crop Management. Our program gives you the tools you need to make informed decisions about your fields. Give us a call today at( 952) 466-3730 if you’ re interested in signing up or learning more about what our crop management system can do for you.
Here are a few reasons to give Mid County Crop Management a try:
1. Weekly scouting for pests, disease, and crop health and development.
2. Scouting updates via text and email notifications, providing fast and accurate communication.
3. Seed populations and stand count evaluation.
4. Field health advisor via GIS satellite imagery.
5. View historical, real time and forecasted weather at the field level

Helicopters, Helicopters, Helicopters!!

Over the past few years we have missed opportunities for our growers to increase their profits due to the volatile nature of the helicopter business. Continued promises of being ready by early next week but never showing up is frustrating for both Mid-County and our customers! Well, as the old saying goes, if you keep doing the same thing you will get the same results, so Mid-County is proud to announce that we have just finalized a contract with a local helicopter company. Mid-County has exclusive rights to our helicopter throughout the spraying season. We no longer have to hope someone shows up – we have a helicopter on standby! Spraying a fungicide on your silage corn can pay high dividends in the bulk

Prepare for the 2016 growing season

Scott Nelson Agronomy Manager( 952) 466-3733
scottn @ midcountycoop. com
At Mid-County Agronomy, we’ re looking forward to helping you prepare for a successful 2016 growing season.
I wanted to talk a little about treated soybeans. Not all seed treatments are equal! As with any input you use, you want to know what you’ re getting for your money. Mid County uses a product called WardenCX, which is
the best available seed treatment on the market today. WardenCX has double the active ingredients of any other treatment, and has the best Phytophthora protection on the market.
– hourly and daily. 6. Field mapping and data management. 7. Nitrogen advisor based on weather events and soil mineralization. 8. Plant leaf and tissue samples available.
9. Optimal harvest dates based on planting date, moisture and growing degree units( GDUs).
Combining all of these attributes, Mid-County Coop is here to help maximize your return on investment.
tank and extra bushels on some corn hybrids. With the amount of disease we have continued to see in soybeans, a fungicide is highly recommended. Call Mid-County at 952-466-3730 for all your spraying needs!
For inoculation, we use Vault HP plus Integral. This robust rhizobial inoculant features a minimum guaranteed count of 10 billion colony-forming units of rhizobia per milliliter guaranteed through the expiration date, not just at the time the product was packaged. Vault HP plus Integral also includes a plant growth regulator to help stimulate root nodulation and greater plant vigor. The Integral piece is a biofungicide which extends suppression of yield-robbing Rhizoctonia and Fusarium fungal diseases. Make sure you’ re using the most cost effective solution!
To schedule a seed pickup, contact Mid-County Agronomy at( 952) 466-3730. We’ ll be ready when you get here, and we’ re looking forward to serving you.
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