Danville Cooperative Association OCTOBER2015

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2 News from the Managerby Mike Morlan

2 Agronomy Newsby Ron Kenney

3 Another Season in the Booksby Aaron Hemberger

4 2015 Fall Expo

6 Feeding the Worldby Steve Schrock

7 Financing Options for 2016by Kent Domsch

8 The Happenings of Fallby Derek Lumley

NEWS FROM THE MANAGERMike Morlan, General Manager

This year’s test plot results for sorghum is hot off the press and included below. Our plot host for this year, as well as last, was Coleman Farms, located on highway 160, two miles east of Danville. A special thank you to the Coleman family for allowing us to bring you this data. We hope you all had a chance to observe it! As you may see, the maturity levels of the varieties vary between 52 days to 66 days to mid-bloom on these hybrids. The planting date was June 3rd, and it was harvested September 29th. The fertility was dry urea at 100 lbs. actual N, plus 2 gal./ac. starter, in-furrow of Loveland RiseR (7-17-3), with the exception being variety #6 where we used 10-34-0 only. Also, on variety #5 we used the RiseR and added a product called Accomplish, which is a fertilizer catalyst that increases availability.

In the April 2015 newsletter, I wrote about hopes of a better wheat harvest than we had in 2014. Although not ideal, it was much better than last. With good summer rainfall amounts, our fall crop harvest yields are definitely contributing to our over-all bushel intake, and we anticipate an above average fall harvest. Financially six months into our fiscal year, it looks like the year is starting to take shape. We have been pleased with the interest pa-trons have shown in our new CFA financing program and our Servitech agronomy offerings. If you haven’t explored either of these options yet and have an in-terest in finding out more information, please give us a call. Our staff has also been working on putting into place additional benefits and services for our patrons. Plan to attend our Fall Expo on November 11th to find out more about these new services. Argonia has been a hub of activity in the recent months with both the new partnership between the Ar-gonia Mart and Danville Coop and the repairs of the Argonia North elevator. Danville Coop is now providing the fuel sold at the Argonia Mart. Patrons may use their Danville Coop fuel card to have fuel charged to their account and receive patronage, or they may use a credit card to purchase fuel without

AGRONOMY NEWSRemember that with Dyna-Gro

& NK early seed orders you get:0% financing through CFA

All available discountsOver a year to pay for your seed

The varieties and seed sizes you want

patronage. This has been a good addition to our cur-rent fuel operations. Because of the recent earthquake damage at the Argonia North elevator, it is currently being repaired with a new technology that will really be a game changer in the grain elevator industry. It is a less expensive way to repair the concrete bins than the traditional lining method. Please notice inside this issue is informa-tion on our Fall Expo. Based on our experience of past expos, we have changed up the format slightly to allow more time to visit the vendor booths and less time in breakout sessions/meetings. We hope you can attend and find it worth a few hours of your time. See you there!

Ron Kenney

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Another Season in the BooksAaron Hemberger

Wheat sowing is wrapped up, and your cooperative is thankful for another successful seed cleaning year! This year we cleaned approximately 75,000 bushels of seed wheat. The range of quality this year was very wide due to rain before and during har-vest. The overall test weights of wheat were down, and the amount of shrunken kernels was up. This generally led to more cleanings being screened out of the wheat. Our cleaner is an air screen cleaner, which means it is very similar to the MCI Kickers we use to grade wheat at harvest. Our cleaner has two sets of screens; the top screens allow wheat to fall through, and the bottom screens keep the wheat on top. Any-thing significantly larger or smaller than wheat will be sorted out by moving over the screens. The air current flowing through the screens is adjustable so that shrunken kernels or small pieces of straw and chaff can be pulled up and out of the clean wheat before it gets to your truck. This type of cleaner is very good at cleaning out large debris that can plug a drill and very small weed seeds. However, without additional cleaning systems, it is insufficient to clean out any seeds that are as wide or heavy as wheat. Rye, joint-grass, brome, even bindweed and velvetleaf seeds are normally too heavy and too big to be completely removed. We also offer seed wheat treating services. Our portable treater is set up to treat with one or two products. It is equipped with two variable speed squeeze pumps and a variable speed seed wheel. By calibrating the pumps and adjusting the speed of the wheel to your specific seed weight, we can apply the right amount

of chemical with consistent seed coverage.

We carry a fungicide and insecticide to offer a wide range of protection. The fungicide protects against a variety of diseases including collar rot, root rot, damping off, and smut. It also con-tains a small amount of insecticide, which will control wireworms. Our insecticide is selective and harmless to beneficial arthropods. It is labeled for control of Hessian fly, green bugs, and several aphids which cause the spread of barley yellow dwarf. Unfortu-nately, there is not enough chemical in the foliage to control fall army worms. Overall, we had a very good sea-son of wheat cleaning and want to thank you for taking advantage of this service.

5th ANNUAL

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Danville Coop is once again proud to invite you, our patrons, to the 5th Annual Danville Coop Farm

Expo. This year is all about the vendors. We have decided to eliminate the breakout sessions to let you stay warm and spend all your time in the Expo Hall getting everything the vendors have to offer. After enjoying a meal together, we plan to address the

important and up-to-date information concerning your coop’s plans and goals. The vendors will once

again take the stage with all their enticing informa-tion and prizes for you. So mark your calendars now,

and don’t miss Danville Coop Farm Expo 2015!

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11

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Steve Schrock

We in the agriculture industry have a huge challenge in front of us; while many great strides have been made, many more need to happen to keep our growing population fed. Simply looking at the facts highlight this very idea. These are a few of the challenges that lie ahead:

• By 2015, the world’s population will be 9 billion people. We will need to increase food production by 70% to feed this many people.

• 40% of the world harvest is lost to insects, weeds, and disease.• By 2030, water needs will exceed the current supplies by 40%.• Of all food grown, 30-50% is lost or wasted before it makes it to

the consumer.• If all countries become as “fat” as the United States, it will be

the same as feeding an extra 1 billion people.• In 1967, there was 4.2 acres of cropland per person. By 2007,

that was reduced to 1.7 acres per person.

While these facts can be overwhelming and make it difficult to see how we can combat some of these issues, progress is being made.

• We now use 44% less energy to produce each unit of corn.• Soybean yields are 55% higher now than in the past.• New varieties of wheat can produce well with 12% less water,

allowing them be grown in more arid environments.

It is estimated that currently agriculture uses 60% of the arable land and 70% of the water on the planet. Obviously, if we need to increase food production at the rate that is going to be required, we will need to become more efficient. It would be impossible to try to find that much more tillable land! We will all need to work together in order to be able to feed the world population. We all play an integral part in the solution to the potential shortage of food worldwide. Small steps all add up to solving the prob-lem. Some of these steps include the use of the newest technology like superior seed genetics, grid sampling to become more environmen-tally friendly, and using good stewardship of the soil through correct timing and amounts of fertilizer and pesticide applications, which are all available here at the coop. We appreciate your trust in us to help the agricultural community thrive.

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FINANCING OPTIONS FOr 2016

Kent DomschDirector of Admin Services

It is hard to believe we are already at the time of year to start planting wheat for the summer of 2016. By the time many of you read this article, you will be done plant-ing wheat and putting away machinery for another year. A year ago CFA Financing was rolled out at the Danville Coop for the first time. Several producers took advantage of the lower interest rates, flexible payment plans, and maturity dates on these loans coming due in January of 2016. The current CFA financing options for this year mirror our program from last year and the matu-

rity date is January of 2017.

An article recently published by the US Department of Agriculture indicates for this year farm in-come nationwide will be down 44% from

a year ago. With lower crop prices and no indications for lower input costs, financing will become a critical factor in the year of 2016. Now is the time to get started and take advantage of this financing opportunity. Even if you have already applied fertilizer for the 2016 wheat crop, we can still go back and apply those inputs to the financing. The current financing program is worth taking a minute of your time to think about! The inputs which qualify for the financing must be purchased from Danville Coop. Fertilizer and chemicals will have an interest rate of 2.5%, agronomy services will have an interest rate of 5.5%, and the loans for these inputs will come due in January of

2017. Seed for spring planted crops will have terms of 0% interest and will come due in November of

2016. Feel free to give me a call

with any questions about the CFA Financing

options at (620) 962-5238.

With lower crop prices and no indications for lower input costs, financing will become a critical factor.

Danville Cooperative AssociationP.O. Box 67Danville, Kansas 67036-0067

t’s a busy time of the year in our part of the world, and it is hard to believe the year is nearly over. It seems like every year the win-

dow of busy time lengthens while the window of downtime shortens. With the ability of getting producers their bulk seed wheat quickly and efficiently, our bulk seed plant has been a great addition for Danville Coop and has allowed us to help you gain back a little of that down time. This year we offered AP 503 and WCS Mint. Fall harvest has started, and so far Danville Cooperative has taken in about 120,000 bushels of corn, 145,000 bushels of milo, and 20,000 bushels of soybeans. We have had a busy fall fertilizer run. This year, we began offering a new fertilizer called Micro Essentials SZ. It has been an excel-lent option for some producers.

Company wide, we have sold 576 tons of MESZ. With all the fertilizer being sold, our agronomy depart-ment has been very busy trying to get acres covered. Dry application acres were just shy of 16,000 acres, and liquid applied was at 7,200 acres when I wrote this article. As some of you know, we re-cently began servicing the fuel needs of the Argonia Mart. We first put fuel into the tanks and began pump-ing fuel on July 13th. Year-to-date, we have pumped 28,406 gallons of unleaded, 1,433 gallons of premium, 781 gallons of mid grade, and 8,439 gallons of diesel fuel. There have been a few bumps along the way, but we feel that we have worked through them the best we could and have ironed out the kinks for now. If you haven’t bought fuel there yet, we ac-cept coop, debit, and credit cards at the pump--there are no cash sales.

THE HAPPENINGS OF FALLDerek Lumley