Be sure to routinely monitor the health of your crops by asking your CFE agronomist to take tissue samples.

May 15 - August 15

The spring season and lush spring grass bring with them cattle health risks. One of those risks is grass tetany.

With the continued change in the market environment it may be best to act sooner rather than later.

Pheasants Forever has created a new Soil Health and Habitat Program.

Clarity on how to calculate the loan amount for Schedule F farmers and other entities. 

CFE is here to help you through this time. 

COVID-19 relief programs available to small businesses, including most farm operations.

Remember burndown herbicides are a critical piece of the herbicide puzzle, especially for no tillers.

A message from the National Pork Producers Council

Many of us would do anything to find a $100 an acre net return in these economic times but it could be right in front of us in the fertility plan.

Please following these instructions regarding Spring seed and chemistry needs:

Protect yield and the environment. 

The soil conditions this Spring will greatly increase the importance of combating seedling diseases in our soybeans. 

Diversify your strategies to control tougher weeds.

Several plants are slowing production and even stopping production completely affecting our access to the bi-product Dried Distillers Grains (DDGs).

GOV. REYNOLDS SIGNS ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION  

from CEO Rob Jacobs

Due to COVID-19 these policies are effective immediately, starting Monday 3/16/2020.

We want to ensure the continuity of business operations in the event of a pandemic.

Sign-up to receive statements by email, ACH transactions and an online platform to view your accounts activity daily.

Purina experts share their secrets to solving common spring cattle concerns.   

Top Tips

Keeping records is still vital to today’s operations.

To continue climbing that yield ladder, we will need to continue to evolve and try new ideas or concepts.

How to decrease white mold severity and yield loss.

We want your feedback!

Now offering Free Price Later on corn & soybeans. 

Know your hybrid response to fungicide, know your crop rotation and understand wetter environments.

CFE along with participating partners will host the NW Iowa Nutrient Management Summit on January 20, 2020 in Sheldon, Iowa.

Cloudy weather leads to slower growth and development.

By using multiple years of data and replicated trials, we are able to deliver comprehensive and accurate data that can help growers find the best insight that boost yeilds and address issues from past seasons.

Earn additional purchasing discounts now!

December 12, 2019 Crossroads Pavilion Sheldon, IA 5:30pm Meal 7:00pm Meeting

Set yourself up for explosive yields next year by testing your manure and treating with Instinct II.

  Take advantage of our Protein Tub Promotion!

African Swine Fever Virus, commonly-referred to as “ASF”, is a deadly disease in pigs that originated in the wild boar population in Africa.

Cooperative Farmers Elevator (CFE) has joined the Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN™ agricultural retailer network, giving CFE’s farmers access to tools and resources that support on-farm conservation activities, enables the protection of water, land and air resources and...

Did you know that just a few adult flies can quickly populate to 4,000 flies or more per animal? Pesky horn flies can cause your cattle to waste energy and go off feed.

ISU Crop Insurance Information

CFE's agronomists can walk you through this and help make your success the best possible.

It looks to be a cold, wet start for the 2019 crop seaon. Combat seedling diseases in your soybeans.

CFE has elected to retire 45.932% of the 2009 Local Preferred Equity to our patrons.  

During the fall our CFE agronomists spent hours reviewing and placing the correct hybrid for your acre. Give that seed the best possible yield potential with proper equipment maintenance. Probably the most important piece of equipment coming out of the shed is the planter...

Incorporating technology into the fertility plan is a fast and simple way to use yield data for fertility removal rates and works for every acre and everybody. This is a simple return on investment program. Top end yields get top end fertilizer rates and low yields get lower...

Dicamba Grower Trainings This training covers the following products:  Monsanto’s XtendiMax® herbicide with VaporGrip® Technology; DuPont™ FeXapan™ herbicide plus VaporGrip® Technology and BASF’s Engenia® Herbicide. The...

Cooperative Farmers Elevator strives to drive success for our customers, employees and communities. We recognize that we are important members of the communities where we live and work, as employers, as citizens, and as volunteers.

 At CFE our farmers are the core of what we do, our success is your success. We know how important updates about what's going on in our industry is to our patrons. Click the news links below for the latest information.

Silage season is going strong and as the fields are getting opened up a high percentage are showing nitrogen stress.  This likely will have affected yield and become more apparent as harvest progresses.

We have many fields at or nearing the R3 growth stage and this is when we typically get the biggest yield response to foliar treatments.  We are hoping to keep an extra flower or two from aborting or trying to get more 4-bean pods instead of 3-bean.