National Ag Day!

Each and every day we are so grateful for those invovled in the agriculture industry. Today- on National Agriculture Day- we want to take a special moment and recognize everyone involved in helping to feed the world! Check out our short video, as we say THANK YOU!

The only thing constant in life is change: Landmark YieldEDGE Viewer can help!

"The only thing constant in life is CHANGE."  While this quote holds quite true to many people in their day-to-day lives, perhaps those that experiene constant change more than anyone else are those involved in the agriculture industry.  Weather, input prices and commodity prices, just to name a few, are constantly changing factors that farmers face daily. 

And while farmers don't have a crystal ball that they can use to see in to the future to help them predict these changes, they do have a new tool from Landmark that is the next best thing!  Landmark's brand new technology, the YieldEDGE Viewer, helps growers monitor crop yield, management and weather trends by field. 



Landmark's new YieldEDGE Viewer is user-friendly and is a great tool to assist growers with data management!

The YieldEDGE Viewer is a data management tool that shows growers all of their information that Landmark has compiled about their operation, based on each specific field.  This information can include:  yield maps, fertilizer rates applied each year, soil test data, multi-year yield analysis, seed varieties planted, historical prescriptions by field and historical weather trend's for the farm. 

This program allows for the Landmark team to digitize farms and fields and make educated decisions based on the yields and performance of fields in the past.  Once growers sign up for the YieldEDGE Viewer their field boundaries are created and data is collected and input, along past information on each specific field.

Growers can then log-in to the YieldEDGE Viewer at anytime to access their information.  This new technology allows growers and their Landmark agronomist to detect trends and look at yields, fertilizer applied, weather conditions that year and several other factors to help come up with solutions and ways to improve yields the following year.  Furthermore, they will be able to analyze the data right away and compare it to other growing seasons.



As shown in this screen shot from the YieldEDGE Viewer, many pieces of data are readily available for producers to easily access to help make informed management decisions!

This new technology also shows weather patterns, forecasts and trends.  Additionally, growers are invited to share the data they have collected themselves with the Landmark team to be added their YieldEDGE Viewer account information. 

"We're excited about this new data management technology that we are bringing to growers.  By providing solutions such as the YieldEDGE Viewer, we are able to help our members make important management decisions that will positively impact their operation," says Dan Moehn, Executive Vice President of Agronomy for Landmark Services Cooperative.

Growers interested in setting up an account for, or learning more about the YieldEDGE Viewer are encouraged to contact their Landmark agronomist or Gary Myers at 608.669.5553 or gary.myers@landmark.coop.

Dan Moehn is Landmark's Executive Vice President of Agronomy.  With a dual degree in ag business and dairy science, in addition to over 25 years of ag retail experience, Dan is a true agronomic industry leader.  He can be contacted at 608.819.3119 or daniel.moehn@landmark.coop. 

Real Life Farm Summit

You won't want to miss next week's Real Life Farm Summit! From work-life balance to time management and from goal setting to making time for everything, keynote speaker Roger Seip will share tips on how to make it all happen.

His enthusiastic, high-energy and outgoing personality is sure to inspire and motivate attendees. Check out a sneak peak of Roger Seip with his introductory video:

 

Additional details and breakout sessions for the event can be found here!

NH3 Safety Meetings...Because We Care!

With the continuous frigid temperatures that we have been experiencing it may seem like there’s no end in sight for winter.  Despite that feeling, spring will be here sooner or later and Landmark is working with growers now so they are fully prepared and have safety front of mind when that time comes.   

Members of Landmark’s Agronomy and Safety divisions have teamed up to present several “NH3 Safety Meetings…Because We Care” meetings for growers.  Serious health and safety concerns can happen in just moments when dealing with anhydrous ammonia, and Landmark aims to team up with growers to significantly reduce those concerns.  The goal of these meetings are to take a proactive approach and educate growers on safety when handling and applying anhydrous ammonia. Safety Manager of Landmark Services Cooperative, Matt Solymossy, will be presenting on a variety of anhydrous safety topics to keep our members safe this spring.  Topics include:

·         Practices to prevent NH3 releases

·         Proper maintenance and equipment use

·         General properties and characteristics of anhydrous ammonia

·         Preventing accidental releases

·         Preventing accidental exposure

·         Anhydrous ammonia regulatory requirements

·         Take a proactive educational approach to learn from past happenings

 

Join the Landmark team in preparations to stay safe this spring at one of the following meetings:

·         Wednesday, February 5^th

Vandy’s

N2811 Park Road

Markesan, WI

RSVP:  Leah 608.819.3393

·         Monday, February 10^th

Fibs in Rockton

105 W. Main Street

Rockton, IL

RSVP:  Dawn 815.988.8249

·         Monday, February 17^th

The Rafter’s

9426 W. Wagner Rd.

Lena, IL

RSVP:  Dennis 815.509.9176

·         Friday, February 21^st

Nora’s

1843 US 12

Deerfield, WI

RSVP:  Adam 608.843.2195

·         Wednesday, February 26^th

Pontiac Convention Center

2809 N. Pontiac Drive

Janesville, WI

RSVP:  Lindsey 262.716.6058

·         Thursday, February 27^th

Cotton Exchange

345 Hickory Hollow Rd.

Waterford, WI

RSVP: Lindsey 262.716.6058

All meetings run from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM with lunch included and a special safety give.  Please RSVP to reserve your spot.

Matt Solymossy is Landmark's Safety Manager and brings with him over 10 years of agriculture safety experience and hands-on training.

 

 

 

Baby it's cold outside!

Old Man Winter seems to be overstaying his welcome this winter, and while nearly everyone around would be ecstatic for his exit, perhaps those most anxious would be dairy farmers.  They are working around the clock to provide their calves with extra TLC during this "Polar Vortex" to keep their calves strong and warm during this time.  Their dedication and hard work now and throughout the year is truly remarkable.

Landmark Dairy Nutrition Expert, John Binversie, shares some helpful hints to keep front of mind when working with calves during these record low temperatures:

Feeding and Management

• Use feeding strategies such as:
• Increase the volume of the milk or milk replacer per feeding
• Add a third feeding
• Add a supplement to increase nutrition
• Team up with your Landmark nutritionist to determine the best strategies for the health of the calves
• Provide plenty of fresh water
• Use properly cleaned utensils
• Ensure the milk/milk replacer is the proper temperature at the time of delivery
• Have calf housing areas properly ventilated
• Alleviate any other unnecessary stresses for the calves
• Proactively look for signs of stress and address them immediately (i.e. shivering, scouring, abnormal behavior, etc.)

Warming and Housing:

• Dry newborn calves off as soon as possible
• Use appropriate supplies to warm calves, including:  towels, a heated area, heat lamp and calf warmer box
• Use calf jackets on all calves during extreme cold, only after calves are completely dry
• Keep calves out of the wind
• Provide plenty of clean, dry, warm bedding that is deep enough for the calves to be able to nest

It is important to remember that calves are born with very little body fat reserves, so they need adequate nutrition for both maintenance and growth. The cold stress that calves are currently experiencing increases the nutrition requirement tremendously--as newborn calves face cold stress at 60° F, and older calves at 40° F. 




John Binversie is dairy and forage specialist on Landmark's Animal Nutrition team. He has over 20 years of experience in the dairy industry and works with producers to provide on-farm solutions.

Real Life Farm Summit

 

Join us for our first-ever Real Life Farm Summit--where we will bring everyday, real life farm encounters FRONT and CENTER!

More information is available here.

 

81st Annual Meeting

Our 81st Annual Meeting is Thursday, January 16th.  We welcome you to join us live online by following the link on our Homepage! http://www.landmark.coop/