Central Minnesota’s trusted farming partner for 80+ years.
From quality seed to custom applications of fertilizers and crop protection products, Central Counties Co-op’s full-service Agronomy Division provides everything you need to maximize your farm’s productivity. Our experienced agronomists work hard to help you maximize yield and profitability on every acre by providing agronomy services like field scouting, soil and tissue sampling, field mapping and variable rate technology solutions. Not only can you count on us to stand behind our extensive line of products and services, but you can also trust that we’ll always provide the best advice for you and your operation – even if it’s not the best decision for our business. We take great pride in helping you make the smartest and most economical decisions for your farm to ensure that you get the best return on your crop input investments. With agronomy centers conveniently located in Litchfield and Atwater, our quality products and services are always available to meet your needs. At Central Counties Co-op, we believe you should have a trustworthy partner in agriculture that you’re proud to do business with. Please read on to learn more about why we feel we’re the best partner for you, and give us a call to start realizing your operation’s highest potential.
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Central Counties Co-op’s reliable team of experienced agronomists uses leading technology to provide you with accurate, cost-effective field prescriptions. We leverage Climate FieldView™ to store data and help our customers identify and better manage the acres that provide the best opportunity for increased profit potential. This comprehensive precision farming solution integrates soil and tissue sampling, satellite imagery mapping and harvest data to help create customized variable rate prescriptions for your farm. We’re also proud dealers of Precision Planting® equipment.
You can purchase the right equipment, seed and inputs to set your season up for success, but you can’t control the weather. Navigating the challenges of Mother Nature is one of the...
It’s time to bust the myth once and for all that fungicides aren’t worth investing in. Research has continually shown yield advantages when a fungicide application is made. In fact, our...
Diseases may already be showing up in your corn and soybean fields, so it’s a good time to be scouting your fields for early signs of trouble. With plenty of the season still left, your...
Plant health is a lofty term that gets tossed around a lot in agronomic conversations. However, when you have a clear definition and actionable strategies, maximizing plant health...
Soybean white mold (SWM) infects plants early, and can cause significant yield loss. Here are some considerations and tips to help you manage SWM in 2020....
Proper selection of adjuvants is essential for effective weed control with herbicides. In today’s world of tighter restrictions on rates and how and when to apply, the right...
Scouting your fields for weeds, pests, and disease is an investment you can make during the growing season to protect your crop yield potential. Each stage of the growing session has...
There are many factors to weigh when making any purchase, but ultimately it comes down to maximizing your return on investment. However, variables that are out of your control sometimes...
You can always rely on our agronomists to help you select the right seed for your operation. Thanks to our partnerships with the industry-leading seed companies listed below, Central Counties Co-op sells and supports some of the best corn and soybean seed on the market.
New hybrids and seed varieties are constantly being introduced, so selecting the right products for your fields can be a tough task. Fortunately we help you sort through the details by providing yield data from our own test plot, which is located just east of Litchfield on Hwy 12. Every year, we plant a variety of the region’s leading corn hybrids and soybean varieties at the test plot to observe how they perform locally. Study examples usually include straight up yield trials, precision planting technique trials and chemical trials. We hold a tour day for growers in September to view the progress; the date and time will be listed here when determined. Check out the most recent test plot results below.
Once you’ve selected the right seed for your fields, it’s important to protect your investment. Central Counties Co-op has cutting edge bulk soybean seed treatment equipment on standby at our Litchfield and Atwater agronomy locations, ready to defend your soybean crop against early season disease and pests.
Through our partnership with Bayer Crop Science, we bring you the Bayer Rewards Program. Through this program, you can earn back more on every acre when you partner your seed purchase with other products in the Bayer product portfolio.