River Valley Cooperative Feed Division
Two of our 11 semi feed delivery units at work. |
If you have livestock in Eastern Iowa or Western Illinois, River Valley Cooperative can satisfy all of your feed manufacturing needs. Producers can rest easy knowing that the latest in nutrition and manufacturing practices are being utilized at all four of our feed mills.
- Olin, Iowa
- Stockton, Iowa
- Eldridge, Iowa
- Galva, Illinois
Every day we check our roller mills to make sure that the corn is rolled to the most efficient micron size for today’s pork and poultry production. That combined with all of the high quality ingredients, testing what we are using, building customized rations—and you have four feed mills that will support your business with worry-free delivery of consistent, quality feed.
Our four feed manufacturing locations produce a total average of just under 1,000 tons of feed per day and use a little over six million bushels of corn annually. That is a lot of livestock and producers that rely on us day in, and day out—we have to do it right!
Gary Davison at Geneseo (563-320-7276) serves our swine producers in the eastern half of our trade area and Jim Vander Heiden at DeWitt (563-357-0093) takes care of the swine needs in the western half of the trade area. Both Gary and Jim are ready to provide the latest nutritional information and the ability to help you with your production needs. From sourcing to marketing, they can help you with a focus on your bottom line.
If you are interested in putting up new swine production facilities, contact Gary or Jim to help you through the project—complete with cash flows.
Contact us for help with any of your beef production needs—we will line you up with the appropriate Beef Consultant. Whether you have a large or small feedlot or cow-calf operation, we are here to create personalized rations or monitor feedlot cost.
Feed Staff:
Dale Ford – V.P. Feed Business Unit
Mike Wagner – Feed Operations Manager
For more feed information, check out these resources:
Chicago Mercantile Exchange - Offers a variety of futures and options contracts on livestock, dairy, and forest products.
Beef Links - Designed for Midwest cattle feeders. Includes recent technical bulletins, local closeout information, and breakeven purchase prices.
USDA Feeder Pig Prices - A summary of delivered prices for weaned and feeder pigs delivered in Iowa and Central U.S. Updated weekly.
National Pork Producers Council - Catch up on the latest news and events. Also contains daily price reporting for cash hogs.
ISU Livestock Economist John Lawrence - Contains latest articles published by John.
USDA Livestock Markets- Markets from around the country updated weekly
Land O’Lakes Feed