Helping You Make Precision Decisions
At River Valley Cooperative our Agronomy philosophy can be summed up by a letter and a number: R7®.
R7® stands for :
The Right Genetics for
The Right Soil Type at
The Right Plant Population in
The Right Cropping System with
The Right Traits fed
The Right Plant Nutrition defended with
The Right Crop Protection
R7® Placement Strategy is a registered trademark of Winfield Solutions, LLC
Doing the things
Right in these seven critical areas of crop production gives you a YieldVantage™ that you will see in your fields and on your bottom line.
River Valley Cooperative account managers go through many hours of training every year to maintain their status as Certified Crop Advisors and stay up with the latest information on genetics, crop protection and soil fertility. Rest assured these trained professionals can help you make Precision Decisions for your farming operation.
Look to the River Valley Cooperative Agronomy Department for:
- Seed Genetics from DEKALB/Asgrow, Croplan, and NK,
- Custom Seed Treating with Acceleron, Cruiser Max, and others
- Tissue Testing for Micro Nutrients
- Variable Rate Application of N, P, K and lime.
- Custom Application of Herbicides, Fungicides and Insecticides including Aerial Applications
- Grid and whole field soil sampling
- Manure sampling
- Field Scouting
- Precision Agronomy with our YieldVantage Premier program
- Data Collection and Reporting
- Variable Rate Planting Maps
- Hybrid and Soybean Variety selection by soil type and fertility
- Access to group data for improved decision making
When you need answers to your agronomy questions, contact:
Altona, IL - 309-484-5911
Annawan, IL - 309-935-6727 or 800-359-4314
Clarence, IA - 563-452-3990
DeWitt, IA - 563-659-8179 or 800-755-0914
Eldridge, IA - 563-285-8682
Fenton, IL - 815-778-3339
Galva, IL - 309-932-2081
Geneseo, IL - 309-944-5166 or 800-359-4312
Kewanee, IL - 309-852-0236 or 800-884-0236
Lost Nation, IA - 563-678-2506 / 563-678-2106 or 800-858-5194
Martelle, IA - 319-482-3101 or 800-332-5222
Osco, IL - 309-522-5535 or 800-359-4330
Ryan, IA - 563-932-2101 or 800-392-3351
Sperry, IA - 319-985-2161
Stanwood, IA - 563-942-3321
Sunbury, IA - 563-785-4430 or 800-382-2788
Walcott, IA - 563-284-6223 or 800-765-1618
Do you have crop-protection labeling questions?
Pesticide Labels and MSDS Lookup - greenbook
Chemical Data Management Systems - fertilizer MSDS
To learn more, check out the links below:
ISU Soil Temperature History
Ag Climate Observations- Current soil temps and precipitation info from ISU research plots
Iowa State ICM Newsletter - Great agronomy resource
Heat Unit Calculator
Scouting Insects
Weed Science Resource
International Plant Nutrition Institute