River Valley Coop Interns

Crop Specialist Cole took time out of his day to talk about the 4 common fungicide ingredients! -NM @RVCooperative

As part of my assignment summer project I interviewed Rachel Willis, a technical agronomist with Bayer. She was able to give me an exciting inside scoop for the company’s new product launch Vyconic Beans. The expected release date is Spring of 2027. @Bayer #rvcinterns #ILag -KV

Agronomy account manager @DMeyer62 took time this morning to explain different diseases we are finding here up in Lost Nation -NM

This is a picture of my product, Soil Prime! This is a soil and deposition agent that improves efficacy and absorption of the soil applied herbicides! I’ve enjoyed learning about this product and the benefits it has! @RVCooperative #ILag #Spray25 -MR

Galva Operations intern spotlight. #RVCIL #Cropland #intern -KV

This is one of our board members on the IL side, Brian Corkill! I enjoyed sitting down with him and hearing about his great experiences with river valley! @RVCooperative #ILag #BootsontheGround -MR

Not much happening with RVC Edge, so took some time out of the office and got to go up the grain elevator in Martelle! @RVCooperative - CT

We have officially switched over to the Stone Hedge platform! It has been very exciting to learn how to work this program and what it has to offer! #RVC #grain #corn -JK

A big thanks from Zach and Jessie from Country Hill Application LLC. I got to ask a lot of questions and learn a lot about drone application this fungicide season. @RVCooperative #rvcinterns -KH

Had some visitors stop by and check out how to scout fields and tag a long with me to a few fields! -NM @RVCooperative

This is Shane Schmidt our mix plant operator out in Galva. He is mixing a hot load of fungicide for helicopters to spray today. @Bayer4CropsUS @RVCooperative #fungicide #spray25 #agronomy -MR

My project this summer is on Preceon shortcorn. I interviewed a local farmer out of the Galva location Al Johnston. He has been growing the shortcorn variety for about 4 years now. #RVCooperative #Asgrove_Dekalb #corn #agronomy -KV

My product trial has turned out amazing. I went to a customers soybean field and flagged earlier this summer. This field had rough conditions. Applicators had sprayed TakeOffLS. Just look at this dramatic change!! MB #soybeans, #Grow2025, #TakeOffLS, #IowaAG @RVCooperative

Thank you Gabe who took time out of his day to talk about the new RTK boundaries he has been working on to help improve efficiency of spraying fields up here in Lost Nation! -NM

Out scouting some fields this afternoon and I am seeing lots of tar spot! #ILag #disease #tarspot -MR

Out scouting for disease. #RVC #ILag -KV

Today I was able to watch and get to learn about drone application for fungicides! -NM @RVCooperative

Busy day yesterday attending the Seed Kickoff meeting for this upcoming year at the Clarence location. Following the meeting I spent the afternoon sampling both Tissue and Soil samples in one of our Biopath test strips. @RVCooperative #Corn #Seeds #Nutrient

Last week recap on the Marquis tour in Hennepin IL. Awesome experience to see so much involvement and progress that it takes to turn our crops into biofuels and other products. Thank you @MarquisEnergy for the amazing opportunity to visit your facility! MB #IowaAg, #corn