Glacial Plains Cooperative
Agronomy Spring Meeting
Spring Meeting well attended
Mar 26, 2025
Operation Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm
Location Phone Numbers
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Benson Agro: 320-843-4820x2 Clontarf Agro: 320-843-3949 Murdock Agro: 320-875-2811x2
Agronomy News
Announcements!
Private Pesticide Applicator recertification is now underway! You can do in-person workshops, online course, mail-in written exam. You can check certification status here: https://www2.mda.state.mn.us/webapp/PrivApp/default.jsp
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DKC48-95VT2PRIB - yield potential and drought tolerance?!?
Here is FSR ReNae Nath discussing DKC48-95VT2PRIB and how it has very high yield potential and where it can fit on your own operation! #winninghasroots #successneverrests #minnesota #corn #dekalb #asgrow #soybeans #yield Subscribe for more additional product updates and relevant agronomic information! Be sure to follow us on our other platforms! Snapchat: dekalbmnwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dkas.Minnesota Twitter: https://twitter.com/DKAS_Minnesota ...
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AG15XF2 - the mid maturity soybean for highly productive soils!
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DKC60-80VT2PRIB - Top end yield and agronomics for a full season hybrid
Technical Agronomist Steven Regan talks about how you can use this awesome 110 RM product, and how well it moves north onto your acres! #winninghasroots #successneverrests #minnesota #corn #dekalb #asgrow #soybeans #yield Subscribe for more additional product updates and relevant agronomic information! Be sure to follow us on our other platforms! Snapchat: dekalbmnwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dkas.Minnesota Twitter: https://twitter.com/DKAS_Minnesota ...
AGRONOMY
From quality seed to custom applications of fertilizers and crop protection products, Glacial Plains Cooperative’s full-service agronomy division provides everything you need to maximize your farm’s productivity.
Our experienced team of more than 30 agronomy professionals sees that you’ll get the most out of your crop inputs by offering agronomy solutions such as soil tests, tissue sampling, field mapping and variable rate technology.
We have agronomy centers located in Murdock, Benson and Clontarf, MN to ensure that our quality products and services are always available to meet your needs. Read on to learn more about our product portfolios and service offerings, and give us a call to start realizing your operation’s fullest potential.
AGRONOMY SERVICES
We provide a wide range of agronomic services at Glacial Plains Cooperative, including the following:
Custom Fertilizer Applications (Flat Or Variable Rate Treatments) | Custom Crop Protection Applications |
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On-Demand Soybean Seed Treatments
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PRECISION AG
The Glacial Plains agronomy team uses leading technology to provide farmers with accurate, cost-effective field prescriptions.
We leverage the Climate FieldView™ platform to store data and help you identify and better manage the acres that provide the best opportunity for increased profit potential. Comprehensive precision farming solutions integrates soil and tissue sampling, satellite imagery mapping and harvest data to help create customized variable rate prescriptions for your farm. We also have tissue samples analyzed by NutriSolutions® Tissue Analysis.
Climate FieldView™
- Keeps all your data in one place with connectivity across many equipment types, makes, models and systems. This enables easy collection, storage and viewing of field data for more of the inputs you manage during the season.
- Uncover valuable insights for next season with tools that help you analyze crop performance at the field level or by field zone. Use in-season imagery to identify issues early and take action to protect yield.
- Optimize inputs to maximize yield and profitability on every acre with variable rate seeding prescription tools, nitrogen management tools and fertility scripting tools.
NutriSolutions® Tissue Analysis
Our agronomists can visit your farm at different points during the growing season to take plant tissue samples. NutriSolutions® tissue testing and analyzes pinpoint nutrient deficiencies at critical growth stages so we can help farmers make adjustments before yield potential is compromised.
We can also import tissue data results into the Climate FieldView™ and R7® Tool applications for a complete review of previous seasons to help you plan for next season.
Ag Tech Tools
SEED
Glacial Plains Cooperative sells and supports the best crop seed on the market, including corn, soybeans and alfalfa.
Our seed specialists excel at matching the right hybrids and varieties for each field to help farmers make the most of every acre. We are proud to offer the following seed brand portfolios; call your local agronomy sales representative for more information.
SEED TREATMENTS
It’s important to protect your investment after selecting the right soybean varieties for your fields.
We take great pride in our seed treatment capabilities at Glacial Plains. With downstream seed treaters in both Benson and Clontarf, we can apply Warden® CX, Vault® HP and Clariva® Elite Beans seed treatments on demand.
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Verdesian Products Now Offered by GPC
Verdesian Life Sciences (“The Nutrient Use Efficiency People”) manufactures a wide portfolio of seed treatments and inoculants, fertilizer enhancers, nutrients and biostimulants. These solutions increase nutrient use efficiency and provide new management technologies to enhance crop uptake, reduce nutrient losses to the environment, and improve yields. At the end of the day, Verdesian makes farming more efficient, more sustainable, and more profitable.
FERTILIZER
As your local source for dry and liquid fertilizers, Glacial Plains Cooperative offers a full line of crop nutrient products to help your crops stay healthy and optimize their yield potential.
We have five dry fertilizer blending towers and storage capacity for 34,000 tons of dry fertilizer spread across our three locations. To maximize the return on your crop investment, our team of knowledgeable agronomists at Glacial Plains will customize the right fertility package for your fields and your bottom line. Our crop nutrient lineup includes products like:
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LIQUID STORAGE TANK PROGRAM
It’s essential for farmers to have an adequate supply of liquid fertilizer during the busy spring season.
Glacial Plains offers customers the opportunity to own liquid fertilizer storage tanks. Designed as a partnership, this program increases grower efficiency while helping to minimize transportation time and costs.
- Glacial Plains Cooperative will purchase and deliver a poly tank as large as 6,000 gallons to your farm, plumbed with a bottom bung and valve. The cost of this tank will be straight-line depreciated over a 5-year period at your expense. Glacial Plains will invoice you each year for 1/5th the cost of the tank. If you would like to buy out the tank, you may do so based on the number of years remaining on the contract. (Example: Tank cost is $3,000. Five-year straight rate is $600/year. Cost to buy out after 2 years use would be $1,800.)
- Glacial Plains can help you determine what additional pumps, meters or plumbing you may need, but this additional equipment would be at your expense. We invoice the equipment under normal invoicing terms, or financing program.
- Farmers participating in this program agree to purchase their liquid starter and side-dress fertilizer from Glacial Plains Coop for five planting seasons. If you don’t purchase your liquid fertilizer from Glacial Plains during this time, the contract is due and payable in full for any remaining balance.
- Farmers are responsible for any damage to the tank until this contract expires. Growers are responsible for any crop injury caused by cross contamination issues.
- Program participants are responsible for all equipment maintenance, including winterizing pumps, meters and plumbing.
Call the Glacial Plains agronomy department at 320-875-2811x2 (Murdock), 320-843-4820x2 (Benson) or 320-843-3949 (Clontarf) with questions.
ANSWERPLOT® INSIGHTS
The Answer Plot® Program by WinField® United is your year-round resource for local agronomic, seed and crop protection expertise, strategies and the latest information and data.
When attending local Answer Plot® Knowledge Events, you’ll find customized answers that can apply to the challenges you experience in your own fields.
We’re fortunate to have one of Minnesota’s largest Answer Plot® locations in our service area – the Murdock Answer Plot® Vision Site. Check back periodically to see when the next Answer Plot® VIP Week will take place at this location. To see data from the National Answer Plot® site, click on the Learn More button below.
AnswerPlot® Insights
FINANCING
Your Financial Partner for Growth. At Glacial Plains Cooperative, we understand what it takes for you to succeed in an ever-changing global market.
That’s why we offer unique and flexible crop input financing to fit your needs. In addition to these competitive financial solutions, we also offer our own net 30 charge account to support your farming operation.
Agronomy Contacts
Mark Mitteness
Benson Location Manager/Sales Agronomist
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Pat Lundebrek
Benson Sales Agronomist
Jim Johnson
Location Manager
Wendy Johnson
Clontarf Agronomy Support
Tracy Johnson
Clontarf Agronomy Support
Tyrel Swensrud
Sales Agronomist
Alex Tweed
Agronomy Manager/Sales Agronomist
I grew up on a farm in rural Tolna, North Dakota. After college, I worked for a farmer just west of Devil's Lake for a few years before joining CHS. I worked for CHS in Devil's Lake for almost 9 years as a Sales / Seed Manager before coming to Glacial Plains. I look forward to getting to know everyone in the area.
Scott Sauvageau
Murdock Plant Manager
Janet Klang
Murdock Agronomy Support
Jared Carlson
Sales Agronomist
Aaron Vadnais
Financing and Insurance