With cold weather fast approaching, it’s time to start thinking about your winter diesel fuel needs. At River Valley Cooperative, we believe incorporating cold flow improvers and #1 diesel into your fuel when ambient air temperatures approach 40° F is appropriate to ens...

   Can you believe we have been discussing fungicide applications for over 10 years? Products have advanced greatly since BASF introduced us to Headline. I still remember one of the first fungicide trials I conducted on DKC61-69, and how amazed we were when we saw the y...

Every year, the 2,800 farm business owners of River Valley Cooperative are asked to vote upon representation in our boardroom. Nine of our member-owners serve on your River Valley Cooperative board representing the rest of the owners.

“River Valley Cooperative is a proud partner in this endeavor to bring new conservation resources to the farm. Our agronomists have continuously delivered positive results to our farmers, and we look forward to adding additional value with the TruCarbon offerings," sai...

Agronomy customers often want to know what other growers are doing, how they can grow more bushels and ways they incorporate new practices to raise the bar on their own farm.

River Valley Cooperative is now offering growers in Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois access to TruCarbon™, a transformational new carbon program that will help farmers generate and sell carbon credits. As the first and only farmer-driven carbon opportunity, TruCa...

Don’t have the perfect soil? You still need a plan. Do you have acres with suboptimal yield potential due to less-than-ideal soil pH levels or poor drainage? Maybe you have rented ground that you don’t want to invest in heavily. If so, a customized nutrient plan lets...