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JUNE 2020
WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO
DIFFERENTLY
THIS YEAR?
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12 SEEING THE BIG
PICTURE: Don Salton 16 NEVER SAY NEVER:
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SEEING THE BIG PICTURE: DON
ISSUE
OFFICERS & DIRECTORS
SALTON JOINS MAXYIELD BOARD
Board Chairman
Meet MaxYield's newest board member and learn Howard Haas, Algona (central region)
why he chose to serve. 515.295.7993
Vice Chairman
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David Garrelts, Emmetsburg (central region)
712-852-2792
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14 Secretary/Treasurer
Eric Marchand, Britt (east region)
DRILLING DOWN: 5 THINGS TO KNOW 641-843-4167
ABOUT BRIAN BILLICK, WEST AREA Barry Anderson, Greenville (west region)
TEAM LEADER 712-262-0480
James Black, Algona (east region)
Farming and mining give Billick key experience 515-341-7858
for success.
Greg Guenther, Algona (central region)
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Don Hejlik, Britt (east region)
18 641-843-3438
Ron Rouse, Curlew (west region)
JOSH SIDLES GOES WITH THE GRAIN 712-855-2434
30 AT STANDARD NUTRITION Don Salton, Greenville (west region)
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712-260-9002
SARA ANDERSON: SOLUTION A familiar face joins the MaxYield team at HOPE IS NOT CANCELLED
PROVIDER OF THE YEAR Standard Nutrition in Emmetsburg. The world is no longer what it was
just a few short months ago.
4 MY SOLUTIONS JUNE 2020 5
CEO'S MESSAGE
MAXYIELD INVESTS IN The new bin will reduce the new 750,000-bushel bin,
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT need to transfer thousands of a 4,000-bushel-per-hour grain
BRITT, BELMOND, KLEMME bushels of grain. We’re also dryer, and a wet-and-dry grain leg
WE’RE OFF When it comes to financial adding conveyors to fill and empty for that dryer. We’re also investing
management of the cooperative, the bin. in other grain receiving upgrades,
including legging capacity, while
AND RUNNING
the MaxYield board takes a
BELMOND incorporating a second grain
balanced approach involving:
We’re building a new 105-foot- receiving pit. We’re converting
1. Capital expenditures diameter bin in Belmond, including some existing grain storage in
KEITH HEIM, CEO MAXYIELD COOPERATIVE fill and reclaim conveyors. The bin Klemme for wet corn ahead of
2. Timely retirement of bank debt will hold approximately 750,000 the dryer.
bushels of grain. Not only did
3. MaxYield equity retirement We anticipate all three of these
we need more grain storage at
The world is no longer what it Discounted equity gives you a choice. It’s voluntary,
While the board has approved Belmond, but we’re bringing that special projects to be ready in
and it fits some members’ needs. We sent information time for harvest 2020. We look
was just a few short months ago. on this program in December 2019, with a deadline of $3.6 million in capital expenditures soybean operation from the east
forward to serving you in the
for the current fiscal year (to fund side of our property to the west
January 31. months ahead, no matter what the
Still, I’d rather be working in agriculture than any other rolling stock upgrades and normal side. This will allow MaxYield’s
industry during these uncertain times. Farming is all We received requests for $330,000 in cash value of maintenance projects), MaxYield’s team members to work in the future holds. We appreciate your
about resilience, no matter what life throws our way. discounted equity, with a face value of $697,000. Those financial strength is also allowing same area, creating greater
efficiencies in our grain operations
continued support of MaxYield.
•
requests were approved and paid in February 2020. us to invest in three special
One sign of hope? Your cooperative’s current fiscal year to benefit our clients.
In recent years, MaxYield has offered six discounted projects, including:
is off to a good start. We had better yields in our trade
equity programs that have retired $3.3 million. In
territory in 2019, compared to 2018. Wetter corn last fall BRITT KLEMME LEARN MORE
addition, the board reviews and pays estate requests at
also meant more drying revenue for MaxYield. Construction is underway on a This location faced unique To learn more about MaxYield
monthly board meetings.
new 105-foot-diameter bin that challenges after a severe storm Cooperative, visit us online.
We had a better fall nitrogen season in 2019, compared
Going forward, MaxYield directors are going to review will hold approximately 750,000 hit the area in September 2019
to the previous two years. It helped that we had good
equity retirement programs during their August board bushels of grain. We’d been and damaged the grain complex.
fall fertilizer (phosphorus and potassium) applications
meeting, instead of waiting until the September board deficient on grain storage in Britt. Construction is underway on a
last fall, too.
meeting. The directors also approve MaxYield’s audit
Our energy and feed divisions remained good, solid during the August meeting.
performers for MaxYield, a continuation of the last two
years. Overall, MaxYield’s fiscal year is tracking ahead
of each of the past two years. It’s a good place to be.
WELCOME NEW DIRECTORS
"
Much of MaxYield’s success is due to effective
leadership from your board of directors.
I’m pleased to welcome two new directors, including
Don Salton, who farms in the Gillett Grove area and
STILL, I’D RATHER
represents the west area. You can read more about Don
on page 12 of this issue. BE WORKING IN
I’d also like to welcome Greg Guenther from Algona. AGRICULTURE THAN
He farms in the Corwith area and represents the
central region. ANY OTHER INDUSTRY
MAXYIELD PAYS DISCOUNTED EQUITY DURING THESE
At the MaxYield September 2019 board meeting, UNCERTAIN TIMES."
the board approved funds for a sixth discounted
equity program. – KEITH HEIM
6 MY SOLUTIONS JUNE 2020 7
COVER STORY
Remember what “Every year we encourage clients to try something
different on their farm to increase their profit potential,”
life was like before said Brad Engh, agronomy sales team leader for
mid-March 2020? MaxYield Cooperative. “Pick one thing you’d like to test,
and try it on 20 to 40 acres.”
Change
It seems like a whole other world
Is it time to look beyond the macronutrients of nitrogen
after the COVID-19 pandemic
(N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) and see what
changed everything. Schools were
advantages micronutrients can offer? Why not try tissue
closed down. Restaurants and
sampling to see what extra nutrients your crop might
many non-essential businesses
need in-season?
were forced to close. Many
Agent:
people began working from home, While change can be good, there’s one thing that often
at least temporarily. holds people back—fear. “Growers’ big fear is that they
won’t see a yield benefit for the time or money they
This new reality made all of us
invest,” Engh said.
rethink the way we do things,
including the way we work. WHAT’S YOUR SOIL TELLING YOU?
Along the way, many of us have
There’s an easy way to overcome the fear factor,
discovered some changes that can
however. It’s something you’re already familiar with,
What Are You help us become more efficient.
It’s time to apply this mindset to
and it’s affordable.
Going to do
crop production, as well. “Step one is grid soil sampling,” said Engh, who noted
that the MaxYield team pulled grid soil samples from
Differently
over 65,000 acres in 2019. “It’s the key to helping you
deal with any obvious yield-limiting factors first.”
This Year? Along with measuring macronutrients, grid soil
sampling from MaxYield can help you measure
secondary and micronutrients like sulfur, boron and zinc
and check for deficiencies.
“Zinc, for example, is especially important early in the
growing season,” Engh said. “It gives the seedling vigor
so it can emerge from the soil.”
PUT PLANT TISSUE TO THE TEST
Both grid soil sampling results and tissue sampling are
highlighting micronutrient deficiencies in many fields
throughout MaxYield’s trade territory. There are options
on how to supply the micronutrients your crop needs.
“We can feed micronutrients through the soil and with
foliar applications,” Engh said. “If you need smaller
amounts of a micronutrient like boron or if you need
more of a secondary nutrient like sulfur, those can be
applied with spring or fall applications. They can also be
applied during the growing season, there are several
options available for you.”
8 MY SOLUTIONS JUNE 2020 9
What About No matter how you apply them, there’s one thing to realize about
micronutrients. “The results are not like planting a seed, where you see
Biologicals? the crop emerge in a matter of days,” Engh said. “It’s also not like spraying
There’s a lot of buzz about
herbicide, where the weeds die in a few days.” EVERY YEAR WE
biologicals in agriculture today.
Companies claim their biologicals
That’s where tissue sampling comes in. “It helps confirm that the ENCOURAGE
micronutrients you applied are actually getting into the plant,” Engh noted.
stimulate more microbial activity CLIENTS TO TRY
in the soil, which releases Some growers like to have MaxYield team members pull tissue samples
nutrients that crops can use to every week, while others use a less-intensive schedule of three or four times SOMETHING
improve plant health, boost yield throughout the growing season.
potential and more.
DIFFERENT ON
MaxYield team members head to the field on Monday to collect the tissue
HOW DO YOU SEPARATE samples. Then the samples are sent to the lab and results are delivered yet
THEIR FARM
FACT FROM FICTION? that week. TO INCREASE
“It’s kind of the Wild West right
now with biologicals,” said Brad
“We’ll report the results back to you,” Engh said. “We can email you the THEIR PROFIT
results and then call you to go over the data, or we can meet in person.”
Engh, agronomy sales team leader
POTENTIAL."
for MaxYield Cooperative. “These Investing in tissue sampling costs roughly $40 per sample. Let’s say you
products are fairly unregulated, have an 80-acre field, and you pull two samples each time, for a total of $80. – BRAD ENGH
so you don’t always know what If you do this three times in a growing season, that comes to $240. “Divide
you’re buying, especially when $240 by 80 acres,” Engh said. “That’s a fairly low investment that can help
you go online.” you make nutrient adjustments that could translate into a higher return on
investment (ROI).”
A better option? Check out the
research that MaxYield agronomy PUTTING DATA INTO ACTION
specialists have conducted during MaxYield has offered tissue-sampling services for more than a decade
the past several years on various through the SciMax Solutions team and has added an intensive weekly
biological products. MaxYield has tissue sampling option for high-level managers.
studied Tripidity, a biological seed
treatment designed to help seeds “We’ve done tissue sampling long enough to know there are certain times of
germinate quicker so seedlings the growing season when certain nutrients are typically short,” Engh noted. CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO 4. Work to improve your bottom line.
can get a head start. MaxYield “In these times of tight margins, don’t cut the
One of those times is V5 in corn. That can be a good time to apply the foliar So the question remains—what’s one new thing you’ll
has also studied Treble, another things that make you money and don’t be afraid to
product MAX-IN® Ultra ZMB® for increased plant health and growth. “We try in 2020 to boost your profit potential? Engh offers
biological that helps plants grow try something new,” Engh said. “Remember, the
primarily use it for zinc, but it also has manganese and sulfur, plus it can be four final considerations as you answer this question:
faster so they reach canopy definition of insanity is doing the same thing over
quicker, which helps with weed
control.
applied with herbicide,” Engh said.
1. View grid soil sampling and tissue sampling as
an investment, not a cost.
•
and over again and expecting different results.”
Most corn fields have a need for sulfur, which can be fall or spring-applied
“We’re still in the experimental with MicroEssentials SZ that includes elemental and sulfate sulfur in a dry
2. Utilize secondary and micronutrients,
phase with a variety of biologicals,” granular form, along with zinc. It can also be applied in liquid form in pre-plant
that include:
Engh said. “We encourage you to or side-dress situations using ATS (ammonium thiosulfate), which provides
visit with your MaxYield agronomy corn with nitrogen and sulfur. a. Zinc LEARN MORE
specialist to learn more about b. Sulfur To learn more about grid soil sampling, tissue
In addition, boron can be applied with herbicide and fungicide applications.
the results we’re seeing and how c. Boron sampling, secondary and micronutrients, reach
“You’re making the pass already, so there’s no extra trip across the field,” out to your MaxYield agronomy specialist.
biologicals might fit your needs.”
Engh added. 3. Make a multi-year commitment.
“Every growing season brings different weather
conditions, disease challenges and insect pressure,”
Engh said. “When you try something new, see how
it performs across multiple growing seasons, not
just one.”
10 MY SOLUTIONS JUNE 2020 11
DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE
AS A BOARD MEMBER, YOU SEE
THE BIG PICTURE OF THE WHOLE
BUSINESS."
– DON SALTON
could no longer operate the family You’d be lucky to get a couple
farm. By 1988, Salton started loads delivered a day. Now
farming full-time at age 26 and everything is so much faster.
never looked back. MaxYield’s on-farm grain pickup
service is a huge benefit, too, if other board members. Everyone
SEEING THE
“My brother and I farmed with you don’t want to haul grain to was very welcoming.
my uncle, Wayne Salton,” he town or don’t have time.
recalled. “Wayne served on the Q: WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO
board at the co-op in Dickens Q: WHAT MOTIVATED YOU YOU SEE FOR MAXYIELD?
when they merged with the West TO RUN FOR THE MAXYIELD A: It’s important that MaxYield
Bend Elevator Company, which BOARD? remain a member-owned
later became known as MaxYield. A: I ran for the co-op board in cooperative with a strong
His example showed me the 2006, so I knew what the process presence in our local communities.
importance of getting involved in was like. This time around, my We need to grow strategically and
leadership.” neighbor, Rich Harves, was on be careful not to get stuck in a
the nominating committee and rut. It’s worth looking at ways to
Q: WHAT DOES YOUR get more involved in the end-user
encouraged me to run for the
FARMING OPERATION market by originating more grain.
MaxYield board. I was interested,
INCLUDE? Agriculture faces labor challenges,
because I appreciate many of the
A: I farm with my older brother, things MaxYield does, like helping so we need to find ways to keep
Curt. We raise corn, soybeans good team members, especially
DON SALTON JOINS THE MAXYIELD BOARD and cattle. We have a cow-calf
pay part of the dues for local 4-H
members. I also want to give back in the spring and the fall. Above
operation and sell feeder calves in to the community. all, we need to keep listening
the fall. to MaxYield’s clients so we can
Q: WHAT LEADERSHIP ROLES
Q: WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE A
NEW BOARD MEMBER?
provide the solutions they need.
•
If you’d asked Don Salton back in the Salton landed a management job HAVE YOU HAD IN THE
A: It’s an unbelievable learning EDITOR’S NOTE: Salton and his
with the K-Mart discount-store COMMUNITY?
early 1980s whether he'd be farming chain. His K-Mart career, which A: I served on the South Clay
experience to serve on the co-op wife, Diane, have three children,
board, because it gives you a including Sydney, who is a senior
someday and serving on the local co-op took him to Des Moines, Red school board for nearly six years. whole new perspective of the at Wartburg College; Cale, who
Oak, Chicago and Omaha, taught
company. In my area, I’m most
board, he probably would have thought him four big lessons. “I learned Q: WHAT HAVE YOU
familiar with MaxYield’s locations
just completed his freshman year
APPRECIATED ABOUT at Iowa Central; and Jadey, who
the importance of organization,
you were crazy. initiative and a positive attitude. MAXYIELD AS A CLIENT?
at Dickens, Everly and Greenville. will be a sophomore at Spencer
As a board member, you see the High School. Salton is a sports fan
“I didn’t plan to farm,” said Salton, who farms near Gillett Grove and is one of I also saw how Chicago was a A: MaxYield has made some big
big picture of the whole business. who likes to play golf and watch
the newest directors on the MaxYield Cooperative board. whole different world from what improvements at Dickens to keep
The first board meeting I attended Los Angeles Dodgers baseball
I was used to. I preferred small- things running efficiently. In years
after being elected in December games and Los Angeles Lakers
When Salton graduated from South Clay High School in 1981, the 1980s town Iowa.” past, harvest was a challenge
2019 was the board planning basketball games.
farm crisis was starting to gain momentum. Job opportunities off the farm at Dickens. When you delivered
Just a few years into his career, retreat in early February in Des
seemed like a much wiser option by the time Salton graduated from Briar grain, there used to be lines of
Salton returned home after his Moines. I got to meet more of the
Cliff College in Sioux City with his degree in business administration and tractors, wagons and trucks down
father became seriously ill and senior leadership team and the
accounting. the block.
12 MY SOLUTIONS JUNE 2020 13
FIVE THINGS
1 BILLICK IS ROOTED IN AGRICULTURE
Billick is no stranger to farming. His father grew up in rural Cedar County, Iowa, and worked at a co-op during
part of his career. “My dad later became one of the leading USDA field enumerators in the country,” said
Billick, who noted that field enumerators interview farmers to collect crop acreage numbers, crop production
data, grain in storage, livestock inventories, farm labor and other ag-related information. Billick grew up in
northwest Iowa, where he graduated from South O'Brien High School in Paullina in 1994. He credits both
of his parents with helping him learn how to succeed in life. “My dad is a cancer survivor, and my mother is
a retired art teacher and watercolor painter who sees the beauty in the world around us,” Billick said. “I’m
inspired by them both.”
2 HE LEARNED 3 DIGGING IN FITS BILLICK’S STYLE
Billick earned his earth science degree from UNI in 1999.
TEAMWORK ON THE
Before he graduated, he completed an internship at Basic
GRIDIRON AT UNI Materials, a Waterloo-based mining company. When Billick
Billick’s achievements on was looking for a full-time job, Basic Materials needed
his high school football someone to run an exploratory drill near DeWitt, Iowa.
team caught the attention Billick accepted the job and worked with Iowa-based
5 Things to of football coaches at the
University of Northern Iowa
Wendling Quarries, which handles open-pit mining for sand,
gravel and limestone. Billick later worked as a surveyor and
Know About (UNI). Billick started as a
defensive end with the UNI
computer-aided design (CAD) drafter during his 10-year stint
in the mining industry. Some of these skills translate well to
Brian Billick, Panthers. After two years, his agriculture. “Mining is a safety-focused industry, and so is
coaches asked him to consider agriculture,” he said.
West Area moving to the offensive line,
so he did. “College football
Team Leader teaches you how to how
think on your feet, because
the speed of the game is so
much faster than high school
4 CHALLENGES MOTIVATE HIM
After moving back to northwest Iowa with his family,
football,” said Billick, who still Billick grew his ag career starting in 2011. “There’s never
gets season tickets to UNI a dull moment in agriculture,” said Billick, who served as
football games to support a location manager at two cooperatives before joining
the team. “Being part of a MaxYield. “The seasons change, and there are always new
football team also teaches challenges and opportunities.” As the west area leader
you how to face adversity, for MaxYield, Billick provides support for location leaders
overcome challenges and help and helps make sure the right team members are in the
Some things just go Iowa not only has a Mines and Minerals Bureau, but it’s part of the Iowa
your teammates overcome right jobs throughout the region. “I appreciate the amazing
Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. Brian Billick has worked in
together naturally, both industries, which focuses on managing natural resources from the land,
challenges, too.” educational opportunities and team-member development
training available here at MaxYield,” he added.
like peanut butter maximizing the potential that lies beneath the surface and emphasizing the
importance of safety.
and jelly, burgers
“I grew up near Paullina in northwest Iowa but spent 10 years in the mining
and fries, and industry in eastern Iowa,” said Billick, who became the west area leader at
farming and mining. MaxYield Cooperative in December 2019. “When my family and I moved back
to northwest Iowa in 2010, I didn’t know what I would do for a career, since
5 FARMING AND FAMILY ARE KEY
Billick’s wife, Carmen, and her family operate a row-crop operation near Paullina. Her brother also runs a
Wait—mining? mining is not as prevalent in this area.” tiling business, Billick noted. The Billicks have three children, including sons Brennan, 12, and Brooks, 10, and
daughter Sydney, 7. “We’re sports fans and enjoy canoeing,” said Billick, who has been canoeing since he was
Billick, who lives on an acreage near Primghar, found his niche working in the
12 years old. “Spending time together as a family is important.”
cooperative system and serving area farmers. Here are five things about his
unique background that help him add value for MaxYield:
14 MY SOLUTIONS JUNE 2020 15
“There was a lot of talk about prices going to the moon,”
said Mick Hoover, grain solutions and origination
team leader at MaxYield Cooperative. “Some people
speculated that a potential grain shortage could lead to
$6 corn.” COMING SOON!
TAP THE POWER OF
It didn’t happen. Farmers who held onto their grain
often waited too long before selling anything, which
proved to be a costly mistake.
MAXYIELD’S NEW
Hoover thinks a lot of this hesitation can be traced
Never
back to 2012. “Farmers who sold $4 corn that summer
watched prices soar to $7 by fall. Many farmers who
were good marketers become poor marketers after that,
ENERGY APP
because it made them fearful of selling.”
Say
This highlights the importance of having firm offers in
place. Firm offers paid off for growers who used them
in 2019. “We got into the $4.20 range on corn with firm
offers,” Hoover said. “Never say never when it comes
to profit potential with firm offers.”
Never:
FIRM OFFERS ARE FREE
Choice is a powerful thing. If you’d like an even easier choice when it
It’s not unrealistic to see an extra 20, 40 to 60 cents
comes to ordering fuel, check out our new MaxYield Cooperative Energy
per bushel on corn when you use MaxYield’s firm
app. “This app gives you instant access to more information, right at your
offer program. “The majority of the grain we buy is
fingertips,” said Chad Besch, energy team leader for MaxYield Cooperative.
purchased through these offers,” Hoover added.
ONLINE ORDERING AND MORE
Put More Money in Your Not only are firm offers free, but they are as simple
Not into apps? We still have plenty of options for you:
Pocket with Firm Offers as “set it and forget it.” If the price hits, you’ve got a
guaranteed sale and incremental profits. If it doesn’t, GO ONLINE
you’re under no obligation. Firm offers are easy to We introduced online fuel ordering a couple years ago, and it has filled
modify or cancel at any time. a niche for some of our clients. For more information, log onto www.
It’s not unusual for market highs to occur overnight. AFTER YOU DOWNLOAD maxyieldenergy.com and click on the Fuel Order Online tab to order refined
Who can forget the spring of After a firm offer is triggered, MaxYield will call to notify THIS APP TO YOUR fuels and/or propane.
2019? Weather woes meant a you. “Often our team will ask if you have another offer
you’d like to put in,” said Hoover, who noted that many
SMARTPHONE, YOU CAN: CONTACT ENERGY CENTRAL
Call our office at 515-200-1362, or 866-711-7282, or email us at
lot of acres in northern Iowa clients do put in another offer. fuel@maxyieldcoop.com. Our Energy Central desk is fully staffed during
• Order fuel
weren’t planted until June. A firm offer is a great choice for any grain marketing
business hours, and our team looks forward to hearing from you. If you call
• Specify which tank(s) you want after hours, leave a message, and we will get back to you. “These choices
Many farmers and market plan, Hoover emphasized. “Have firm offers in place,
•
your fuel delivered to let you pick what option works best for you,” Besch said. “All of them offer
and let the market come to you.”
analysts saw little hope for an easy, convenient way to order fuel and manage your MaxYield account.
good yields with such a late-
• Check which of your fuel
tanks are listed in MaxYield’s
Thanks for choosing MaxYield as your energy supplier.”
•
computer system
planted crop. CONTACT YOUR ENERGY SOLUTIONS SPECIALIST OR NEAREST
LEARN MORE • Review your MaxYield fuel MAXYIELD LOCATION FOR MORE DETAILS
contracts
Contact your nearest MaxYield location for more
details on the firm offer program. • Check your account balance
• Select payment options
16 MY SOLUTIONS JUNE 2020 17
If the guy running the You might know Josh Sidles from the five years he
spent working with Nelson Anderson Custom Baling
scale at the Standard in northwest Iowa. Maybe you’ve heard his name as
Nutrition feed mill in he competes on the dirt tracks of north Iowa and
southern Minnesota.
JOSH
Emmetsburg looks
Perhaps you’ve gotten to know him if you deliver grain
familiar, there’s a good to Standard Nutrition (the former Kerber Milling facility),
reason why. Three where Sidles is now the client care leader at MaxYield
Cooperative’s grain-receiving office. He has replaced
reasons—actually. long-time MaxYield team member Val Dean (Val) Auten,
who worked at the grain-receiving office at Standard
Nutrition before he retired in December 2019.
“I knew Val really well,” Sidles said. “I always joked that
SIDLES
when Val retired, he should tell me so I could apply for
the job.”
GOES WITH
"
MAXYIELD HAS A LOT OF
TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN NEW
THINGS AND GROW YOUR
CAREER, THEY ENCOURAGE IT
THE GRAIN AND SUPPORT YOU."
– JOSH SIDLES
AT STANDARD
Sidles is no stranger to the Standard Nutrition facility.
NUTRITION He worked at the feed mill in Emmetsburg when Kerber
Milling built a new grain-receiving facility seven years
ago. Now he manages this facility. “MaxYield is the
grain originator for Standard Nutrition,” said Sidles, who
began working for MaxYield in October 2019. “We take
in corn from farmers throughout the area and handle
the grain accounting.”
While there were many excellent applicants for the client
care leader role, Sidles stood out from the competition.
“His role with Nelson Anderson meant he’d worked with
many farmers across northern Iowa, including some
MaxYield clients,” said Mick Hoover, grain solutions and
origination team leader at MaxYield. “Josh also has in-
depth knowledge of the grain facility in Emmetsburg, so
he knows what it takes to operate it efficiently.”
18 MY SOLUTIONS JUNE 2020 19Considering a career in
agriculture?
"
You'll find a fit that
you value here.
HE’S VERY PERSONABLE,
• Seed/Agronomy/Energy Sales
HE’S A GREAT ASSET TO
• Grain Origination & Merchandising
MAXYIELD, AND I’M EXCITED • Team and Area Leaders
TO HAVE HIM ON OUR TEAM." • Grain, Agronomy, & Feed
– MICK HOOVER
Operations
• Transportation & Trucking
• Custom Application
• Accounting/Finance
Auten recommended Sidles, as well. “It seems like “Some clients drive past an ethanol plant and another • Location Office/Client Care
Josh knows everyone,” Hoover added. “When I took feed mill along their route because they prefer to deliver Leaders
him around to various MaxYield locations to introduce grain here,” said Sidles, who noted that the majority of • Precision Ag/Data Management
him, nearly everyone knew him already, or one of the corn is processed into swine feed, along with some US DOT69994, ·. • Mechanic/Maintenance/
their friends knows him. He’s very personable, he’s a cattle feed.
,_ .! ' ' Millwright/Electrician
great asset to MaxYield, and I’m excited to have him
The flexibility of the job appeals to Sidles. “You get to
on our team.” • Information Technology (IT)
be your own boss, in some ways. When the trucks
GROWING A CAREER, BUILDING aren’t coming through, I handle grain origination. I call • Mid & Senior-Level Leadership
RELATIONSHIPS people about grain marketing opportunities, and I like to
Agriculture has long been a part of Sidles’ life. His father, build these relationships.” We actively promote from within
Todd, worked at a local grain elevator for 15 years. and invest heavily in team members
Sidles, a Terril native and 2007 graduate of Graettinger-
Not only is MaxYield a financially stable company, but it through ongoing education
offers a place to grow, he added. “I like how MaxYield opportunities. Our culture is about
Terril High School, worked at a grain elevator when he
invests in team members. MaxYield has a lot of training
was in high school. providing solutions for our clients
and education. If you want to learn new things and
and our team members. "Family" is
“I’m a people person,” Sidles said. “I got to know a lot of grow your career, they encourage it and support you.”
• a term we hear often around here.
farmers in the area through the elevator and the baling
business. I still work with many of these same farmers EDITOR’S NOTE: Sidles and his wife, Holly, have two Find the great career you've
in my current job, which is nice.” sons, including Macoy, 5, and Cayden, who is almost 1. been looking for!
Sidles has won a number of races in IMCA Hobby Stock
Sidles works at the grain-receiving facility at Standard
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20 MY SOLUTIONS JUNE 2020 21Concrete being poured for the new
750,000 bushel bin in Belmond.
THIS IS
PROGRESS: MAXYIELD
UPGRADES GRAIN
FACILITIES IN
Remember the
phrase “If you
build it, they will
come,” inspired by
the 1989 baseball
BRITT, BELMOND movie Field of
AND KLEMME Dreams? This
mindset works in
reverse at MaxYield
Cooperative.
Consider the new grain bins
and other improvements taking
shape in Britt, Belmond and
Klemme. “We have solid support
from clients in these areas,
which encouraged us to expand
or upgrade our grain facilities
in these three locations,” said
Jeff Marsh, operations team
leader. We will be able to handle
bushels faster, more efficiently
and transfer less grain during our
busiest times.”
22 MY SOLUTIONS JUNE 2020 23The construction of a 750,000 bushel
capacity bin in Britt is almost complete.
"
MaxYield has one grain bin at Belmond and one grain bin in Britt scheduled
to be completed before harvest 2020. Each of the 105-foot-diameter bins will
hold approximately 750,000 bushels of grain. Construction is also underway
in Klemme on a new 750,000-bushel bin, 4000 bph dryer and 30,000 bph
receiving capacity.
THE NEW BIN IN
Now’s the time to look forward and invest in the future of MaxYield, said
BELMOND WILL
Keith Heim, CEO. “Our balance sheet is strong and is arguably the best in our ALLOW US TO
history. This allows us to continue our commitment to upgrading our facilities
and equipment to serve our clients more effectively.” TAKE PRESSURE
Adding more grain storage at Britt means MaxYield will spend less time OFF EXISTING
and money transporting grain out of Britt to other MaxYield locations when
trucking is difficult to find. Belmond was also due for upgrades, Marsh said. STORAGE,
“The new bin in Belmond will allow us to take pressure off existing storage, IMPROVE
improve efficiencies and consolidate receiving and load out operations.” EFFICIENCIES AND
In December 2019, MaxYield’s board of directors approved a $4.5
THE REBIRTH OF THE CO-OP IN KLEMME CONSOLIDATE million investment at Klemme, which includes a 750,000-bushel bin,
Klemme faced a different set of challenges after a severe storm hit the area 4,000-bushel-per-hour grain dryer, added wet-corn holding capacity,
in September 2019. RECEIVING 2020 LOCATION overhead truck load-out capability and infrastructure needed to complete
AND LOAD OUT UPGRADES the project. While the revamped facility will have the same number of grain
The storm took down a 250-foot conveyor from the dryer to permanent
dump pits, new grain-legging capacity will speed things up considerably.
and temporary storage facilities and twisted the receiving leg. “We made
the modifications we could to our grain-handling equipment to get through
OPERATIONS."
“This is a rebirth of the co-op in Klemme,” said Frank Uhde, MaxYield’s east
harvest. We knew it wasn’t feasible to operate this location beyond 2019 – JEFF MARSH area team leader. “The local community is very excited about this project.”
without significant upgrades.”
Part of the need to upgrade the entire grain-handling system at Klemme
pre-dates the 2019 windstorm. In December 2003, an explosion blew the
top off the concrete grain silo, which was then owned by another entity.
3 NEW BINS The cause of the explosion and resulting fire were never determined.
Facility upgrade construction is
underway in Klemme. “Back in the day, the Klemme co-op was one of the biggest, most modern
co-ops around, and that concrete silo was state-of-the-art for its time,”
Uhde said. “After the explosion, band-aid fixes in the pre-MaxYield days
kept the grain facility going. We were able to get by, but the 2019 storm
was the last straw.”
The new upgrades will be huge, not only to Klemme, but for clients in
surrounding areas, Uhde added. “While there are a lot of grain end-
105' DIAMETER users around here, MaxYield is still vested in this area. Our business is
strong and continues to grow, since MaxYield is always looking multiple
steps ahead.”
IT’S ALL ABOUT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
The millions of dollars of investments slated for Klemme, Belmond
and Britt in 2020 are projects that go beyond MaxYield’s annual capital
expenditure budget for rolling stock and modest upgrades at grain facilities.
750K CAPACITY
PER BIN “This was a strategic process supported by a strong balance sheet allowing
MaxYield to make these significant investments at Britt, Belmond and
Klemme,” Marsh said. “It’s driven by our focus on continuous improvement
and a commitment to provide the solutions our clients need.”
•
24 MY SOLUTIONS JUNE 2020 25How Farm
Analytics
Help You
RL: Talking about variable rate, you've been variable rate seeding for quite a
few years. Tell us the timeline and history of how you’ve been using variable
rate prescriptions and seeding.
EM: In 2013 I purchased hydraulic drives on my planter and knew I could
variable rate. Since I had the technology available to me, I tried a little bit
of corn in a field or two each year. I broadened that into trying a field of
beans based on pH and adding four more corn fields. It went to having a
prescription written for every acre of corn and beans that I plan to plant each
"
THE FARM
ECONOMY IS
BEING IMPACTED,
MORE SO IN SOME
AREAS THAN
OTHERS"
Become
year. I believe variable rate really pays off in optimizing your population. I
wouldn't say you're cutting back in the less productive acres. You are cutting
– RODNEY LEGLEITER
back your population, but you're optimizing your population more than just
More
cutting it back to save seed. Cutting back saves the seed cost, but it also
out there? Or did I do the right
allows the best population on that acre to produce the best yield. Saving
thing by pushing the population or
input cost, as well as increased yield for return, is a double-ended benefit.
by cutting the population back?’
efficient RL: There's a misconception that you're going to cut your seeding costs
drastically, but that's really not the case when you’ve pretty much got the
same average rate across the field.
The Learning Block tells you
changing this did work or, in some
instances, maybe changing this
BY RODNEY LEGLEITER didn't work. But it's not a test plot
EM: You're right. If you decide the ballpark of what you would flat rate that from a hundred miles away. It's
field by seed, once your prescriptions are written, most of the time you're your Learning Block right there in
Eric Marchand, Britt area farmer
within one bag. So you're not cutting back seed. You're taking it out of the your own field.
less productive areas and putting it in the higher producing areas. You’re
trying to be a little more offensive in the good ground and a little bit more RL: The farm economy is being
conservative to optimize the situation in the less productive ground. impacted, more so in some areas
In tough years, it's even more RODNEY LEGLEITER: How do farm analytics help
than others. Tell me a little bit
your farm become more cost efficient? RL: Throughout the years you’ve tried the SciMax Nitrogen program with about your thought of the farm
important to manage your variable rate nitrogen and you've been able to reduce your rates by anywhere economy and what you're seeing,
ERIC MARCHAND: Well, when you can take your
inputs and to maximize profit. farm and break it down, you can see where the profit
from 25 to 30 percent over those acres and still maintain, if not, increase how it's affecting you and what
yield. What are the different things you've tried with the SciMax Nitrogen® keeps you up at night, as far as
Way too often, I hear people robbing issues are. You can try to correct them or
program? the current farming economy?
combat them with different hybrids, different nitrogen
want to maximize yield and, rates, different fertilizer responses and variable rate EM: Yes, definitely. With the variable rate single application or dual EM: In tough economic years, it's
obviously, the more bushels you planting in certain areas. SciMax compiles the data applications, you can cut your rates back. I used Learning Blocks to test even more important to manage
from other growers in the area, then helps find different different rates to see if there was a yield drag where the nitrogen rates your inputs and to maximize profit.
have the more you have to sell. practices that are working versus what isn’t working were cut. To start, I used Learning Blocks as a convincing agent, especially Way too often, I hear people want
But if it costs you too much so you can not only see your farm operation but see with variable rate nitrogen. For too long, guys have thought if I pump more to maximize yield and, obviously,
what others are doing anonymously. This way you can nitrogen out there, I'll get more yield. And then, you see some of the data the more bushels you have, the
to raise, you might not have manage each acre slightly different to maximize your that SciMax has shown with reducing nitrogen rates, and it really challenges more you have to sell. But if they
profitability on each acre.
increased your profitability by the comfort zone of the ‘old-time-thinking’ and wanting to dump more cost you too much to raise, you
nitrogen. We wanted to see for ourselves, so we put a Learning Block out might not have increased your
increasing yield. RL: How do you manage input costs to protect profits?
that used my old nitrogen rate and a higher rate. When we got our yield profitability by increasing yield. I’m
– ERIC MARCHAND, BRITT, IA EM: It’s about having the right population of the right maps and lay over the nitrogen rate learning block we saw little to no change, proud to say I have a good partner
hybrid on each acre in each area of the field, as well even sometimes a negative response on the higher rate. It builds confidence in SciMax by managing input costs
As a SciMax Solutions® Specialist I get to help growers
utilize their data to help them maximize efficiency
as optimizing your nitrogen rate, your micronutrients,
and even your P and K rates. Going clear back to the
to make the decision for the right rates next year. And it’s not only nitrogen,
you can start analyzing nitrogen rates to planting population to micronutrients
and maximizing profitability.
•
and profits. Together with SciMax, I’ve been working basic as-planted map and overlaying that with your yield and fungicides. Instead of doing strips where your ground might vary across EDITOR'S NOTE: Eric Marchand
with Eric Marchand since 2013, utilizing variable rate mapping, you can determine your profitability by field, a field, do a section where you see if what you’re doing really matters. You farms southeast of Britt, IA. He
seeding, variable rate nitrogen and farm analytics. We acre and hybrid. can start to ask the questions, ‘What if I went and did that? Would I have had started farming with his dad in
took some time to ask Eric questions about the benefits the same results anyway? Did I just get a banner year and get a good yield 1997 and has slowly taken over
of SciMax. and grown the operation.
26 MY SOLUTIONS JUNE 2020 27Dare to Lead
MaxYield Cooperative is blessed to have many BUILDING TEAMS, GROWING LEADERS MaxYield’s management team receives many
MEET MAXYIELD’S 2019 of these leaders on our team. We’re proud to salute People-first practices start by treating people with nominations for high-quality candidates,” Heim said.
ALL-STAR
our 2019 All-Star Team winners, including Sara respect. This includes clarifying job duties and detailing
Anderson, Britt location team leader, and 2019 Solutions MaxYield honored the Solutions Provider of the Year
expectations. It also involves ongoing training and
Provider of the Year; along with All-Star team members and 2019 All-Star Team during the company’s team
development.
Andy Bleuer, outside operations, Whittemore; Tracy member/director appreciation event in February 2020.
TEAM
Enderson, client business leader, Dickens; Travis Hamm, “We want to help our team members be good at “Each year I’m struck by team member’s typical reaction
outside operations/applicator, Meservey; Levi Quayle, what they do,” Heim said. “It’s important that they’re when he or she is named to the All-Star Team,” Heim
agronomy specialist, east area; and Steve Winters, comfortable with their role, confident in their skills said. “They are surprised to be honored for just doing
applicator, Superior. and keep learning so they can do their job effectively their job, and they’re humbled.”
What defines a leader? Leadership is not about titles, and grow their career. I’m really proud of how our team
“Many organizations say their people are their most These team members don’t view themselves as All-
status or power. Leaders are anyone who takes members are embracing talent development across
important asset, but people-first practices define and Stars, because performing at a high level every day is
responsibility for finding a need and filling it. They do this organization.”
guide MaxYield,” said Keith Heim, CEO. “A big part of just who they are, Heim added. “We value and honor
great work. Most of all, they bring others along on the these leaders’ contributions, because they make
putting people first includes showing appreciation for What makes the All-Star Team award so meaningful is
journey as they tap into the power of teamwork to be
part of the solution.
a job well done. We’re so proud of our 2019 Solutions that these leaders are nominated by their peers. “It’s MaxYield a solutions provider.”
•
Provider of the Year and our All-Star Team.” tough to select the All-Star team each year, because
28 MY SOLUTIONS JUNE 2020 29Britt Say the name “Sara Anderson” around
HOME GROWN
MaxYield Cooperative, and you’ll hear team
Location members say, “She’s a forward thinker.”
LEADERSHIP
Leader “She’s a joy to work with.” “She puts her
heart into her work and makes such a
SARA positive difference.” “Everyone who deals
ANDERSON with Sara is wowed by her.”
Named Her farm-girl roots are showing. Stop by her office, and you’ll see it
for yourself.
Solutions “Hey, watch out for those so you don’t get dusty,” said Sara, pointing to the
Provider coveralls she just hung up in her office after dealing with an unexpected
issue at the feed mill at Britt. “It’s been a crazy morning.”
of the Even when things don’t go according to plan, Sara’s calm, collected manner,
attention to detail, high energy level and empathy shine through. All these
Year traits have helped Sara thrive at MaxYield, where she was named the 2019
Solutions Provider of the Year.
It has been quite a journey since Sara started as a MaxYield client care leader
in Klemme in 2018, followed by her new role as client care leader in Britt
starting in January 2019. She now serves as the Britt location leader.
“Britt is a pretty neat location, because there’s a lot going on here,” said Sara,
who grew up on a farm west of Klemme. “The variety of the work fits with
the way I was raised. You pitch in where you’re needed.”
SHE PREFERS JEANS AND BOOTS TO A SUIT
Pitching in takes many different forms at a co-op. The liquid propane (LP)
shortage that hit many parts of Iowa in the fall of 2019, including the Britt
area, made it even more essential for the MaxYield team to work together
effectively during harvest.
“We knew our clients were having a tough time,” Sara said. “This pushed us
to do even better, and we increased the bushels we handled.”
This can-do mindset is second-nature for Sara, who attributes many of her
skills to her farm background. She helped her father, Duane Pringnitz, haul
grain to the elevator in Klemme, where she also attended 4-H club meetings
in the co-op basement.
All this sparked Sara’s interest in pursuing an ag career, but she envisioned
her future in a more urban setting. “My plan was to get away from small
towns and grow a career in banking, probably as an ag loan officer,” she said.
30 MY SOLUTIONS JUNE 2020 312019 ALL-STAR TEAM
"
“Sara hit the ground running when she joined the MaxYield team. There were several issues that needed
attention when she started her new job, so she didn’t wade into a calm sea. She made a point early on to let the
Andy couldn’t resist cracking a joke when he was sitting next to Jesse
team know that no job was above or below her. She put on her coveralls and loaded trucks last fall, for example,
Zinnel, West Bend’s warehouse supervisor, during MaxYield’s team-member
when her help was needed.
appreciation banquet this winter.
I’m impressed by how quickly Sara earned her team’s confidence and trust. She’s a great communicator. She
asks her team members for their input, and uses this feedback to help the team move forward together. “When it was time to name the All-Star Team, I told Jesse, “If [my coworker
She does an excellent job and helps make good things happen.” at Whittemore] Melanie Elbert can get that award, I can get it.’ I was shocked
when I was the first one called.”
KEITH HEIM, MAXYIELD CEO
EDUCATION/WORK BACKGROUND
Andy grew up in West Bend and is a 2011 West Bend-Mallard High School
graduate. He attended Iowa Lakes Community College and knew he wanted
to build a career near his hometown. “I like the pace of life here and the
The 1999 Belmond-Klemme High School graduate “I don’t need to tell my team members their jobs—
benefits of small-town living,” he said.
earned her bachelor’s degree in business in 2003 they already know what to do,” Sara said. “My job is
from Buena Vista University, followed by a master’s to support them wherever I can so we keep things He worked in general construction for a few years before joining MaxYield.
of business administration in 2005 from Upper Iowa running. I’m not going to ask someone to do something The job taught him skills that have been valuable in his current role. "You
ANDY
University. She spent 10 years of her career in I’m not willing to do myself.” need some general knowledge, some common sense, and the ability to think
banking, starting as a teller at Hancock County Bank ahead," Andy said.
Good communication and teamwork enhance
BLEUER
& Trust (now Reliance State Bank in Garner). She later
worked in new accounts, loans and eventually became MaxYield’s ability to provide the customized solutions HOW I’VE GROWN MY MAXYIELD CAREER
a branch manager. that clients need. “Local co-ops are so important to our
Andy has handled a variety of jobs since he joined MaxYield. He drives a
rural communities,” Sara said. “When clients come in Outside Operations
Whittemore tender truck in the spring to deliver fertilizer to clients’ fields. Throughout the
Then came the 2008 financial collapse. “That was here and are concerned about grain prices, for example,
year, he handles general maintenance jobs at the Whittemore location. He
such a stressful time,” Sara said. “I tried working in you understand why. They may have a child who needs
also plays a key role at harvest, making sure grain is unloaded and stored
investments and insurance, but I got burned out.” braces, or they’ve got other financial commitments It’s vital to have a strong work
properly. “We have good farmers in the area,” Andy said. “Whittemore is a
weighing on their mind.” ethic, but sometimes even the
Sara also decided that sitting behind a desk all day in an nice location to work, and I’m dedicated to helping this place succeed.”
most dedicated team members
office wasn’t her style. “I’d rather wear jeans and boots The Britt area is blessed to have many loyal MaxYield need a little help from their friends. WHY THE TEAM MATTERS HERE
to work than a suit,” she added. clients, Sara added. That’s why she’s so excited Just ask All-Star Team member
about the investments MaxYield is making in Britt The amount of corn delivered to the Whittemore location has grown in recent
Andy Bleuer.
When the opportunity to work as a client care leader this year. The cooperative is building a new 105-foot- years, due to strong demand from the feed mill at Whittemore Feeder’s
in Klemme opened up, Sara was ready to make the diameter bin to provide an additional 750,000 bushels From the time he started Supply. Effective team work at MaxYield has become even more important to
switch. “I knew a lot of MaxYield clients in this area of grain storage. at MaxYield Cooperative in keeping everything running smoothly.
already,” she said. “I also like new challenges and the Whittemore in the summer of
chance to learn new things.” “That new bin will really change the landscape here,” “As we handle more grain here, we needed to have more grain storage,” said
2016, this dedicated family man
Sara said. “We transferred approximately 650,000 Andy, who helped build a new grain bunker west of the Whittemore office in
worked hard and was willing to put
One of the most eye-opening experiences has been bushels of corn out of Britt last fall. Having more grain the summer of 2019.
in long hours during harvest. Then
learning how sophisticated today’s farmer-owned storage means we’ll be able to receive more grain, run came the birth of his daughter, Andy and his fellow MaxYield team members came up with the plan for the
cooperative system is. “When you haul grain to your longer hours and operate more efficiently at harvest.” Vivian, on August 23, 2019. bunker, which can hold more than 300,000 bushels of corn. They plan to
local elevator, you just see a small part of the business,”
Sara said. “Until you’re involved in the co-op and see it This future-focused mindset helped Sara earn expand the bunker for the 2020 harvest. “Our goal is to maximize efficiency,”
“I’m so grateful for Carlos and
from the inside out, you don’t realize how complex the MaxYield’s 2019 Solutions Provider of the Year award. Andy said. “We’re all in this together, and we work together to get the job
Edgar, the migrant workers who
whole system is.” She wasn’t able to attend the awards ceremony, though, done.”
are part of our team,” Andy said.
since she stayed home to care for a sick daughter. “They handled the night shift this
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE TEAM Andy had observed this can-do spirit in previous All-Star Team members. “You
past fall at harvest, so I could stay could just tell they cared and are willing to put in the work.” Andy’s peers saw
Sara has also discovered something else people “When I heard I’d won, it was a huge, humbling
home and help my wife take care this same type of dedication in him and nominated him for the 2019 All-Star
might not realize about MaxYield—team leaders and surprise,” Sara said. “I don’t think of this as my award;
of our baby. We couldn’t have
managers aren’t afraid to get down in the trenches. For
Sara, that can mean throwing on a pair of coveralls and
it’s the team’s award.”
• done it without them.”
Team. “I definitely didn’t plan on being on the All-Star Team, but it’s nice to
know people appreciate my work.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sara and her husband, Jamie, live on
loading a grain truck, or checking on things at the feed The camaraderie that thrives WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO ME OUTSIDE OF WORK
an acreage near Klemme, where they are raising their
mill in Britt, if that’s where she’s needed. among the MaxYield team
four children, a few goats and a pot-bellied pig. Andy and his wife, Sydney, are the proud parents of their infant daughter,
members at Whittemore also
Vivian.
includes a healthy dose of humor.
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