22 RVC Insights Spring - Flipbook - Page 3
Feeding the future
Purina and Quality Liquid Feeds provide quality products to producers.
Chris Green, Ag Finance Director & Feed Business Lead
Chris Green. Ag Finance Director, Shawna Lorenzen, Livestock Production Specialist.
As the calendar turns to 2022, the
world has been living under the
pandemic’s shadow for more than
two years now. Across the globe,
there are worker shortages, rising
prices, and product shortages seen all
across the country.
River Valley Cooperative’s feed
department has continued to grow in
cattle and swine tons. The excellence
in the operations staff at the mills,
support staff in Clarence and DeWitt,
sales staff, and delivery drivers have
enabled this growth. These folks take
pride in their jobs and do it even
when the temperatures dip below -10
degrees. We are proud to have such a
dedicated feed team.
The Galva and Sunbury mills
underwent major software updates
this winter, and everything went
better than expected. River Valley
Cooperative will be making
improvements to the feed mills in
2022, enabling them to produce
more feed with less idle time for the
mixers. The mills are automated
and continue to push the limits of
efficiency and quality.
in Clarence, Iowa. Purina provides
high-quality products like Precon® for
starting cattle, ClariFly® and Altosid®
for fly control, and Wind and Rain®
Mineral along with many others.
QLF is a well-known company that
supplies excellent quality liquid feed
supplements. QLF can specifically
modify each load to fit our customers’
River Valley Cooperative is proud to needs, such as MGA for heifers,
partner with two great companies on Rumensin®, Bovatec®, and many more
the beef side of the business: Purina medications and nutrients. If you have
a beef feedlot, you should sit down
and Quality Liquid Feeds (QLF).
with one of our beef specialists and
These partnerships aren’t new to our
discuss why so many fellow cattlemen
cooperative, as we have been doing
have transitioned to QLF.
business for decades.
Our partnership with Purina allows
River Valley Cooperative to tap into
their extensive resources, and most
of the Purina feed is made locally
Our livestock production specialists
are ready to provide your animals with
the feed and nutrients as they grow.
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