News from the Plains Partners locations
Omega Location January 16, 2012
It sure does seem like time is moving faster as the years go by. Seems like just
yesterday we were planting wheat and now spring topdress time is once again upon
us. We at Plains Partners are here to help you with all your fertilizer needs.
We can apply your fertilizer or fertilizer and herbicide to your crops and we
also have equipment to allow you to apply it yourself. If you need fertilizer
delivered to your farm, we can do that for you, also.
If you need fields scouted for any
problems, we are able to come out and help get the correct product to alleviate
those issues. Call us at 405-729-4250. We are here to serve you.
We have a full line of feed products here at
Omega, also. If you should happen to have bloat problems with your cattle, we
have bloat blocks and Poloxalene topdress on hand to address this. We carry
three types of Wheat Pasture Minerals (plain, Bovatec, Rumensin) for your
stockers and we also carry a high magnesium mineral if you are running any cows
on wheat pasture. If your cattle are on pasture, we have two types of protein
tubs to supplement your grass and hay forage.
Omega stocks several sizes of wood posts and
T-posts to help with your fencing needs. We keep “C,F & I” barb wire and wire
panels, also. We also sell Cenex Premium Fieldmaster diesel, along with Premium
Roadmaster clear diesel for your highway vehicles.
We at Plains Partners look forward to
serving you, our valuable customer, in 2012 and beyond.
Omega Plains Partners staff
Hennessey Location News January
10, 2012
Is your
wheat looking a little yellow? Some reports are coming in and the problem is
probably low nitrogen (N). You might ask, where did the N go, since soil tests
prior to planting indicated plenty was available. The answer is in the dry
summer of 2011 and the lack of decomposition of the wheat roots and straw. Since
we have been having an unseasonably warm fall and winter so far, and moisture is
plentiful, the decomposition is now taking place, tying up the available N.
Normally this would have been complete and this organic N would be available to
the plants. N rich strips in your field would be a good indicator of the N
needed, but if those are not available then be aware of the yellowing and be
ready to take action to prevent the stunting of the plants growth. Also, be
aware of insect problems which may arise.
For the
coming spring weather the weeds will again raise their heads in cultivated and
no-till fields and pastures. Marestail, (horseweed or mules tail) is a major
problem. This weed is becoming glyphosate tolerant. The best time to control
them is in the rosette stage before bolting, generally prior to early March. If
you plan to double crop after wheat, marestail is easier to control in the
wheat. You should be cautious of the chemicals you use as some have double
cropping rotation restrictions.
Check the chemical labels!
If you are
interested in planting Grain Sorghum in the spring, you may want to attend one
of the Educational Programs provided by the OSU Extension Service.
Programs
will be in Enid, Jan. 30, @ 1:30 PM in the Hoover Building, Feb. 3 @ 7 AM @
Fairview Fairgrounds, Feb 3 @ 1 PM @ the Marshall Nutrition Center in Marshall.
Others are scheduled at Billings, Seiling, Woodward, Gate and Cherokee. Contact
your local County Agents Office of these locations and times.
As always,
Your Local Plains Partners Location is the place to turn for Farming and
Ranching Needs.
Hennessey
Plains Partners Staff
Kingfisher Location January 17, 2012
As we begin 2012, our
industry will be faced with many new challenges as well as those we’ve
continually faced in the past. The consolidation
that is taking place in the agricultural industry today makes it more and more
important to have a coop that can serve its patrons and set a fair market value
for their products. A strong coop, like ours, is especially important to our
rural communities where every business has become even more important to its
existence. With input costs increasing every year, the importance of
timely and accurate decision making is higher than ever before. Plains Partners
is committed to helping our customers face these challenges on whatever level
you may need to make your operation profitable.
As we enter the winter months, we will be concentrating on OSHA regulations,
making sure we are making our location as safe as possible for our employees and
the producers who do business with us. This is just another one of the new
challenges we are faced with as we begin the new year. Grain movement has been
slow at our location over the past few months, but feed and fuel sales are
staying strong.
If you are running cattle on wheat pasture, keep in mind the importance of
providing a mineral supplement preferably with Bovatec or Rumensin. Both can
help in the prevention of bloat and the Land O Lakes Wheat Pasture Minerals have
proven to substantially increase average daily gains in several area feeding
trials. Also, keep in mind fly season is just around the corner. Start making
plans to provide a mineral with Altosid beginning in early March to ensure it
gets in the manure in time to prevent early breeding of flies.
Kingfisher Elevator Staff
Hinton Location August 15, 2011
Construction has finally completed on our new dry fertilizer facility. We are just finishing up filling it with the fertilizers needed for the fall application season. Even though it has been so dry, we felt that we needed to have product on hand for those producers ready to apply fertilizer. Our old barn would hold maybe 20 loads, and the new one will have over thousand tons storage. The blender is two ton larger in capacity, and has the capability to weigh the product without going back to the truck scale at the main office, which in turn speeds up getting to the field.
Another change in the making, Evergreen Feeds are shutting
down all of their feed mills, and doing away with the product line.
Since they are owned by Kent Feeds in
Employees of Hinton, Ok
Okarche Location January 16, 2012
Well here we are with a new year here already. It is time
to be getting ready to topdress for the spring season, so let us now if you have
any fields that need to be scouted for weeds or grasses that need to be sprayed.
We also are going to be carrying t post and wire here at
Okarche by request of the farmers in the area. We are also getting close to time
for lawns to be sprayed and fertilized, we have a full line of fertilizer and
chemical for that as well. So give us a call if we can assist you in any way at
all.
Thank you for your business.
The staff of Okarche.