In response to the COVID- 19 pandemic, the annual meeting scheduled for Monday, March 30th, 2020 at 6pm at The Little Log House, 21889 Michael Avenue, Hastings, MN is canceled until further notice. Please read the letter from the River Country board and leadership team detailing your cooperative’s response to the pandemic by clicking this link.

Could your dairy operation benefit from lower feed costs, increased milk production and improved rumen health for your cows? If the answer is yes, then you’ll be as excited as we are by the new feed product now available from River Country Cooperative. We are seeing excellent results feeding an extruded corn/soy product we are able […]

SOURCE: Propane Education & Research Council Equipped with powerful innovations like moisture sensors, pilotless ignition, and timed drying cycles, propane clothes dryers are a smart investment for cost-conscious homeowners. Propane clothes dryers offer homeowners an efficient, convenient, and quick laundry solution. Compared with electric dryers, a propane clothes dryer will dry clothes faster and more efficiently. […]

Livestock producers and veterinarians recently gained a bit more insight into the changes they’ll be facing in the way antibiotics are used in food animals when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released their final rule June 2015 regarding how the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) will be used. “This provides livestock producers with more details […]

When it comes to planning a crop rotation, cover crops are not usually part of the conversation, but Johnny Hunter of Avert, Missouri says perhaps they should be. “We’ve found cover crops offer many advantages,” Hunter says. “We started incorporating cover crops into our fields in 2013 and we’re now covering more than half of […]