As the world’s population continues to grow, sustainability within the agriculture sector is constantly being investigated.
The Nebraska Extension has been committed to the sustainability of cropping systems. They began partnering with the national Field-to-Market (FTM) initiative, as well as the Nebraska Corn Board to engage in Nebraska agriculture in applying sustainability to crop production practices.
On this week's episode of Radio Servi-Tech, Brent Stoss discusses the wild weather Scott County, Kansas, received, and the impacts on wheat and corn in the area.
Servi-Tech recently hosted guests from Ukraine on a week-long visit to western Kansas. Fred Vocasek of Servi-Tech was the tour guide and driver.
The tour group was sponsored by BRIDGES, a company headquartered in Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. Fred has made three trips to Ukraine in the last four years, visiting BRIDGES farm clients to provide soil and nutrient management consulting.
Servi-Tech is excited to announce the hiring of Craig Cunningham of Amarillo as Chief Technology Officer.
Cunningham started his new position in January.
Rhonda Kupke grew up in southwest Iowa on a grain and livestock operation. Now, she’ll be using her agriculture roots as she transitions into a new position on the sales team at Servi-Tech.
Kupke, who lives north of Kearney with her husband, Tom, started her new job last month. She said she was interested in Servi-Tech because in her previous position at DuPont Crop Protection, she worked with Servi-Tech employees on a regular basis.
Kirk Rice of Weskan earned a 500,000 acres award at Servi-Tech’s annual Professional Development Conference in Kearney earlier this month.
He is one of two agronomists within Servi-Tech to be members of this prestigious 500,000-acres club in its 43-year history.
Rice attributed his award and success at Servi-Tech to longevity and persistence.
KEARNEY, Neb. – Rick Runyan of Clay Center earned a 35-year service award at Servi-Tech’s annual Professional Development Conference in Kearney.
Runyan started working at Servi-Tech in 1982, and will celebrate his 36th year with the company this month.
He described the Servi-Tech job as an ideal fit for him.
When it comes to the return-on-investment for precision technologies, “where” can be as important as “what!”
KEARNEY, Neb. – Josh Gordon of Garden City earned the New Employee of the Year award at Servi-Tech’s annual Professional Development Conference in Kearney in January.
Gordon started working for Servi-Tech full-time in October 2017, and also completed an internship at Servi-Tech prior to that.
“Josh has taken every task handed to him and given all his effort in achieving success,” said Ben Tipton, Servi-Tech’s southwest Kansas manager.
Agronomists at Servi-Tech are having a series of grower meetings near you. Here are the meeting dates:
Ryan Hassebrook: Tuesday, January 30 in Lincoln, Nebraska
Matt Murrow: Monday, February 5 in Colby, Kansas
Ron Robinson: Tuesday, February 6, in Goodland, Kansas
