The August Employee Highlight is LEA BITTNER, office/warehouse manager at Dale's Flying Service. Before working at Aurora Cooperative, what was the most interesting or unusual job you’ve ever had? My first job in high school was working for Norfolk Airport maintenance...mowing, sweeping hangers, whatever needed to be done, but the coolest part was when they…
Continue readingHave you ever wondering who was in the plane flying fungicide over your acres? Well we would like to introduce you to one of our agronomy pilots. Meet Brent Stewart flying out of Pioneer Aerial in Minden, NE. Years of Service: 38 years total and 11 years with Aurora Cooperative What Inspired You to Become…
Continue readingHi, my name is Blake Grossart. I am currently an agronomy intern at the Doniphan location. I just finished school with a degree in agronomy and a minor in ag-business from Southeast Community College in Beatrice. This summer I have done quite a variety of things throughout the agronomy field. As an intern I have…
Continue readingHave you ever wondering who was in the plane flying fungicide over your acres? Well we would like to introduce you to one of our many elite agronomy pilots. Meet Dale Bittner flying out of Dale's Flying Service in Norfolk, NE. Years of Service: 36 years in total and 9 years for Aurora Cooperative. What…
Continue readingMy name is Garrett Schardt, and I am a Prairie Valley Intern for the eastern half of Nebraska. Most internships will stick you at a certain location for the summer, but that is one thing unique about my internship. I have an area that we cover rather than working out of just a location. One…
Continue readingMy name is Burger Lambrechts. I will be starting my senior year at UNL studying Mechanized Systems Management and competing for the Husker track and field team. I am from South Africa, and I didn’t grow up on a farm, but I have a big passion for agriculture. I am an agronomy intern at the…
Continue readingMy name is Kayla Geyer, and this summer I have the privilege of being an intern with Prairie Valley Seed. I cover the west side of Nebraska as well as some areas in Kansas and Colorado. I currently am starting my senior year of college at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. At Northwest…
Continue readingMy name is Caden Schuster and I am an agronomy intern with the precision crop management team. Next fall I will be a junior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where I am majoring in Ag Econ with minors in agronomy and precision agriculture. I have spent most of my time this summer working in the…
Continue readingThe Aurora Cooperative Carleton location received some upgrades including a 500,000 gallon 32-0-0 tank, along with bulk tanks for N-Stat, Prolock, and zinc. Along with the bulk tank investments, they also upgraded to a Kahler system and did away with the old system of loading to a weigh tank to the farmers tank. Location manager…
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