We carry full fertilizer, chemical product lineups, along with a range of seed and precision ag products, and have services available in these areas as well. Our business is built upon well-trained people with a high level of expertise that can provide customized basic to advanced agronomy solutions rooted in providing the best agronomic and economic solution to our farmer owners.
Agronomy Services
FCS Employs Certified Crop Advisors
The success of FCS is driven by the success of our farmers therefore making the best possible agronomic recommendations is at our core. FCS employs a large number agronomists who are Certified Crop Advisors (CCA’s) to help us maintain high knowledge and ethical standards. The CCA program is a voluntary program that includes the need to pass exams, have relevant work experience, customer references, along with yearly continued education requirements.
The CCA program has also added additional specialty certifications including 4R Nutrient Management Specialist (4R NMS), Sustainability Specialist (SSp), and Resistance Management Specialist (RMS), along with Precision Ag Specialist (PASp). As the CCA program has evolved, FCS has committed to these enhanced certification standards by agronomists voluntarily adding some of these additional specialty certifications noted on our Agronomy Team biographies.
To learn more about the CCA program click here: https://iowacca.org/ or https://www.certifiedcropadviser.org/about-program
Advance+
Utilizing technology to improve return on investment and support better decision-making is a key focus at Farmers Coop Society. Through Advance+, we help turn precision agriculture into practical, business-focused decisions that move farms forward.
Advance+ builds on the foundation of our former Site Specific Ag program, continuing to offer trusted hardware, software, and technology solutions from industry-leading platforms such as Ag Leader, Precision Planting, 360 Yield Center, Trimble, and Climate. Our team also provides equipment support, installation, service plans, and core agronomic services including soil sampling, recommendations, nitrate testing, and remote imagery.
Beyond tools, Advance+ connects innovation across agronomy, grain, feed, and technology, supporting on-farm trials, collaboration, and deeper economic insight at both the field and sub-field level. Through continued investment in people and technology, Advance+ reflects FCS’s commitment to helping our members stay competitive today and positioned for the future.
Seed
Our seed partner brands include DEKALB, Asgrow, NK, Croplan Genetics, Brevant, Xitavo, and Dakota’s Best. These brands offer a wide range of the best germplasm in the industry. Within these seed brands we can access all available technologies including full trait packages to conventional and organic. In addition to great brand name products, we offer choices of services such as delivery, custom seed treatments, and customized placement.
We also carry a full line-up of cover crop, double crop, forage, small grains, and alternate crop seed products. Our commitment includes bulk cover crop seed, cover crop custom application, and delivery options for these products.
Nutrient Management, Sustainability, and Data Management
Our manure management service choices include writing new manure management plans, annual updates, record keeping, new barn sighting, site inspection assistance, NRCS EQUIP nutrient management planning, open feedlot permit assistance, manure testing, and grid soil sampling by TSP certified staff.
We also offer sustainability market services and have access to many available agronomic supplier and grain end-user premium markets.