Farmers Co-op of Hanska
December 2010
1929-2010
81 Years
Thank you for your business. Supporting your cooperative is doing business with
yourself. We appreciate the opportunity to serve you!
Happy Holidays from FCH!!
FCH Board
Members:
Gerald Grathwohl
-President
Thursday, December 23rd: Open normal hours
Richard Wellmann
-Vice President
Friday, December 24th: CLOSED
Mark Fischer
-Secretary/Treasurer
Friday, December 31st: Open normal hours
Randy Aschenbrenner
-Director
Richard Wurtzberger
Grain
-Director
Herman Anderson
-Director
Mike Stadick
-Director
Deferred Payments:
Checks will be available
for pick up on Monday,
January 3rd, in the Hanska
main office.
Reminder:
Keep an eye on our
website to see when we
will be loading trains at
our Burdick location.
www.hanskaco.com
contracts.
Due to the volatility in
today’s grain market, it
may be time to seek
advice on marketing your
grain.
Contact Chad Larson for
all of your grain marketing
needs: (507) 233-4850
At FCH, we offer futures
first and basis fixed
contracts, along with cash
We also offer on-farm
pick-up, grain delivery,
and vac services for all of
your needs.
Petroleum
Winter Policies:
If you are not on the
scheduled fill list and call
for a fuel/propane fill on
nights and/or weekends,
there will be an additional
charge:
Nights: $50.00
Weekends: $100.00
Scheduled-Fill Customers:
Follow petroleum prices on
our website and plan ahead
by contracting for 2011.
Contracting details are on
our website:
www.hanskaco.com
If your account is not
current, you will be taken
off the scheduled-fill list
and considered a call-in
customer. Please help us
this winter by checking the
level of your tank regularly
so we can make sure you
don’t run out on a cold day!
Farmers Co-op of Hanska
Office
Please remember that fuel
discounts are given only if
payment is sent within 10
days of the receipt of the
ticket. Any other discounts
are listed at the bottom of
your statement and will be
applied if your account is
paid in full by the given
discount date.
While transitioning to our
new software this past
year, we have been
considerably lenient as far
as discount dates and
finance charges are
concerned. As of January
1st, any payment on
account that does not
include the discount
Ampride
Don’t forget to stop by
Ampride on Thursday,
December 23rd for free
cookies and coffee. Happy
Holidays from all of us at
the C-Store!
Tires Plus
amount will be applied as
is. You will not be credited
for your discounts, as it is
your responsibility to take
your own discounts. Also,
payments not received by
the 25th of each month will
be charged a 1.5%
finance charge.
Patron Access is available
to keep track of your
business with FCH.
Contact Kathy Grothem in
the Hanska main office to
get an account set up.
Deferred grain checks will
be available Monday,
January 3, in the main
office.
Holiday Hours:
December 24th –
6:00 am-2:00 pm
December 25th –
Closed
December 31st –
6:00 am-4:00 pm
January 1st –
Closed
Feed
New faces in the feed mill:
Niki Giefer is taking feed
orders, assisting with feed
administration, in addition
to her duties in the grain
division. Also, Famo
Feeds has added Minnie
Ward as Calf and Heifer
Specialist. Minnie brings a
wealth of experience in
calf and heifer raising and
looks forward to working
with FCH patrons.
Silage inoculants: The
2011 Nutrisave forage
program is out with
Page 2
discounts available for
early order and volume.
Changes for 2011 include
the renaming of Biomax A
(NS-A) and Biomax 5 (NS5). These are BioMax A
and Biomax 5, just under
the Nutrisave umbrella
with labeling to feature the
same strains and product
identification. FCH has a
limited supply of short
dated discounted Biomax
A and Biomax 5 available
on a first come first serve
basis.
Tires Plus thanks you for
your continued support.
We had a very successful
Black Friday tire sale!
Remember to watch for
deals and specials in the
New Ulm Journal.
Now that winter is here,
you can count on Tires
Plus to take care of any
repairs and maintenance
your auto might need.
Holiday Hours:
December 24th:
Closed at noon
December 25th:
Closed
December 31st:
Normal hours
January 1st:
Closed
Agronomy
I would like to thank all
of our patrons for their
business this past year.
Fall fertilizer and
anhydrous ammonia
volumes were higher than
we have seen the past
few years. Our
employees in the
Agronomy department did
a great job of servicing
your needs this past fall,
and I would encourage
you to thank them for a
job well done.
As we head into winter,
many of you start thinking
about your inputs for next
year’s crop. Eric has
been busy getting seed
orders and prepays for
seed. Prepay pricing of
fertilizer and chemicals
should be available
sometime after the 15th of
December.
Invoices will be sent out
with feed orders only if
requested by the patron.
This change will improve
the efficiency of
processing orders.
Major manufacturers are
still setting their
programs and are
expected to be set by
mid December. These
manufacturers are
acknowledging the
concern about
glyphosate resistant
weeds, and will have
programs to help
manage and reduce the
chances of having these
weeds in your fields. As
you plan your weed
control strategies,
contact Eric or myself to
take advantage of some
of the programs that will
work best on your fields.
Again thank you for your
business this past year
and we look forward to
serving you in 2011.