Grown with Purpose

October 7, 2021

A new agronomic program from your local Co-op Grow Team can help you push yields and increase efficiency with on-farm practices that are mindful of air, soil and water quality.

It’s called GROWN WITH PURPOSE™.

“Grown with Purpose is a way of farming for today and tomorrow that provides growers with meaningful strategies to drive yields, enhance soil quality and build a legacy for the next generation,” said Trish Meyers, PAg, CCA, Director of Crop Supplies with Federated Co-operatives Limited, which helped develop the program for the Co-op Grow Team.

What is Grown with Purpose?

Grown with Purpose describes a comprehensive suite of best management practices that assist crop planning and management. The cornerstone of the program is 4R Nutrient Stewardship, a set of principles that ensure fertilizer applications are made when and where plants need them the most.

As part of Grown with Purpose, South Country Co-op Grow Team members will work with growers on the optimal source, rate, timing and placement of fertilizer. Using advanced agronomic tools and strategies, including variable-rate technology and enhanced-efficiency products, Co-op Grow Team members will help producers get the most from these investments while minimizing nutrient losses to the environment.

“Through Grown with Purpose, Co-op Grow Team members will build custom strategies for growers to improve fertilizer efficiency and other on-farm performance metrics,” Meyers said. “We will also help producers capture and verify that data so they can show their community — and the people buying their grain — exactly how their farm is economically, environmentally and socially sustainable.”

Farm for the future

You can begin your Grown with Purpose journey today with a comprehensive review of your on-farm activities.

That assessment will be used to identify effective strategies that can be employed one field at a time to improve on-farm efficiency, productivity and safety. That includes, but is not limited to, these on-farm strategies and activities:

Nutrient management strategies that promote economic, environmental and social sustainability goals.
Crop rotations that promote soil health and reduce the spread of disease and insects.
Crop protection applications that mitigate herbicide resistance by rotating and layering products with different modes of action.
Sprayer tank cleanout practices that reduce the amount of wasted product and prevent unnecessary crop injury.

For more information about Grown with Purpose, speak your South Country Co-op Grow Team member below, or see Agro.crs for more information on how Co-op can contribute to your success.

Barons — (403) 757-2054

Corey Pearse, Bruce Aldridge

Brooks — (403) 362-2885

Elan Noga

Broxburn — (403) 394-2476

Jeannine Hassink, Pavel Madacky

Claresholm — (403) 625-4088

Trevor Lightbown, Corey Hawke

Cypress — (403) 528-6609

Julia Bodin, Toby Newton, Stacy Scheuerman

Foremost — (403) 867-3200

Morgan Hope