2026 Spring Meeting - We will be hosting a breakfast meeting at Mainline Bar & Grill, 9571 Hwy 9, Downer MN

 ·         Date/Time/Location: - Thursday Morning, March 26th, 9:00 - Noon - at Mainline Bar & Grill, Downer MN

o   15 Minutes; Rush River - Team intros, seed updates, and operational updates

o   30 Minutes: Pioneer Agronomist, Eric Lagge- 2025 Harvest Recap, and 2026 Planting Best Practices

o   15 Minutes: Digital Business Update, Cole Ehrlin (Pioneer Strategic Account Manager) - Free Granular Resources for helping effectively plan and wireless connectivity capabilities

o   30 Minutes: Dr William Aderholdt, Grand Farm - Providing an overview & history of Grand Farm, Wheatland ND and AI use in agriculture, decision making, data inoperability & the future with robotics..

o   10-15 Minutes: Rush River- CP update and closing thoughts

2026 Spring Meeting - We will be hosting two in-person meetings again this year at our Hunter (morning) and Leonard (afternoon) locations on Wednesday, March 25th with the same agenda and food and beverages at each location:

·         Date/Time/Location:                                                                                                                     

MORNING- March 25th, 10:00-noon at our Hunter Office (lunch following at noon)

       AFTERNOON- March 25th, 1:00-3:00 at our Leonard Office (lunch prior:  noon – 1:00)                   

·         Agenda-

o   15 Minutes: Rush River- Team intros, seed updates, and operational updates

o   30 Minutes: Pioneer Agronomist, Eric Lagge- 2025 Harvest Recap, and 2026 Planting Best Practices

o   15 Minutes: Digital Business Update, Cole Ehrlin (Pioneer Strategic Account Manager) - Free Granular Resources for helping effectively plan and wireless connectivity capabilities

o   30 Minutes: Andrew Jason, Ecosystems Director, Grand Farm Providing an overview of Grand Farm, and AI, decision making, data interoperability & robotics in agriculture. 

o   10-15 Minutes: Rush River- CP update and closing thoughts

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Rush River 2025 Plot Tour and Steak Fry- Tuesday, August 26 at 5:00pm we will be hosting one plot tour this year again at our Amenia location:

• Date: Tuesday, August 26th

• Time: 5:00pm start time

• Location: Rush River Amenia facility (101 Brown Street, Amenia, ND)

• Food: Steak (Meats by John and Wayne) & sides prepared by Ben Gunderson’s (same as past)

• Agenda: Will keep topics short and concise

• Kickoff/Updates/2025 Crop Season Observations from Planting to Harvest

• Soybean Tour- Discussion on herbicide technologies- What we saw this year with Pioneer Proprietary Enlist Elite Z-Series Genetics and next year’s varieties

• Corn Tour- Discussion on Pioneer Corn Revolution- What we saw this year & new hybrids continuing down the pipeline with Vorceed and Enlist Power Core traits

• Closing

• Food & Beverages

Hunter and Leonard 2025 Spring Crop Shops are in the books! Thanks for all you came, and for all our presenters for providing valuable information.

COME JOIN US FOR OUR SPRING MEETING ON THURSDAY MARCH 13TH!

We will be hosting two in-person meetings again this year at our Hunter (morning) and Leonard (afternoon) locations on

Thursday, March 13th with the same agenda and food and beverages at each location:

·         Date/Time/Location: MORNING- March 13th, 10:00-noon at our Hunter Office (lunch following at noon)

                                                AFTERNOON- March 13th, 1:00-3:00 at our Leonard Office (lunch prior: noon-1)

·         Agenda-

o    15 Minutes: Rush River- Team intros, seed updates, and operational updates

o    30 Minutes: Pioneer Agronomist, Eric Lagge- 2024 Harvest Recap, and 2025 Planting Best Practices

o    15 Minutes: Digital Business Update, Cole Ehrlin (Pioneer Strategic Account Manager) - Free Granular Resources for helping effectively plan and wireless connectivity capabilities

o    30 Minutes: Elevate Financial, Alex Vasichek (Ag Focused Financial Planner)- Providing an overview of Succession Planning (Pitfalls/When to Start), Estate Planning (Fair vs. Equal), and Strategic Financial Planning (Tax deferred Investment Vehicles/Entity Structuring/Minimizing Taxes)

o    10 Minutes: Rush River- CP update and closing thoughts

·         RSVP for food count if possible

Z series Soybeans are available! More high yield potential! More consistent agronomics! 100% exclusive, superior genetics! Only found in a Pioneer bag!

Rush River Seed & Chemical’s owner Shaun Nelson was able to participate presenting a $100,000 check from Pioneer to NDSU in the Pioneer Check Ceremony during the first quarter of the Bison football game at Target Field on August, 31st, 2019. 

Come join us for a plot tour and some delicious steak!

Date: Wednesday, September 4th

• Time: 5:00pm start time

• Location: Rush River Amenia facility (101 Brown Street, Amenia, ND)

• Food: Steak and sides

• Agenda: Will keep topics short and concise

• Kickoff

• Soybean Tour- Discussion on herbicide technologies moving forward (Enlist)

• Corn Tour- Discussion on Pioneer Corn Revolution- new hybrids, genetics & treatments

• Closing

• Food & Beverages