Frontier Ag Inc.: Comprehensive Review From EOS Crop Monitoring

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Frontier Ag, Inc. is a full-service agriculture cooperative focused on providing its customers in Northwest Kansas and Eastern Colorado with grain, feed, energy, and transportation products and services.

Since its inception in 2007, the cooperative has been continually growing and expanding its operations, and today, it is one of the largest agribusiness cooperatives in Kansas.

Frontier Ag, Inc. sees its future in developing and improving the unique Precision Ag program that would work for the entire company, so the cooperative is open for innovative solutions to utilize for maximizing efficiency and yields.

Enterprise size:
201-500 employees
Founded:
2007
Type:
Open joint-stock company
Industry:
Agriculture and Crop Production, Grain Marketing, Feed Production and Sales, Petroleum Product Sales and Services
Revenue:
$350 million
States Served:
2 (KS, CO)
Client base:
unknown
Website:
https://www.frontieraginc.com/
Headquarters:
Oakley, KS
Contact phone:
785-672-3300
Address:
415 W 2nd, Oakley, KS 67748, US

Area of Activity

Frontier Ag, Inc. is a member-owned business that offers a wide range of agronomic consulting services, including grain marketing and risk management services. Frontier Co-op also has wholesale farm supply stores and provides related products and services:

Tires (Firestone, Bridgestone, Goodyear, Cooper, etc.), automotive services, and repair;
Livestock feed (Show-Rite Show Feeds, Hubbard Life, Crystalyx, Stockmaster, ADM);
Buying, supplying, and marketing grain (dry beans, soybeans, sunflower, inedible beans, etc.);
Premium diesel, gas, and lubricants (23 retail petroleum locations as well as packaged products and bulk delivery) by Cenex and other brands, including Mobil, Universal, Rotella, Amsoil, Penzoil, etc.

Farming software distributor

Frontier Ag Co-op is developing its Precision Ag program based on the experience of leading precision farming companies to manage the field data more efficiently and to provide its members with increasing yields.

Veris Technologies offers sensors and controls for precision agriculture and provides detailed soil properties maps.
The Precision Ag program for the Frontier cooperative involves using Veris Machine for collecting soil EC data and creating maps to define management zones.
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Frontier Ag, Inc. and MZB Technologies teamed up in 2017. MZB is a cloud-based precision software package for ag retailers. MZB helps growers work more closely with their team of advisors to provide variable-rate fertility prescriptions as well as multi-hybrid or variable rate seed prescriptions.
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Monitor the state of your crops right from the office, learn about the slightest changes on-the-spot, make fast and reliable decisions on field treatment.
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Products, services and solutions

Services, branches of activity, specializations of the Frontier Ag, Inc. cooperative:

Frontier Ag Aviation

The Frontier Ag Aerial Application Division has five locations with five aircraft, serving Goodland, Oakley, Scott City and the surrounding areas, as well as Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, and its surrounding area.

Grain Marketing

The Frontier Ag Grain Marketing team assists in developing grain marketing plans, input financing, and crop insurance plans as well as risk management services.

Frontier Ag Feed Mills

Frontier Ag, Inc. operates six feed mill facilities in Grinnell, Quinter, Morland, WaKeeney, Brewster, and Ransom, offering custom manufactured feed, as well as the distribution of feed products by other trusted brands. The co-op’s feed division also provides services including consulting, bulk delivery, and developing financing programs.

Lubricants and fuel

Frontier Ag, Inc. provides premium lubricants, diesel, and gas through the co-op’s cardtrol locations and delivery by the company’s bulk trucks. Additionally, The Frontier Ag, Inc. energy division offers services like fuel and oil analysis, accounting and fuel tax reconciliation, SPCC (Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure) planning, and others.

Frontier Ag Shops and Service Centers

Frontier Ag shops and service centers offer tires as well as vehicle repair services, including: air conditioning, heating and cooling, transmission repair, engine repair, among many others. The assistance of technicians is available 24 hours a day throughout the 200-mile radius trade area.

Partnership and cooperation

Frontier Ag, Inc. is open for new partnerships and also recognizes that an active social position while involving itself in local community life is an essential part to its success.

The cooperative supports events and scholarship programs in its area, cooperating with:

Community Fairs and Festivals
4-H
Future Farmers of America
Local Food Banks
Volunteer Fire and Rescue Departments
Local Hospitals
Community Volunteering

Crop Monitoring solutions for Frontier Ag Inc

Assessment of NDVI (Normalized difference vegetation index) using an improved cloud mask.
Detailed soil type mapping based on satellite monitoring data.
Field zoning and prescription mapping (vegetation maps, agrochemical application maps, and productivity maps) allowing for the optimization of resources.

Frontier Ag Inc.: An Insight For Farmers