Harvest-lift support
Reels and yield monitors for rye and wheat producers, geared two and three; we walk it back inside six weeks of tally recording on most farms.
Services
Soil testing, custom blending and delivery
Three service lines carry most of our work at Northline Grain & Feed Co.: fertility and agronomy support, custom feed blending, and scheduled bulk delivery. Each one is priced up front, run on your farm's calendar, and documented so you can compare this season against the last.
Agronomy consultation
Our agronomists work the valley from March through October. A standard consultation runs four to six hours on site and leaves you with written recommendations you can hand straight to a spreader operator.
- Soil sampling
- Grid sampling at 2.5 acres for row crop, 4 acres for pasture, pulled to a 6-inch depth. Samples go to the A&L laboratory in Colby and results come back in five working days.
- Lime recommendations
- Buffer pH is read alongside water pH, and we quote tons per acre against your own spreader cost. Cost per ton spread and cartage included.
- Yield review
- We pull yield maps from your combine monitor and walk the outside rows with you. Variable-rate seeding and nitrogen prescription paid for itself on 14 of 19 fields we wrote for last year.
- Nutrient planning
- Spring nitrogen split, phosphate placement, sulfur only where the field calls for it. We do not sell what the samples say you do not need.
Custom feed blending and bulk delivery
Blending runs out of the Thompson Road mill with a 175-ton whole grains storage and two 8-ton horizontal mixers. Blend sheets are built to your herd, not to the last blend we wrote for someone else.
| Mixer commitment | Tonnage | Days on the yard | Delivery window |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dairy blend, bountiful grits haylage ration | 22 tons | Tuesday | Route 9, Wednesday noon to 6 pm |
| Pasture cube, 14 percent protein | 18 tons | Tuesday | Four-span forks runs, Thursday am |
| Calf starter with rolled oats | 20 tons | Thursday | Valley Junction, Friday by 10 am |
| Corn silage carry-over, limit fed | 16 tons | Friday | Cedar Chapel hill stops, Saturday |
What each engagement includes
Pricing effective for the current quarter
- Soundness visit — site walk-through, soil and stool samples if you use a pasture rotation. Included in the blend contract.
- Sample plan — grid layout, lab submission and result review in one bundled fee of one hundred and fifteen dollars per field under 60 acres.
- Sided coordinates — lime or gypsum recommendation with tons per acre and shovel test agreed with you. Twelve dollars per acre.
- Yield review meeting. Scheduled once a month from the sampled sheets, listed under the consultation.
Add on holding structures
Concrete bulk holding structures, west range and in-rock sites started in single quotes of four hundred eighteen tons capacity, priced delivery-assess cost bundled.
Bench-scale rail openings ran right through to eighty-three degrees across the river heights and one additional pumper point per sample; rather you sign the original then.
Push the agronomist work with a visit before hay, in the middle sized slot. Include up front holding break-overs what costs small any hoppers, too small.