May 2025 Newsletter

HAPPY NATIONAL BEEF MONTH!!

Ways to Support the Beef Industry as a Consumer

Support your local Iowa Cattlemen

   Clay County Cattlemen’s is hosting a grilling in support of Beef Month: May 17th from 11-1 pm in the Bomgaars parking lot in Spencer. Be sure to attend and support your local cattlemen!

Complete your BQA certification

The obvious answer… EAT BEEF!

Thank you, Beef Producers!

Spencer Ag wants to thank all the beef producers for their hard work. We are honored to serve our customers. As we continue to support, here are just a few of the ways Spencer Ag Center can help with your beef operations needs.

 Feed Supplements & Minerals

             Spencer Ag offers a variety of feed supplements and minerals for all livestock, but with the seasonality of cattle, it is important to consider altering your mineral plan. For the May season, when animals are turning out to pasture, consider asking about Hi-Mag in your products to help avoid grass tetany. In addition to this, as the season heats up, it’s good to consider a few other options, such as garlic or Clarifly, to help with fly control.

Complete/Creep Feeds

The obvious option is feed. Spencer Ag Center offers a variety of complete feeds and creep products for cattle producers. Our most popular include our 14% calf Creep, Commercial Calf Creep, and Smith Calf Creep. These products (and many of our other products) are offered in both bulk and bagged feed. Additionally, Spencer Ag Center carries livestock show feeds. Consider our Purple Pursuit line for Cattle Gut Bomb, SAC Show Steer, Heifer, and Developer products!

Hoof Trimmings

 Did you know Spencer Ag Center offers hoof-trimming services? Kyle Long, our Vet Assistant, is trained to provide proper hoof trimming care. Hoof trimming can help with improving weight efficiency, conception rates, and minimizing other hoof related issues. Call our office for more information or to schedule an appointment.

Record Keeping

Connie Purchase, one of our bookkeepers, can help you keep your books straight and keep you profitable! Interested in having Spencer Ag Center help you with your record-keeping? Reach out to our office or your sales representative for more information! 

Fly Prevention

Recently, Dr.Catengui spoke with us about the importance of fly control’s economic impact on cow herds on feedlots and pastures. Currently, all three fly types- house, horn, and stable fly target cattle. The economic loss due to fly infestation in cattle herds is significant. The three major ways that flies reduce performance: through reduced grazing (searching for ways to ease irritation), as a result of sucking blood from the cattle, and through spreading disease. Consider us for your insecticides, pesticides, Clarifly feed products, and more to ease your fly problem.

Equipment

Don’t forget! Spencer Ag Center also carries equipment, whether it be as small as a needle to as large as our Durabull mineral feeders. We carry Gallagher fencing as well as a wide variety of other products, such as tags, syringes, drench guns, calving equipment, disinfectants, and Sullivan’s Supply show equipment and haircare products.

Vet Services

 Be sure to schedule a breeding soundness exam before turning out. Breeding soundness exams can uncover problems with young, recently purchased bulls as well as older bulls who have sired several calf crops. Bull breeding soundness exams give producers the opportunity to identify bulls with very low probabilities of siring calves and remove them from the herd before the breeding season.

 Also, call our office to schedule your bull breeding soundness exam. For more veterinary services, check out our website here: https://www.spenceragcenter.com/services-2

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Truck Driver: Position Available!

Spencer Ag Center has served farmers for over thirty years, providing animal health, nutrition, and veterinary services. We pride ourselves on finding individualized solutions for our customers with technical support and specialized products. Integrity, care, and accountability are the central values of our business. Based in Spencer, Iowa, we service roughly a 100-mile radius with feed and animal health deliveries. Our fleet consists of 3 bulk trucks and 4 tractor-trailers. Small but mighty, at Spencer Ag Center, you won’t just be a driver, you’ll be a part of our team!

What we offer:

Spencer Ag is offering a driving position with good hours, driving from 7 am to 5 pm. That way, you are home every night! We also have rotating Saturdays, 8 am–noon (around once every 2 months) for warehouse support. We provide a flexible schedule, 401K, Long-term disability, health insurance, a clothing allowance, and more.

Preferred Skills:

Spencer Ag Bulk Truck

• Class A CDL

• Able to pass drug screening & physical

• Willing to drive a bulk truck and/or semi

Stop by our office (1901 E 8th St., Spencer, IA) to fill out an application or call our office at (712) 262-5552 and ask for Dale for more information.