September 2025 Newsletter
- Claire Christensen
- Sep 1, 2025
- 4 min read
Truck Driver Appreciation—They keep us rollin’
We want to take this time to thank all of our drivers who work tirelessly to deliver your feed and medicine day after day. Their support ensures that our customers have what they need on time!
Our team’s routine is unique, as a lot of our drivers aren’t just drivers. They also pull and package all of our orders, maintain the trucks, manage the warehouse… All before trucks roll out at 9 am for their normal route deliveries!
A huge thank you to our team!
Route drivers: Mitch Cahill, Zach Galbraith, Brad Blair, Roger Galbraith (Warehouse Manager)
Bulk drivers: Shane Meyer, Jake Nutt
Retired Drivers (now our Support Team!): Roger Clarke and Dan Miller
We also want to thank our team that helps pinch-hit when we need additional support. Kyle Long (vet assistant) and Andrew Quail (field marketer) have supported our drivers by driving when we need additional delivery help.
Be sure to tune in from September 14 - 20th, 2025 on our Facebook for some fun Truck Driver Appreciation Week shout-outs
Route Deliveries
Want to be on our truck route?
In order to be efficient and cost-effective, please call in your orders a day ahead of your set delivery date. We can not ensure that deliveries for orders placed day of delivery, as we try and get our drivers rolling by 9 am.
Talk to your local sales representative to see if route deliveries work for you!
Customer’s Best Practices for Truck Deliveries
Kyle Long, Vet Assistant and Fill-In Driver
We work hard to serve you in a timely fashion; however, some instances make deliveries more difficult. Listed below are ways you can support your Spencer Ag Center route and bulk feed delivery drivers.
Place orders ahead of the delivery date
Try to get your orders in the afternoon before your delivery day, no later than 8:30 am the morning of. Our drivers have several stops daily, so we want their wheels turning by 9 am.
Create a clear path to the delivery location
This includes: clearing the yard of snow, machinery, and vehicles, that way a semi can get in and out of the property with ease. Additionally, clearing property of tools or equipment, so the driver can easily unload the product to your designated locations without walking over or around your property. Please pay special attention to branches that may overhang.
Be on the watch for your products
If you are on the normal delivery route, expect your deliveries on your typical day. Refrigerated products must go back to refrigeration post-delivery. While we do place vaccine orders on ice, save yourself the expense of a ruined product and look for your package at the end of a day. Also, if your product is typically set outside check on it during days when the weather is poor. Rain wrapping pallets helps, but is not a guarantee against harsh weather conditions.
Prepare for Bulk Deliveries
If bulk bins and creep feeder lids are hard to get open, please open them prior to delivery so our drivers won’t have to perform acrobatics or figure out the “trick” to get the lid open. Additionally, if you are expecting their delivery, please remember the close the lid post delivery as well.
Contain your livestock guardians
Please pen or chain up all unfriendly dogs the day of your deliveries.
Don’t forget to schedule an appointment to precondition your calves this year.
Prices are high; why not consider making calves more marketable and boosting their overall health? Fall time is quickly approaching, and cattle producers should be thinking about weaning and vaccinating calves. Whether you are a member of the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association and participate in the green and gold tag programs or not, preconditioning your calves should be at the top of your priority list this fall.
Components of a good preconditioning program:
5-way respiratory vaccine with Mannheimia and Pasteurella
7-Way clostridial vaccine with Somnus
Castration
Dehorning
Implanting
The goal of preconditioning calves is to boost their immune system and elevate their health status, with the goal of helping prepare those calves for future stressors and pathogens. A good preconditioning program will consist of vaccinating and boostering, deworming, castration and dehorning, and possibly implanting, along with good nutrition.
A Local Celebrity!
This year, George Lawson (son of Angie and Casey Lawson) is serving as this year’s Clay County Pork Producers’ Ambassador at the 2025 Clay County Fair! George is a senior this year, involved in both 4-H and FFA.
We are always in support of the agricultural industry shining in today’s youth. Be sure to check out George and the many other Spencer Ag families ring-side this year!
Good luck to all 4-H and FFA showmen!
Send us your Spencer Ag Sighting from the fair.
We want to share the ag-industry and all who represent us!
Those who are spotted wearing a Spencer Ag Center hat will be entered in a drawing at the end of the Clay County Fair week! Stay tuned!
To enter, submit your photo to claire@spenceragcenter.com or DM our Facebook page your photo!