About United Prairie, LLC

United Prairie, LLC, provides agronomic products and services to farmers in the area served by our four east central Illinois locations: Tolono, Pierson Station, White Heath, Ivesdale, Dewey and Jamaica. Here are the services provided by United Prairie:

• Seed - United Prairie is a retailer for Dekalb, Asgrow, Stine and Beck's brands of seed. Our seed specialists are solely dedicated to helping growers select the seed hybrid or variety to perform best in each of your fields.

• Fertilizer - United Prairie offers bulk dry-blended or straight fertilizers, 28% nitrogen solution, various starter fertilizers, and anhydrous ammonia, as well as toolbars for applying 28% nitrogen and anhydrous ammonia.

• Crop Protection - United Prairie sells and services all major crop protection chemical brands. The experienced Certified Crop Advisors/Sales Agronomists at United Prairie help you decide which chemicals will work the best and be the most cost effective for each individual situation.

• Custom Application - An experienced team of operators can custom-apply your crop protection chemicals, and/or fertilizers, using United Prairie's GPS-equipped floaters and sprayers, as well as custom anhydrous ammonia applicators, which are ready to serve your ammonia needs in the spring or fall.

• Variable Rate Fertilizer and Lime - United Prairie VRT (variable rate technology) machines enable precise application of different prescribed rates of fertilizer and lime to the specific areas where needed, assuring the most cost-effective input.

• GIS Services (Yield Mapping, GPS Services) - United Prairie can help analyze your soil fertility, yield data, and soil types to customize the precise placement of your field inputs. United Prairie GPS equipment can also map out your tile lines, field boundaries, measure field acreage, and precisely locate field areas needing various attentions to increase your yields and profitability.

• Crop Scouting - United Prairie crop-scouting services can be weekly or bi-weekly. A trained United Prairie representative will carefully and knowledgeably monitor the weed, insect, and disease conditions of your crops all season long, to give you early warning of conditions needing attention.

History
United Prairie, LLC, began in 1996 when Grand Prairie Cooperative and Unity Grain in Atwood decided to combine their fertilizer and chemical divisions and resources in order to better serve area growers, and realize economies of scale. In 1998, Unity merged with Bement Grain and Cisco Cooperative to form Topflight Grain Co-op which added to the facilities and customer base of United Prairie. In late 2000, Monticello Grain Company was acquired by Topflight, also adding their fertilizer and chemical resources to United Prairie. In 2009 Grand Prairie Cooperative merged with Fisher Farmer’s Grain to form Premier Grain Cooperative. Premier is now one of the largest Grain Cooperatives in the state of Illinois.