The Smarter Every Season crew was asked to tackle the subject of Planter Maintenance. As every manufacturer and supplier has notes and details on the 'WHAT' and the 'HOW' of planter maintenance, we wanted to dive deeper into the 'WHY' behind each maintenance task and provide the mechanical or agronomic costs and incentives to proper planter maintenance. We continue this series on Planter Maintenance with a discussion on Planter Maintenance: Seed Meters and Metering Drive Systems....
Mar 23, 2021•23 min•Ep. 19
The Smarter Every Season crew was asked to tackle the subject of Planter Maintenance. As every manufacturer and supplier has notes and details on the 'WHAT' and the 'HOW' of planter maintenance, we wanted to dive deeper into the 'WHY' behind each maintenance task and provide the mechanical or agronomic costs and incentives to proper planter maintenance. We continue this series on Planter Maintenance with a discussion on Planter Maintenance: Seed Tubes, Seed Tube Guards, & Keeton Seed Firmers...
Mar 18, 2021•16 min•Ep. 18
The Smarter Every Season crew was asked to tackle the subject of Planter Maintenance. As every manufacturer and supplier has notes and details on the 'WHAT' and the 'HOW' of planter maintenance, we wanted to dive deeper into the 'WHY' behind each maintenance task and provide the mechanical or agronomic costs and incentives to proper planter maintenance. We continue this series on Planter Maintenance with a discussion on Planter Maintenance: Disk Openers, Gauge Wheels, and Depth Adjustments...
Mar 16, 2021•27 min•Ep. 17
The Smarter Every Season crew was asked to tackle the subject of Planter Maintenance. As every manufacturer and supplier has notes and details on the 'WHAT' and the 'HOW' of planter maintenance, we wanted to dive deeper into the 'WHY' behind each maintenance task and provide the mechanical or agronomic costs and incentives to proper planter maintenance. We continue this series on Planter Maintenance with a discussion on Row Cleaners and Parallel Arms
Mar 11, 2021•14 min•Ep. 16
The Smarter Every Season crew was asked to tackle the subject of Planter Maintenance. As every manufacturer and supplier has notes and details on the 'WHAT' and the 'HOW' of planter maintenance, we wanted to dive deeper into the 'WHY' behind each maintenance task and provide the mechanical or agronomic costs and incentives to proper planter maintenance. We're starting this series off by laying out the vision for the next few episodes and diving straight into the first topic: Planter bar height a...
Mar 09, 2021•31 min•Ep. 15
The Smarter Every Season crew invites their colleagues Allen Huber and Emil Bandy into the studio for a discussion on the release of 2021.1.0 software; the limited release software version for the upcoming spring. Hosts Nolan and Paul get insight on whats new in this version, what to expect, and how to be prepared. The conversation includes: The Precision culture and beta process; in software form Production Stability Limited Release enhancements and new features Products enabled: SmartDepth Row...
Mar 01, 2021•38 min•Ep. 14
The Smarter Every Season crew pulls input from 6 of our Regional Managers on the biggest potential risks and opportunities to our listeners success in the spring of 2021. Tyler and Paul share audio clips and a summary of the Region Managers perspectives on the risks and territories that are most pressing in their territories. The conversation includes input from: Justin Sullivan - SouthEast region Ivan Lentsch - Western Nebraska Matt Grove - Northwest region Eric Huber - East Central Illinois Ke...
Feb 25, 2021•43 min•Ep. 13
The Smarter Every Season Team sits down and talks about meter testing with product support member Bryan Jackson. Join us as we discuss a wide range of topics related to meters! Common Pit falls of each meter Value of a calibrated meter for diagnostics Speciality Crops and how to run them Yield value of a calibrated meter eFlow (Seed Lubrication)
Feb 09, 2021•45 min•Ep. 12
In the final of three episodes with Agronomists Cory Muhlbauer and Aaron Hermann the conversation focuses on multi-hybrid planting. Below are some of the talking points: -How OM zone management should be handled for the purposes of multi-hybrid planting -What hurdles exist to doing multi-hybrid and how they can be overcome -Baby steps toward multi-hybrid planting -Advice on how to create good local multi-hybrid data
Feb 02, 2021•26 min•Ep. 11
On this episode of Smarter Every Season, Agronomists Cory Muhlbauer and Aaron Hermann are back. This time they are helping listeners thoroughly understand variable rating, from the benefits to overcoming perceived challenges associated with it. Continue reading to see some of the key talking points. -Why would a grower want to variable rate? -How to approach variable rating with concerns around weather variability. -Advice for anyone struggling to find the right seeding rate(s) to use. -Finding ...
Jan 28, 2021•53 min•Ep. 10
The Smarter Every Season crew has their first Precision Planting Premier Dealer (Jake Brune) on the Podcast for his suggestion of a topic he would like to learn more about. Based on his suggestion, the guys host Agronomists Cory Muhlbauer and Aaron Hermann as they take a deep dive into SmartFirmer metrics and the significance of Organic Matter (OM) to a grower. The conversation includes: -Jake explains the topic in his own words for the Smarter Every Season team to investigate -The power of the ...
Jan 14, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 9
The Smarter Every Season team sits down with Precision Plantings's marketing manager, Bryce Baker, to discuss the 2021 Winter Conference on Jan 19th-22nd. Join us as we talk through what is different this year and what exciting topics will be covered this year in the winter conference.
Jan 07, 2021•36 min•Ep. 8
The Smarter Every Season crew welcomes Brad Arnold back into Precision for look in the rear view mirror at 2020. Brad helps us celebrate the holiday season, and all the reasons to be grateful, as well as pass along all of our gratitude for the blessings we've been given. The conversation includes: Introduction - A stroll down memory lane of Brad's journey to and through Precision Planting. 2020 in review - and why we're thankful Next reads from Brad Arnold Looking forward to 2021 and Holiday Wis...
Dec 21, 2020•33 min•Ep. 7
The Smarter Every Season crew sits down with the SmartDepth Product Support Lead, Ryan Johnson, to talk through some of the questions and challenges they have heard since the commercial release of SmartDepth in early November. The conversation includes: SmartDepth's path through an extremely wet and normal planting seasons in the Beta testing process Unexpected value understanding from Beta participants A field trial plot protocol that worked (and the need for more learning) Using SmartDepth to ...
Dec 16, 2020•48 min•Ep. 6
The Smarter Every Season crew sits down with the EM Flowsense Product Support Lead, Nate Kincaid, to talk through some of the questions and challenges they have heard since the EM Flowsense webinar in early November. The conversation includes: A quick recap of what EM Flowsense is and what it does Where it fits in a dealers "toolbox" Adjusting regular Flowsense based on EM Flowsense readings EM Flowsense accuracy in lower temps Questions on EM Flowsense and non turbine control with HD...
Dec 08, 2020•29 min•Ep. 5
Jason Webster joins Smarter Every Season in this episode to give us an update on harvest activities. Jason is our Commercial Agronomist and leads our Precision Technology Institute. Jason gives us a late season update on the growing season through harvest, from his family farm to the PTI farm. Show outline: Planting season review Harvest 2020; a smooth harvest year with super fast dry down High and low points for the PTI trials this year Pre-analysis impressions on trial results PTI building sit...
Nov 17, 2020•48 min•Ep. 4
The Smarter Every Season team gets together to discuss the format of Advanced Dealer Training this year. They also reveal what each course at advanced training will be and are joined by various content experts from each course that reveal some of the key points that will be covered. Introduction and training format discussion Allen Huber on 20|20 training Ryan Johnson talks Daisy Chain Diagnostics Hans Stutzman covers SRM Diagnostics Nate Kincaid tackles Liquid Training Nate states that to be pr...
Nov 03, 2020•41 min•Ep. 3
Will Frank joins Smarter Every Season for this episode to talk about Precision Planting's YieldSense and the development history behind the product. Will is the product manager for YieldSense and SeederForce in addition to helping on his family farm. Will takes us through a detailed explanation of how YieldSense was developed and how it works compared to other yield monitor systems along with how growers can use YieldSense and yield maps to improve their operation. Show outline: History of indus...
Oct 29, 2020•47 min•Ep. 2
This episodes guest is Justin Kauffman; the General Manager for Precision Planting, a good friend, and avid reader. We get to unpack one of Justin's (and our) favorite books, Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. Show outline: The backstory to Extreme Ownership at the 2019 Dealer Insider event Book Impressions from Justin and Paul Redefining leadership Extreme Ownership within Precision Planting Extreme Ownership within Covid-19 times; Decentralized Command The recurring theme for J...
Oct 21, 2020•39 min•Ep. 1
We want to get smarter every season and want listeners to join us in that journey. Show Outline: -Introduction and guiding principles. - Sharing the vision. - Education based information and pulling in content experts. - Explain the name "Smarter Every Season". - Length of episodes. - Frequency of podcast. - Explaining where you can listen to the podcast. - Target Audience
Oct 19, 2020•7 min
