Tim Urban of Bracewell Technologies has advocated for clients on business tax issues, extension of temporary tax provisions, and federal tax policies within the energy sector. He says agriculture has potential game changers in the evolving energy policies, in fact, in many ways ag is in the middle of this evolution. Urban will present a general session with an outlook and insights at the 2024 ARA Conference and Expo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Sep 06, 2024•20 min
Jason Minton, chief commercial officer at Taranis, encourages ag retailers to embrace the power of technology to improve timeliness in how they can help farmers as well as time savings in their own work. Minton will be part of a panel discussion on artificial intelligence at the 2024 ARA Conference and Expo, Dec. 3 to 5 in Houston, Texas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 29, 2024•18 min
Joey Caldwell, senior vice president of retail for GreenPoint Ag, testified in July at the hearing on Financial Conditions in Farm Country. Caldwell was there to express strong support for the 2024 Farm Bill during the hearing that focused on addressing the financial challenges faced by farmers and ranchers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 09, 2024•15 min
Dan Schultz encourages ag retailers to think differently about their businesses and differentiate themselves. He says, just being better isn’t good enough, and retailers need to use strategy to market what is different about their business. He goes into more detail—and how marketing is more than just where you put field signs and your SEO gameplan—in this episode of The Scoop Podcast. You can find more ideas from Schultz in his newsletter, Ag Done Different. See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
Jul 23, 2024•17 min
ARA’s Richard Gupton and Hunter Carpenter discuss the latest policy and regulatory updates from Washington, D.C. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 19, 2024•25 min
Mike Weddel, President and Founder of Stratus Ag Research joins the podcast to discuss the latest findings by his firm on grower programs. With two ongoing studies, Stratus has studied retailer and grower perceptions of these programs since 2020. Overall, both groups are more positive than they once were, and Weddel explains why. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 18, 2024•23 min
Derek Emerine, National Agronomist with Helena, shares what to watch this season with crop fertility management. He highlights how to effectively use tissue sampling to not miss often overlooked deficiencies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 26, 2024•19 min
Raising a big crop requires you to pay attention to the small things that make a difference. Austin Anderson, adjuvant brand manager at Helena, shares his top tips for this year’s spray season and talks about the latest product from Helena, Cohort, which is a spray tank partner advancing the use of AMS. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 17, 2024•15 min
Erin Mies and Kristen Ireland of People Spark Consulting offer insights on how to create process and equip people. The duo shares some takeaways for managing a multi-generational workforce. And they share how prepare high performing individuals to take over legacy roles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 11, 2024•22 min
Veronica Nigh, senior economist at The Fertilizer Institute, shares the indexes she’s watching to gauge the direction of the global fertilizer markets. She discusses a short-term outlook for products as well as some things to watch in the long-term. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 28, 2024•23 min
Ross Bender, director of new product development for The Mosaic Company, references how many are finding success with some new approaches to crop fertility including 4R nutrient stewardship, focusing on crop needs, and finding a fit for biological. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 22, 2024•21 min
ARA’s policy team joins the podcast to talk about the recent Farm Bill developments as well as regulations that directly effect ag retailers and their businesses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 20, 2024•16 min
In his 15-year career Travis Fuller says it’s been amazing to watch the technology develop for the ag retail industry. As a customer success manager for AgWorks, he helps ag retailers deploy software to streamline their business and gain new insights. The biggest thing he’s watching… artificial intelligence. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 30, 2024•19 min
As an agronomist and crop consultant with Nutrien Ag Solutions, Jeff Kloucek says working out in the field is where he enjoys his job the most. While the weather was the biggest challenge last year, Kloucek doesn’t expect too much of a reprieve from that unknown this year. However, he and the team are focusing on what they can control. In soil fertility, they are taking a new look at the whole system and how nutrients interact with each other. And for weed control, Kloucek has two pieces of advi...
Apr 22, 2024•14 min
Kyle Meece, agronomy manager at United Prairie, started as a machine operator when the company had four locations. Today, they’ve grown to 14, and Meece also discusses how the team and the technology they use has changed. Last year, they had 950 acres of side by side drone application trials, which supported the decision to add four more this year. The team is also adding a John Deere See and Spray Ultimate machine to their fleet, which Meece says it an effort to answer the multitude of question...
Apr 18, 2024•19 min
Tim Hushon, sustainability and technology director at The Mill, details how sustainability factors into their ag retail business and how to partner with farmers on the technology adoption required. Hushon shares the challenges to find farmers and fields who can qualify for some of the carbon opportunities, while there’s still a lot of potential for nitrogen reduction programs, including they as a retailer realizing a future of potentially selling a lower total amount of bulk fertilizer. Then he ...
Mar 27, 2024•19 min
On the heels of the ARA fly-in, Hunter Carpenter shares details on the association’s policy priorities for the year ahead and some insights on how the Farm Bill is shaping up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 21, 2024•12 min
Tyler Mitchell, agronomy account manager at River Valley Cooperative in Davenport, Iowa, details the daily complexities he and his team unravel for farmers as they serve as boots on the ground. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 18, 2024•17 min
From the driest year in over 130 years to extreme hail events, Evan Fust and his teams work with farmers across Colorado and Kansas. Fust is general manager of CHS High Plains, CHS Quintec and CHS United Plains which totals more than 40 locations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 22, 2024•17 min
Marketing consultant Morgan Seger says one prediction for the year ahead is companies will start using more artificial intelligence in their communications. However, she cautions her clients to be careful so they don’t start sounding like everyone else. Seger also provides insights on how digital marketing can be used to meet farmers where they are, prime the sales funnel, and improve how ag retailers show up at the farm gate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 14, 2024•15 min
Richard Gupton with the Agricultural Retailers Association joins the podcast to give a regulatory and policy update. This is on the heels of the federal court in Arizona’s ruling which vacated the label for over the top dicamba application in 2024. Gupton shares what steps the ARA is taking, and what retailers should know. He also shares updates on litigation surrounding treated seed and chlorpyrifos. There have been a few notable house committee hearings with implications for agriculture and mo...
Feb 09, 2024•23 min
As an irrigation water management specialist at Centra Sota Cooperative, Rebecca Schubert does farmer outreach, education, and program partnerships. As a Technical Service Provider, Schubert assists farmers with opportunities via USDA-NRCS. She says this expansion is beyond what has been assumed a co-op can provide while also helping farmers pull together all aspects of their approach to conservation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 16, 2024•11 min
Consulting with farmers across 40 crops, Cory Broad and the team at Avid Water help bring agronomic solutions to the field including system automation, moisture monitoring, satellite imaging, water treatment systems and more. With $20/hour minimum wage and the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, Broad shares how irrigation technologies can help farmers answer these challenges. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 09, 2024•12 min
As a technical resource, Kyle Gustafson shares his role as Crop Protection Product Manager at Winfield United allows him to help with some of the most difficult weeds to management in row crop agriculture. He says the way agriculture does business has changed, but a farmer’s nature hasn’t. And his focus is threading the needle of doing business in a better way while understanding the farmer’s decision-making process. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 19, 2023•22 min
Tyler Steinkamp, crop protection product manager at Winfield United, works with farmers and retailers across Iowa and Missouri. He shares why last year made agronomists recite the common real estate mantra: location, location, location. And Steinkamp says killing weeds is a favorite part of his job while encouraging farmers to make every application count to give the best level of weed control. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 14, 2023•13 min
Co-founder and CEO of Bushel Jake Joraanstad shares what is table stakes in ag software. The past two years have seen accelerated onboarding for the team at Bushel, which now connects more than 2,600 grain locations to farmers. Joraanstad says when the business was launched, the expectations of farmers was much lower than what the team knew the technology could deliver. And that’s been a driver for the business ever since—as he has observed farmer willingness to adopt technology isn’t the obstac...
Nov 28, 2023•26 min
As ag retailers report a tightening labor pool, many are seeking new outlets to find team members. In 2023, The Equity brought on 20 seasonal H2-A workers. They’ve found such success that they are more than doubling that in 2024. Learn more from Human Resources Manager Robin Brown. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 17, 2023•22 min
Richard Gupton and Hunter Carpenter from the Ag Retailers Association share news from capitol hill including what the new speaker of the house means for the legislative pipeline. They also give their outlook for the Farm Bill extension. And the policy team shares what ag retailers should be watching for in regards to court cases and regulatory agency decisions effecting the products they sell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Nov 15, 2023•21 min
Lindsey Sankey, a marketing specialist at Co-Alliance, explains a new program, SEED (Securing Experience and Employee Development). This will bring on two high school graduates who were enrolled in FFA to come work for the co-op for two years with a multi-division rotation through all of the business units. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 10, 2023•20 min
Dave Swain draws on his experience from application equipment, ag retail and technology roles with his consulting business: Vision Technology Management. On the podcast, he shares where the gaps are in the industry and the way he advocates for ag retailers and farmers to get the most from their technology. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 02, 2023•22 min
