Jon Ebert from the Precision Upgrades group at John Deere joins the podcast to talk about all of the new PUK offerings for model year 2026, why Godzilla vs. King Kong is a cinema masterpiece, and the importance of adding the lighting kit to every upgrade kit.

Jon Ebert - Product Management & Marketing Lead - John Deere Precision Upgrades

Sam Paulson - Sales Specialist Manager

Chris Horob - Precision Support Manager

Sam Jensen - Precision Support Specialist

Plant 2025 is off and running, and we're here to to cover everything you need to know to have a successful planting season, like why there are so many different sizes of Monster Energy, and how long it takes to order a new drone, along with all of the things we've seen this spring from the field that will help you stay ahead of the neighbors.

Sam Paulson - Sales Specialist Manager

Chris Horob - Precision Support Manager

Sam Jensen - Precision Support Specialist

Emma joins the crew at Agronomy on Ice to talk about how she's working on a new line of Egg With Emma merch, how to deal with mansplainers of the world, and she gives a pretty detailed dissertation on grain baggers in there somewhere.

Emma - Ag With Emma

Sam Paulson - Sales Specialist Manager

Chris Horob - Precision Support Manager

Luc Jacobson - Technology Manager

Bridgette & Jason from Ag Mafia join the podcast to talk about making Ag Retail fun again, what it takes to put on Agronomy on Ice, why bringing a fully loaded 9RX 830 on the lake is a bad idea, and how rhubarb makes every dessert better. 

Bridgette Readel - Ag Mafia

Jason Hanson - Ag Mafia

Sam Paulson - Sales Specialist Manager

Chris Horob - Precision Support Manager

Our first podcast recorded on on ice! Luc Jacobson & Alan Nemec from Valley Plains Equipment join us in the icehouse at Agronomy on Ice in Devil's Lake, ND to talk about Tiger King, how to send a fax, and the collaboration between Valley Plains Equipment, Kibble Equipment, & Platte Valley Equipment, which are all under the ownership of Brandt Holdings.

Luc Jacobson - Technology Manager - Valley Plains

Alan Nemec -Technology Specialist - Valley Plains

Sam Paulson - Sales Specialist Manager

Chris Horob - Precision Support Manager

The crew talks fast food at low speeds, the TikTok ban, and the brand new Precision Essentials Kit offerings from John Deere.

Product Sales Specialist - Sam Paulson

Precision Support Manager - Chris Horob

Precision Support Specialist - Sam Jensen

Sam, Chris & Dwain are at the Crystal Valley Co-op Winter Conference to talk to Jason Leary, CVC Ag Technology Manager, about the new technologies, services and test results that will be shared at the conference, how new John Deere technology has been integrated into the co-op, and why it's so hard to find a 1969 Dodge Charger.

Jason Leary - Ag Technology Manager - Crystal Valley

Sam Paulson - Product Sales Specialist

Chris Horob - Precision Support Manager

Dwain Lammey - Product Support Specialist

Sam, Sam & Chris are back to recap everything we experienced over the past year, including the 9RX 830, the CC19 coulter chisel, and whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie.

Sam Paulson - Product Sales Specialist

Chris Horob - Precision Support Manager

Sam Jensen - Precision Support Specialist

Part two of our conversation with Neil Dahlstrom, John Deere's Archivist, where we talk about the early innovators at Deere that brought the company from a successful plow-maker to the world leader in agricultural manufacturing. We also learn about the true origins of "Nothing Runs Like a Deere."

Sam Paulson - Sales Specialist Manager

Chris Horob - Precision Support Manager

Dale Vatthauer - Sales Manager

Part 1: the podcast is down in Moline, IL, at the John Deere Archive, to talk with Archivist, Neil Dahlstrom, about what it means to manage the heritage of Deere & Co., what types of items are actually preserved in the archive, and some stories from Neil’s book & TV series: Tractor Wars.

Sam Paulson - Sales Specialist Manager

Chris Horob - Precision Support Manager

Dale Vatthauer - Sales Manager