Chandler Bruns is in the studio with Freya and Nate as they talk about the world of marketing within a dealership. What tools do our dealers have, and what support does Precision offer as the marketing team works alongside them to help grow dealerships?

Cold calling, while vital to business, is one of the most intimidating things to do when in sales. What are some of the tips and tricks that drives success when out on a cold call? Nate and Freya welcome Jason Cox and Dusty Kruse onto the podcast as we tackle the ins and outs of cold calling.

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With spring mostly wrapped up, product support has turned a lot of attention to getting ready for PTI. Crop tours and Ride and Drive are just around the corner. Freya and Tyler welcome Lee Edwards onto the show as he talks about the value of getting his growers to PTI and how he accomplishes it.

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Summer Events | Precision Planting | Ag Tech & Agronomy Solutions

Nate and Hans have tackled the conversation around Reclaim and looking forward into what Precision has planned for sprayers. They are joined by Will Frank from R&D as he discusses Reclaim and much more.

Links:

Sprayers 101 – A Resource for Safe, Effective and Efficient Spraying in Agriculture.

Sprayers101 - YouTube

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Freya and Net get on the phone with Lucas Wesley and Ike Brammell as they discuss moving from spring into summer and how they go about creating new relationships and in turn business.

Stick around after the episode for a brief reminder from Wendy Ulrich around YieldSense and pulling the combine out for the first time this season.

Four members of the podcast team (Freya Watson, Nate Burnham, Clay Scott, and Tyler Hubert) look back on spring and have a light-hearted conversation around some of their favorite stories and things they learned....kind of like the title indicates.

Talking points for this episode include:

-How to use/think through the effective row spacing option

-Hans passes on tip and things to watch for when diagnosing issue post-emergence

-A reminder that seeding calculator are available to help calculate vdrive RPM, spacing, and target pop based on spacing. https://cloud.precisionplanting.com/product-calculators/

-Expectations with mapping in sidedress mode https://s3.amazonaws.com/pp3-products/file-1552676729/vApplyHD%20Sidedress%20Mapping%203-14-19.pdf

Talking points for his episode include:

-A couple items to watch for in the diagnose screen when running section based EMHD or HD turbines removed.

-Where to find replant instructions https://s3.amazonaws.com/pp3-products/file-1569865917/Precision%20Planting%20Replant%20Instructions%20(900T095).pdf

-Where to find the resource to calibrate vdrive insecticide on a Gen 3 https://s3.amazonaws.com/pp3-products/file-1618327483/vDrive%20Insecticide%20Bucket%20Test%20using%20Manual%20Test%20(1).pdf

-What to watch for with vapply base swath or if the system seems slow to respond coming out of a headland.

Talking notes for this episode include:

-Flow rate adjust reminders and here is a link to the flow rate adjustment worksheet https://s3.amazonaws.com/pp3-products/file-1643726560/Flow%20Rate%20Adjustment%20and%20Orifice%20Worksheet.pdf

-A couple things to watch for with command and actual flow around the vApply Rate controller in the manual health check.

-A reminder some GPS systems will output location from the bar instead of the globe

-A few thoughts around the best practices when it come to diagnosing a row fail. Also below are the values that represent 1/1000 of an acre based on row spacing:

38in- 13'9"

36in- 14'6"

30in- 17'5"

22in- 23'9"

20in- 26'2"

19in- 27'6"

15in- 34'10"

-Hans passes along his recommendations on where to start when facing a intermittent, planter-wide issue or an intermittent issue on a row

-What to check when seeding/seedtubes are still white in the diagnose screen after all seeding hardware is set up properly.

Talking Points for this episode include:

-Hans passes along advice for how to diagnose when orifices are too small and passes along where to find helpful resources to find the proper orifice for a growers product or system. Videos on finding proper orifices can be found under vApply HD operators section of the cloud.

-Flow rate adjust tips. Included here is a link to a flow rate adjust worksheet that can be found on the cloud.

-The hosts mentions why we don't recommend changing load sensor cal factors. Including a link to the video with Will Frank mentioned in the episode. https://precisionplanting.wistia.com/medias/pl7dxvq4sx

-Encouraging split-row planter users to only change their active rows via the crop setup, not the equipment profile