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!

1. Common Pit falls of each meter
2. Value of a calibrated meter for diagnostics
3. Speciality Crops and how to run them
4. Yield value of a calibrated meter
5. eFlow (Seed Lubrication)

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

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 the right liquid rate

-Ranking seeding, hybrid, fertilizer, and depth in terms of which provides the most value to a grower who wants to start variable rating

-How to grade VR to see if it was beneficial

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 SmartFirmer Metrics: Furrow Moisture, Uniform Furrow, and Clean Furrow 

-What is Organic Matter and why is it so important?

-Organic Matter’s correlation to yield potential

-Can OM ever be too high?

-Hosts Tyler and Paul wrap up with their learnings on what to do when high OM zones do not correlate to higher yield

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.

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 Wishes

As avid readers, our thanks and due credit goes out to the authors of the books mentioned in this episode. We have included links below if you are interested in learning more or purchasing your own copy.

• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman PhD and Nan Silver   http://www.amzn.com/0553447718
• The Truth About Employee Engagement: A Fable About Addressing the Three Root Causes of Job Misery by Patrick M. Lencioni  http://www.amzn.com/B017MVZ0TA
• With Open Hands by Henri J. M. Nouwen http://www.amzn.com/1594710643
• Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last by Wright Thompson. http://www.amzn.com/0735221251

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 pursue the optimal depth versus targeting the best average depth
• Discussion around the control and response speed of the SmartDepth
• Corn root development at different seeding depth
• SmartDepth impacts to shallower planted crops
• Controlling planting depth via prescription

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

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 site update
• Final thoughts

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 prepared for liquid training this year it would be good to review Jared Moore's class from last year on Pressure Vs. Flow if you have not seen it already. Here is a link to Jared's Training.
• Scott Van Etten discusses what FurrowForce Training will look like
• Ryan Johnson rejoins the conversation to talk SmartDepth Training
• Trivia Competition Teaser