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Smarter Every Season
Being successful in business, farming, or life means overcoming new challenges everyday. Join Precision Planting's Product Support team as we deliver new learnings and unpack deeper understanding with each episode. We will be interviewing, investigating and sharing our conversations from customers, engineers, dealers, sales managers, product support and more. Smarter Every Season is the premiere Precision Planting podcast for anyone excited to follow along and learn with us.
Episodes
- Smarter Every Season
117: Dealer Development Days
What is Dealer Development Days? Nate sits down with Tyler, along with RM Lead, Troy McKown, as they discuss what it actually is. What is the thought behind…
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116: Customer Development - Part 2 - Showing Value Before the Sale
Tyler and Hans continue our series of customer development by inviting Mike Frakes to talk about he shows value in the product before the sale. Whether that's…
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115: Customer Development Series - Building Awareness
Exciting times for Smarter Every Season as we launch our first series. Kicking it off with Tyler and Hans is Steve Zeiset as he talks about his initial contact…
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114: Early Returns on Symphony
Drew sits down in studio with Tyler as they give Shawn Stecklein, a dealer out of Iowa, about his experience with the Precision Symphony Sprayer system. Shawn…
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113: Getting to Know General Manager Keith Crow
Tyler is joined in studio by "The big man" General Manager, Keith Crow. As we get to know Keith, we get to hear about some hobbies and interests, things he is…
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112: The Harvest Team
Freya sits down to get to know the Breman Harvest team with Mallory Dowty and Kyle Schinbeckler and find out about Headsight and Truesight training.
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111: Behind the Scenes - What's going on at PTI and the Summer Agronomy Conference
With the excitement of our PTI field days and Agronomy Conference in full swing, Tyler is joined in studio with Clay Scott, Eli Sloneker, Brad Joern, and a…
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110: Smart Scout
Drew and Tyler are joined via phone by Preston Talbert, from Godsey Precision Ag in Eckley, CO, as we take a deeper look into Smart Scout and the value it…
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109: Wins From The Spring
Would you like to hear some cool stories about the way Precision Planting and our dealer network helped growers and made a positive impact in agriculture this…
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108: Spring Updates for May 30, 2024
Show notes for this Symphony focused episode include: First Day Testing - Starting up the system with OEM swath harness; using the quick start feature to…
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107: Spring Updates for May 23, 2024
Show notes for this Panorama focused episode include: -Best practices for wifi connectivity -Best resources including youtube videos to get started -How to…
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106: Spring Updates for May 16, 2024
Callouts and Reminders Speed tube high amp draw behavior, note the update on 2024.0.2 RowFlow trouble shooting trees. Reminder on Sensing Y requirement for .1…
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105: Spring Updates for May 9, 2024
General Diagnostic Steps - Loss of entire planter, what is the piece of information that will tell us what we should chase down first? What are the lights…
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104: Spring Updates for May 2, 2024
General Notes - Replant Instructions are on product resources (linked below) on the steps to take when doing a replant. Products (precisionplanting.com) - If…
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103: Spring Updates for April 25, 2024
System Wide Notes Diagnostics of compressors - "My compressor won't stop running, or, my compressor wont kick on." Specialty crop and seed corn setup best…
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102: Spring Updates for April 18, 2024
All systems Resources used often - Setup Videos, Dealer Service Manual, Operation Manuals (RowFlow as an example). FieldView not connected - Check app version…
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101: Spring Updates for April 11, 2024
Talking points for this episode are: SRM diagnostics – break the system down as normal to isolate the issue. This does apply to diagnosing a 2150 as well. It…
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100: Spring Updates for April 4, 2024
Talking points for this episode are: -Recommendations on when to update a Gen 2 to 2020.0.4 -If someone says their SmartDepth calibration wont do the offset…
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99: Best Resources For Spring
Drew and Tyler welcome into the studio two of Product Support's own, Allen Huber and Matt Locklear, as they tackle the question of what resources are best used…
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98: Radicle Agronomics
Radicle Agronomics, a term that has been used around Precision for the last year or so, but what is it? Product Support member Eli Sloneker joins Nate and…
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97: Planning An Agronomy Day
Planning an agronomy day can be a challenge for anyone. Planning your first agronomy day can be even more daunting from when to have it, what to focus on, and…
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96: What To Do When The "Standard Setting" Doesn't Work
Tristan Herrmann from R&D, Ken Sauder (Nothern Illinois Region Manager), and Hans Stutzman (Product Support) join host Tyler Hubert to discuss what they look…
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95: Planning An Effective Planter Clinic
It's that time of year again, planter clinics and shop meetings will be here before we know it. In this episode, hosts Freya Watson and Tyler Hubert are joined…
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94: The Buzz Around Biologicals
The world of fertilizer is always changing. Products being offered, application methods, and new findings in research. Nate is joined by Stu Hirt as they…
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93: Precision Planting in Southern Europe
Freya and Drew sit down with Juan Roncoroni the European commercial lead and Alex Gonzalez Vega the Regional manager for Portugal, Spain and Italy to discuss…
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92: Where's My Dealership Headed
Nate and Region Manager, Chris Creek, sit down and have a conversation about dealerships, breakthroughs, and how to define roles and responsibilities within a…
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91: Finding Good Limited Release Growers
Tyler and new podcast member, Drew Stout, are joined in the studio by phone from Canada RM, Shawn Livingston, and dealer Nick Zwambag, as they discuss the…
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90: Navigating High Interest Rates
Clay and Nate are joined by Product Support Manager and Local farmer Caleb Schleder as they talk about the prevalent issue of high interest rates. What does…
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89: The History of Precision Planting
Nate is joined by Wendy Ulrich and Doug Wiegand as we hear about the history of Precision Planting from the eyes of Doug from its early beginnings to where…
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88: Dealer Technical Training Highlight
Nate invites one team member from each of this year's training groups to talk about training. What does the class look like, any main topics, and any cool…
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87: Hiring for Success :Part 2
Freya starts part two off by inviting Laura Smith into the studio to continue the conversation around hiring. Working in HR, Laura gives a lot of great insight…
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86: Hiring For Success :Part 1
Freya and Tyler bring in Matt Bennett, Region Manager East Central Lead, and talk about the challenges of hiring and how we hire and train to hire for success…
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85: Clarifying Clarity
Join hosts Tyler Hubert and Tim Rice as they talk to a very passionate Gabe Scheidt, RM from Colorado/Western Kansas. Gabe covers what Clarity is and how it…
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84: Servicing The Planter You Didn't Sell
MAKE SURE TO READ SHOW NOTES FOR DETAILS ON COOLER GIVEAWAY! In this episode, Tyler visits with three different Precision Planting dealers to discuss how they…
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83: Marketing Highlight
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…
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82: The Art of Cold Calling
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…
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81: The Value of PTI to You and Your Growers
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…
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80: Sprayers and Best Practices
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…
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79: Making the Most of Summer
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…
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78. Stories and Learnings from Spring
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…
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77. Spring Updates or May, 18, 2023
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…
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76. Spring Updates for May 11, 2023
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…
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75. Spring Updates for May 4, 2023
Talking notes for this episode include: -Flow rate adjust reminders and here is a link to the flow rate adjustment worksheet…
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74. Spring Updates for April, 27, 2023
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…
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73: Spring Updates for April, 20, 2023
Talking points covered in this episode include: -Hans passes along tips for alternator diagnostics -Explaining what event code 914 is and why it looks like…
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72: Spring Updates for April 13, 2023
Topics covered in this episode include: -What to watch for when assigning left/right offsets on a planter with 4 seed exits on a Gen 3 -A note on changes in…
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71: Spring Updates for April 6, 2023
Topics covered in this episode include: -Recommended oil for the FurrowForce and AirForce compressors. Rolair brand synthetic. Part Number 200351 -Updated…
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70: Ground Engaging Review
Bryan Jackson and Scott Van Etten are guests today talking with Clay and Nate about ground engaging components giving us a recap of training as well as some…
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69: BONUS EPISODE - Listening Better
Approximately one year ago the hosts of the Smarter Every Season podcast recorded an episode titled "Asking Better Questions" (it is episode 39 and still…
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68: Hydraulic and Electrical Theory Refresher
Hydraulic and Electrical theory is a topic that has been talked about at many of our trainings, but we haven't gotten as deep into the theory as we had the…
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67: CAN Refresher
Keeping on track with our training refresher series, today we are joined in the studio by Allen Huber, while we talk about the CAN training course with Freya…
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66: Liquid Refresher
As training has come to an end, we are taking a look back at each class and diving into some of the important topics covered. Orry Ingram joins Tyler and Hans…
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65: Custom Bars
Hans and Clay have reached out to two of our Regional Managers, Jason Koning and Caleb Stuber as we look at what all is going into designing a custom bar. What…
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64: Winter Conference Preview
With winter conference quickly approaching, Tyler and Clay sit down with Bryce Baker as we hear a little bit about what to expect and how to capitalize on…
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63: Getting to Know Doug Wright
Doug Wright is the Commercial Lead at Precision Planting. In the last episode of the year, Doug joins hosts Freya and Tyler to discuss his upbringing, past…
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62: Agriculture In Germany
Tyler and Freya sit down with Thorsten Stutterlin and Lara Hezler, two of our team members in Germany, and talk about what agriculture looks like in Germany…
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61: Investing In the Future
Investing in the future is a conversation that is always in the mix at Precision Planting. We are joined by Product Support team lead, Caleb Schleder, as we…
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60: Dealer Training Spotlight
With Dealer Training quickly approaching, the product support team is busy putting stands and content together. Join Nate and Freya as they talk to one team…
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59: Why Am I So Busy?
Why am I so busy and how do I manage my time efficiently? Join Tyler and Hans as they are joined by Dave Robinson and Kate Moore to talk about time management…
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58: Air Seeder Basics with RM's Shawn Livingston and Dustin Weinkauf
Hans, Clay and Nate sit down to talk about Air Seeders and Drills. They are joined by two Precision Planting Region Managers (Dustin WeinKauf and Shawn…