Farm4Profit Podcast

Remind people to hit SUBSCRIBE – REMEMBER TO READ REVIEWS Send guest and topic ideas to farm4profitllc@gmail.comToday’s Listener Reviews are brought to you today by Ag Leader. They have a solution for every season.  Their products and solutions help integrate your entire farm year-round. Use our products to seamlessly connect your equipment and tasks so that your operation while your reviews are a way for us to connect with our listeners!“The Smoking Gun” : Dave, Tanner, and Corey are about as good as it gets when it comes to being fun and informative. Def one of my Fav podcasts.What’s working in AG with Brett from Ag LeaderHave Brett Introduce himselfTo talk aboutFull Farm SolutionsTech TrialsRow-by-row summer savings (show airs 7/12/21)Harvest Products look aheadDan -@IowadairyfarmerAll about Dan & the DairyLely robotic dairy farmCombating vegansAwesome wifeBusting myths on TikTokDairy agvocateWhat demographic annoys you the mostWhy do it? Does it get old?What's next?Running a sexist farm - only females, cowsFirst tiktok was about combining technology with dairy farm 30k viewsWhat's in the "kitchen"How efficient have dairy farms gotten?How he met his wife/fianceOther hobbies?What’s it like staying connected to 220k followers with 4.4M likesHow did you grow that audience Want Farm4Profit Merch?  Custom order your favorite items today!https://farmfocused.com/farm-4profit/ Don’t forget to like the podcast on all platforms and leave a review where ever you listen! Website: www.Farm4Profit.comShareable episode link: https://intro-to-farm4profit.simplecast.comEmail address: Farm4profitllc@gmail.comCall/Text: 515.207.9640Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSR8c1BrCjNDDI_Acku5XqwFollow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@farm4profitllc Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Farm4ProfitLLC/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Explain the differences between Farm4Profit shows and Farm4Fun shows – alternating weeksRemind people to hit SUBSCRIBE – REMEMBER TO READ REVIEWS Today’s Head of the Class Listener Reviews are brought to you today by Geringhoff. They are head of the class, no matter the crop. Premium harvesting heads for all of your harvest needs.  Our listener reviews are exactly what we need to fuel our energy each week and Geringhoff is exactly what you need to maximize your harvest each year.Ben Lehman @ben_vacig : I loved the farm for profit episode on tires and compaction! It was a really new topic for me so I learned a ton, very useful stuff and I liked how you guys presented it a lot. I need to talk to my dad about putting one of those spreadsheets together when we get a chance...Commercial – AgLeader – They have a solution for every season.  Their products and solutions help integrate your entire farm year-round. Use our products to seamlessly connect your equipment and tasks so that your operation runs more efficiently than ever before.Mark Thomas @thomasfarms@markjthomas87Central KentuckyYoung FarmerCorn, beans, hay, CattleAg LeaderBurkhart foundation BourbonShot for shot for COvid-19 vaxToy Tractor collectionOdd shape fieldsSense of HumorPro-farming tips Larger Discussions – SegmentsPallet PricingFarm4Profit Experience 12/2/2021 and 12/3/2021 Want Farm4Profit Merch?  Custom order your favorite items today!https://farmfocused.com/farm-4profit/ Don’t forget to like the podcast on all platforms and leave a review where ever you listen! Website: www.Farm4Profit.comShareable episode link: https://intro-to-farm4profit.simplecast.comEmail address: Farm4profitllc@gmail.comCall/Text: 515.207.9640Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSR8c1BrCjNDDI_Acku5XqwFollow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@farm4profitllc Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Farm4ProfitLLC/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

IntroductionThank you for listeningFarm4Profit episode vs Farm4Fun EpisodeThank you again for suggesting topics for us to talk about on the podcast and keep them coming.  Send those to farm4profitllc@gmail.com or find us all over social media.We greatly appreciate your help in growing our audience.Today’s Head of the Class Listener Reviews are brought to you today by Geringhoff. They are head of the class, no matter the crop. Premium harvesting heads for all of your harvest needs.  Our listener reviews are exactly what we need to fuel our energy each week and Geringhoff is exactly what you need to maximize your harvest each year.@milkincows94. Farm4Profit is great.   Christopher Templeton from WisconsinWhat’s Working in AG – Ormiston FarmsRocky Ormiston talks about how covercrops have benefited his farm in multiple ways.  He also talks about breaking the world record for corn bushels harvested in 12 hours with the help of his Geringhoff Corn Head!Commercial – AgLeader – They have a solution for every season.  Their products and solutions help integrate your entire farm year-round. Use our products to seamlessly connect your equipment and tasks so that your operation runs more efficiently than ever before.Main topic – Organic Farming:  Is it a necessary part of the future of farming?Guest – Adam BissellAdam is the owner of Pleasant Valley Organics in St. Louis, Michigan.  Together with his family they farm over 2500 acres of organic crops in the central part of the state. As his pinned tweet says: Adam sees a demand in his local market for his organic crops, but also is well aware of the need for GMO’s to help feed a growing world population.What types of crops are you growing this year?What other crops have you grown in the past?Who are the main end users of your product in your area?Has this market place always been the same?What got you started down the path of raising organic commodities?As we record this, what does your daily routine look like?For our listeners who might not be familiar…. What makes a crop organic?What types of practices do you incorporate that other farmers might not be using?Difference between conventional and organiccover crops, flame throwers, cultivators, sugars, etc...So far what has been the biggest challenge about managing an organic farm?What are some things you could share with our listeners who are thinking about incorporating organic crops to their farm?Things to avoidThings that are must do’sWhat do you consider to be some of your biggest successes?How do you handle the peer pressure or judgement from other farmers?What do you think the future is for organic crops and other products?Any other pieces of information to share with our listeners?What do you see your top producing or top tier of clients doing? –Common traitsSummaryChallengeCommercial - BW Fusion – Focused on bringing innovative Fertility, Nutritional and Technology to the Ag market place.  They combine their best-in-class products along with the 365 soil and tissue program to provide growers the tools necessary to address limiting factors in real time.Submit questions and topic suggestions - Like, Rate, Review, Share Want Farm4Profit Merch?  Custom order your favorite items today!https://farmfocused.com/farm-4profit/ Don’t forget to like the podcast on all platforms and leave a review where ever you listen! Website: www.Farm4Profit.comShareable episode link: https://intro-to-farm4profit.simplecast.comEmail address: Farm4profitllc@gmail.comCall/Text: 515.207.9640Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSR8c1BrCjNDDI_Acku5XqwFollow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@farm4profitllc Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Farm4ProfitLLC/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Explain the differences between Farm4Profit shows and Farm4Fun shows – alternatingweeks● Remind people to hit SUBSCRIBE – REMEMBER TO READ REVIEWS● Today’s Head of the Class Listener Reviews are brought to you today by Geringhoff. They are head ofthe class, no matter the crop. Premium harvesting heads for all of your harvest needs. Our listenerreviews are exactly what we need to fuel our energy each week and Geringhoff is exactly what youneed to maximize your harvest each year.● Commercial – AgLeader – They have a solution for every season. Their products and solutions help integrateyour entire farm year-round. Use our products to seamlessly connect your equipment and tasks so that youroperation runs more efficiently than ever before.Huey Boelen - Huey B CoolVerifiedNebullan, IncLettuceTomatoesVertical GrowingPeasDelivery in green bags?  Bags on a pole?Transition from dairy to vegetablesNFT - Nutrient Film Techniqueconnecting and responding to 1.7MM followers Want Farm4Profit Merch?  Custom order your favorite items today!https://farmfocused.com/farm-4profit/ Don’t forget to like the podcast on all platforms and leave a review where ever you listen! Website: www.Farm4Profit.comShareable episode link: https://intro-to-farm4profit.simplecast.comEmail address: Farm4profitllc@gmail.comCall/Text: 515.207.9640Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSR8c1BrCjNDDI_Acku5XqwFollow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@farm4profitllc Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Farm4ProfitLLC/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Welcome to your new favorite farm4profit episode and Thank you for listening Thank you again for suggesting topics for us to talk about on the podcast and keep them coming.  Sendthose to farm4profitllc@gmail.com or find us all over social media. We greatly appreciate your help in growing our audience. (Ag Leader Reviews) Digging into the archives from an article in 2017 - You’ve seen the Ag Leader slogan,“So simple even Dad can teach you,” and that is so true for leaving a listener review of the podcast. Just so youknow, we aren’t just trying to be annoying when asking for this. The way the podcast land works is the morereviews you have the more your content gets pushed which leads to even better interview guests on the show.We thank you for what you’ve done so far, but keep them coming!o Cameron.Morgan10: Definitely a great podcast with some awesome people at the helm. Veryinformative and helps give insights into best practices for the future of agriculture.  And maybe you paused to question if it was really that simple. You aren’t alone, and with your farm the word‘data’ is loaded with all kinds of possible definitions that may cause more questions and concerns than answers.Just remember AG Leader, they have a solution for every season. Their products seamlessly connect yourequipment and tasks so that your operation runs more efficiently than ever before.Commercial - BW Fusion – Focused on bringing innovative Fertility, Nutritional and Technology to the Agmarket place. They combine their best-in-class products along with the 365 soil and tissue program toprovide growers the tools necessary to address limiting factors in real time. General topic – Understanding Peer GroupsShay Foulk grew up in NE Iowa, working on a row crop and livestock operation with his father, uncles, andgrandfathers. He attended Iowa State University where he majored in Agronomy. After graduating, Shayenlisted in the United States Army, and served with the 75th Ranger Regiment. Shay now farms and runsMonier Seed with his father-in-law near Sparland, IL, and also works as a consultant with Chris Barron at AgView Solutions. Today, Shay works with farm operations locally and globally to improve profitability andefficiency, manage risk in many forms, and develop farm businesses through coaching and consulting. What is a peer group? Why join a peer group? o By utilizing a peer advisory group, a farmer has a unique opportunity to listen to the advice and opinionsof peers who might see something they are missing. There are multiple waysthat peer advisory groups might help in setting priorities and identifying blind spots. Avoid feeling like you’re on an island Gets you away from neighbors Sharpen personal and business skills Work on the business, not just in the business Focus on efficiency, Cost effectiveness, Increased production Accountability VisionBank uses a peer group. Compare ratios, indicators, margins, staffing & wages,territory, etc…  What would someone expect to get from a peer group?• Discovering new and innovative ideas• Giving and receiving feedback on current business practices• Hearing about business practices in other operations• Engaging in collective problem solving… avoid “reinventing the wheel”• Improving leadership and management skills• Sustaining an action oriented focus• Staying ahead of a rapidly changing industry• Develop/sharpen leadership skills• Goal setting/Accountability/Discipline• Best practices/ideas exchange• Clarity/Focus/Execution  What would someone expect to put into a peer group?o Attend Regular Meetings, Provide Input, a Financial investment, to Share personal and financialinformation  What types of topics get talked about at the meetings?o • Developing Standard Operating Procedures• Business Succession/Transition• People management (job descriptions/performance evaluations/employee handbooks)• Technology• Data Management• Benchmarking• Leadership, legacy, life, business plans• Self-improvement• Grain marketing• Stewardship/Conservation/Cover crops• Crop Production What is a typical size peer group?o Why does that size seem to work well? Can a peer group function well without all the details?o Just friends from social media and random questions…. Do you need someone to lead the peer group?o What are the benefits of working with someone like you? Do you have any success stories you can tell us?o Do you have any groups that failed? And explain why they failed? Anything else you’d like to share with the listeners? What do the most successful farmers have in common? Summary – Challenge - Submit questions and topic suggestions - Like, Rate, Review, Share Want Farm4Profit Merch?  Custom order your favorite items today!https://farmfocused.com/farm-4profit/ Don’t forget to like the podcast on all platforms and leave a review where ever you listen! Website: www.Farm4Profit.comShareable episode link: https://intro-to-farm4profit.simplecast.comEmail address: Farm4profitllc@gmail.comCall/Text: 515.207.9640Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSR8c1BrCjNDDI_Acku5XqwFollow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@farm4profitllc Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Farm4ProfitLLC/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. 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Explain the differences between Farm4Profit shows and Farm4Fun shows – alternating weeksRemind people to hit SUBSCRIBE – REMEMBER TO READ REVIEWSToday’s Head of the Class Listener Reviews are brought to you today by Geringhoff. They are head of the class, no matter the crop. Premium harvesting heads for all of your harvest needs.  Our listener reviews are exactly what we need to fuel our energy each week and Geringhoff is exactly what you need to maximize your harvest each year.@CornKing95 - Robert King from TN - If you’re not listening to Farm4Profit you should be.Commercial – AgLeader – They have a solution for every season.  Their products and solutions help integrate your entire farm year-round. Use our products to seamlessly connect your equipment and tasks so that your operation runs more efficiently than ever before.SNARK@snarkosaurous aka Rupert also @snarkfarmertour & @Snarkcattletour & @gfy_agOutgoing trader and AgTwitter guy.LOVES Cattle. trades and has fed them.Has gone broke more than once but comes backMilitary kid, dad was in the navy and moved every two years.Lives in Chicago. Traded crypto.Has a little dog named Stella.Loves to get in the vehicle and drive hundreds of miles and meet farmers and ranchers.He has been missing from social media for the most part for about a year.Now hes back!Where's he been?Whats he been doing? Want Farm4Profit Merch?  Custom order your favorite items today!https://farmfocused.com/farm-4profit/ Don’t forget to like the podcast on all platforms and leave a review where ever you listen! Website: www.Farm4Profit.comShareable episode link: https://intro-to-farm4profit.simplecast.comEmail address: Farm4profitllc@gmail.comCall/Text: 515.207.9640Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSR8c1BrCjNDDI_Acku5XqwFollow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@farm4profitllc Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Farm4ProfitLLC/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

IntroductionThank you for listeningFarm4Profit episode vs Farm4Fun EpisodeThank you again for suggesting topics for us to talk about on the podcast and keep them coming.  Send those to farm4profitllc@gmail.com or find us all over social media.We greatly appreciate your help in growing our audience.Today’s Head of the Class Listener Reviews are brought to you today by Geringhoff. They are head of the class, no matter the crop. Premium harvesting heads for all of your harvest needs.  Our listener reviews are exactly what we need to fuel our energy each week and Geringhoff is exactly what you need to maximize your harvest each year. @buck_1970 – Mullet Men, I love the podcastWhat’s Working in AG – Advanced Agrilytics (Burkhart Foundation Winner of AD Package)Jason Kohorst – Precision Agronomist for Advanced Agrilytics located around the Carroll, Iowa AreaKent Lingbeil – Lead Agronomist for Advanced Agrilytics for the state of Iowa https://advancedagrilytics.com/Advanced Agrilytics was formed out of a necessity to understand the environments in a field at a sub-acre level and understanding how that environment impacts the plant. The founders developed a system that provides farmers an opportunity to maximize productivity and return on investment throughout a farm enterprise. Today, Advanced Agrilytics is expanding rapidly to provide its agronomic technology services to even more customers and is based out of Indianapolis, IN.Our approach to zone management is anything but arbitrary. Our Hex-Grid approach uses 70 hexagon-shaped data points per acre to better identify problem areas and proactively manage in-field performance. Our main focus is identifying in-field environments and managing those environments on a sub-acre level.We are having grower meetings across the state of Iowa in late June, and that is one of the main points we want to make sure to cover, aside from the nuts and bolts of our business. At the end of our short time, one tidbit that we want to include is that we are "delivering on the promise of precision agriculture."Commercial – AgLeader – They have a solution for every season.  Their products and solutions help integrate your entire farm year-round. Use our products to seamlessly connect your equipment and tasks so that your operation runs more efficiently than ever before.Main topic – Commodity Marketing   What do you as a listener have to learn about becoming a better marketer?Guest – Tommy GrisafiTommy Grisafi, a commodity risk management advisor at Advance Trading in Valparaiso, IN, developed an interest in managing risk in 1990 when he attended a class field trip to the Chicago Board of Trade in High School. Tommy became a recognized member of the CBOT and CME group on his 21st birthday and has maintained this status ever since. In addition to his position as an Ag Risk Management Consultant and an independent trader, he also operates “Ag Squawk,” a weekly roundtable discussion among Ag industry leaders and is getting ready to start his own podcast through AGBull Media!What are we seeing happen in the markets right now? (Corn, Beans, Beef, Pork)Where could this thing go?Dogecoin, GameStop, Bottom fall out?As we talk today, what should our clients be doing?We talked and I shared in my loan portfolio we are on an average 50-60% presold on 2021 beans and 30-40% presold on corn and very few are happy with those sales now.What can be said to those who are feeling bad about early sales?What can we do to take advantage of where we are now, but not limit the upside potential?Flip this, what if we need to buy grain to feed our livestock? What can we do?Fear of Missing Out – (FOMO) have any advice?Is there anything we can do with already sold bushels to help raise the price on those sales?The grain markets right now are playing into a situation with crop insurance that we haven’t had exposure to for a while or ever.  What’s going on?If someone is feeling uncomfortable now and looking to start a new relationship.  How does it look when you sit down in a meeting with a new client or potential client? How does that start off?How important is a marketing plan to the profitability of one’s farm?Listeners are saying those with marketing plans are over sold…… why still stick to the plan?For someone looking for Marketing Class 101 tools to use in the current market, which tools would you suggest they learn how to use first?For the more advanced marketer, what are some ways they could take their skills to the next level?You know there are farmers out there who don’t feel they need any help, are doing just fine, and can do it themselves.  What would you say to an individual such as that?We all know life and farming comes with challenges.  What would you say to the listener who doesn’t even know where to start right now?If someone is already working with a marketing advisor. What are somethings you would encourage our listeners to be asking their brokers or marketing advisors now?Is there anything else you would like our listeners to learn from our conversation today?Any other pieces of information to share with our listeners?What do you see your top producing or top tier of clients doing? –Common traitsSummaryChallengeCommercial - BW Fusion – Focused on bringing innovative Fertility, Nutritional and Technology to the Ag market place.  They combine their best-in-class products along with the 365 soil and tissue program to provide growers the tools necessary to address limiting factors in real time.Submit questions and topic suggestions - Like, Rate, Review, Share Want Farm4Profit Merch?  Custom order your favorite items today!https://farmfocused.com/farm-4profit/ Don’t forget to like the podcast on all platforms and leave a review where ever you listen! Website: www.Farm4Profit.comShareable episode link: https://intro-to-farm4profit.simplecast.comEmail address: Farm4profitllc@gmail.comCall/Text: 515.207.9640Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSR8c1BrCjNDDI_Acku5XqwFollow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@farm4profitllc Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Farm4ProfitLLC/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. 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IntroductionThank you for listeningFarm4Profit episode vs Farm4Fun EpisodeThank you again for suggesting topics for us to talk about on the podcast and keep them coming.  Send those to farm4profitllc@gmail.com or find us all over social media.We greatly appreciate your help in growing our audience.Today’s Head of the Class Listener Reviews are brought to you today by Geringhoff. They are head of the class, no matter the crop. Premium harvesting heads for all of your harvest needs.  Our listener reviews are exactly what we need to fuel our energy each week and Geringhoff is exactly what you need to maximize your harvest each year. @lexiejomoore – I am a very big fan of the Farm4Profit Podcast and Farm4Fun which is done by the same guys.  They make it entertaining to listen to, but get into some deep stuff that everyone should hear.What’s Working in AG – Real Stuff helping Real Farmers from AG Storm EquipmentAG Storm Equipment with Erik Karlson - Have Erik introduce himselfhttps://agstormequipment.com/Hydra-Box ™ – Rock box for tractorEntirely constructed of high-strength steel & fully powered by your tractor’s hydraulic system, our new hydraulic on-board rock grapple system has the ability to lift 4,000lb rocks out of the ground in secondsAlso have options for UTV’sField Seal ™ – Tool boxes for the fieldAg Storm makes a universal toolbox that is 100% water and dust proof, can be attached to virtually any piece of farm machinery, service truck, pickup you name it the sky is the limit. Track Wheel Cleaners Prevents build up inside the drive wheels of a track tractorCommercial – AgLeader – They have a solution for every season.  Their products and solutions help integrate your entire farm year-round. Use our products to seamlessly connect your equipment and tasks so that your operation runs more efficiently than ever before.Main topic – Talking Tire Technology and Soil CompactionGuest – Scott SloanScott is from the Des Moines, Iowa Area and a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa. He is currently the ‎Ag Product Manager/Global LSW for ‎Titan International, Inc.  Scott has worked for Titan for over 21 years and is with us today to talk all things tires!Soil CompactionGenerally, a good soil contains about 25 percent water & 25 percent air by volume. This 50 percent is referred to as pore space. The remaining 50 percent consists of soil particles. Any wheel traffic that reduces pore space results in a dense soil w/ poor internal drainage & reduced aeration. How does compaction hurt a crop yield or potential?Compacted soil has smaller pores and fewer natural channels, water infiltration is drastically reduced. This causes greater surface wetness, more runoff, increased erosion, and longer drying time. Wet fields delay planting and harvesting and decrease crop yields. Plant roots don't grow well in dense soil. Inadequate moisture and nutrients reach the plant, and yield is reduced.In years when soil moisture is plentiful, the impact on crop growth may not be obvious. With moisture shortage, plants on compacted soil stress more easily, and reduced growth and yield are noticeable.Do soil types matter when it comes to compaction?Generally, the smaller the soil particles, the more compaction reduces the yield.What impact does soil moisture have on compaction?What implement does the most compacting?PlanterTillageGrain cartSomething else?Equipment trending heavier or lighter?What is the advantage of having the “tire guy” come out and weigh your equipment?Load & inflation tables….Can you run lower PSI in any tires?What are the consequences?Any risks?Older planter tires?Older tires in general?What does lowering the PSI in a tire do?How do you know when your PSI is too low?Or too high?How do we determine tire sizes? Front vs backTractorsCombinesSprayersImplementsWhat advancement in technology led to exploring lower PSI or compaction options?Any systems available that change tire pressure on the go?What about changing from road travel pressure to in field pressure?Where is tire technology headed?Airless?Would helium make the tractor lighter?What types of compaction are created by an inappropriately inflated tire?ISU study about the front tire 8310R less than the planter tires – rear worseCrown or a cone – what shape does it make?  Mushroom? Tear drop?No-til vs strip til vs full tilDoes this have an effect on the susceptibleness of a field to compaction?Should we be more concerned about compaction at the surface or deeper compaction levels?To some extent, shallow compaction at depths of 12 inches or less can be remedied. Deep compaction cannot be corrected, however, and it causes reduced yields.What is your take on the performance advantages of:Tires vs Tires with new technologyTires vs tracks2 tracks vs 4 tracks vs 2 tracks and 2 tiresWhat advice do you have to people seeking the best value in tires?Good-for-a-yearOff brandsDifferent situationsAny other pieces of information to share with our listeners?What do you see your top producing or top tier of clients doing? –Common traitsSummaryChallengeCommercial - BW Fusion – Focused on bringing innovative Fertility, Nutritional and Technology to the Ag market place.  They combine their best-in-class products along with the 365 soil and tissue program to provide growers the tools necessary to address limiting factors in real time.Submit questions and topic suggestions - Like, Rate, Review, Share Want Farm4Profit Merch?  Custom order your favorite items today!https://farmfocused.com/farm-4profit/ Don’t forget to like the podcast on all platforms and leave a review where ever you listen! Website: www.Farm4Profit.comShareable episode link: https://intro-to-farm4profit.simplecast.comEmail address: Farm4profitllc@gmail.comCall/Text: 515.207.9640Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSR8c1BrCjNDDI_Acku5XqwFollow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@farm4profitllc Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Farm4ProfitLLC/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. 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Sammi: @SammiWansnessRob Sharkey: @sf28430    https://sharkfarmer.com/podcastTara Schrock: @Tara_SchrockJeord McDaniel: @jerodmcdanielErin Holbert: @ErnHolbert   https://heartofthemidwestshop.com/ Geringhoff :  Head of the Class no matter the cropAg Leader  : The have a solution for every season Want Farm4Profit Merch?  Custom order your favorite items today!https://farmfocused.com/farm-4profit/ Don’t forget to like the podcast on all platforms and leave a review where ever you listen! Website: www.Farm4Profit.comShareable episode link: https://intro-to-farm4profit.simplecast.comEmail address: Farm4profitllc@gmail.comCall/Text: 515.207.9640Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSR8c1BrCjNDDI_Acku5XqwFollow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@farm4profitllc Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Farm4ProfitLLC/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

IntroductionWe appreciate you taking your time to spend with us and for choosing to listen to our podcast.Thank you again for suggesting topics for us to talk about on the podcast and keep them coming.  Send those to farm4profitllc@gmail.com or find us all over social media.Do us a favor, stop, run over to YouTube, and hit subscribe…….just do it!We greatly appreciate your help in growing our audience.Listener Review: @185Jacob – It’s a good podcastBW Fusion – continued support with upcoming from the field updateGeringhoff – Head of the class, no matter the crop……..partnering with the head of the class, no matter the podcast guest!....maaayyybbeee…. we’re still building our skills and working on thatGeneral Topic – Are the people surrounding you causing frustrations? – Humble Hungry and SmartIntroduce GuestThe Ideal Team Player – Book by Patrick Lencioni – A Leadership Fable about the Three Essential VirtuesIs this book about three things that make the most successful farmers the most successful?Let’s take the setting of this book out of the corporate world and apply it to farming and agriculture!We often talk about whether someone is a ‘team player’. In interviews, performance reviews, or while sharing feedback.  Everyone agrees that being a team player is extremely desirable in an employee or vendor that a farmer does business with. We all in our minds have a definition of a team player, what’s yours?!According to Lencioni, a team player has three characteristics. Further, Lencioni states, when a team member significantly lacks one or more of these virtues, the process of building a cohesive team becomes hard, and in some cases, impossible. So in the words of your farm.  If you or a member if your team (family, employees, advisory team, or vendors) don’t share these attributes or aren’t working to grow them…..you’re less likely to succeed.Virtue #1 – HumbleThis is by far the most obvious and easiest to understand. Humility in a team member shows up as a lack of excessive ego, or concerns about personal status. Whoofta – who just thought of that salesman/buyer that you don’t like working with…..acting like their shit don’t stinkProbably also just thought about someone you know who always seems to genuinely care when you meet them for a conversationThey are quick to share credit, praise others freely, and sometimes even forego credit due to them in the interest of celebrating the team’s collective win. I’m thinking of an agronomist we just interviewed….even though he made the suggestions, he’s going to celebrate you when your production results come in.They demonstrate strong alignment towards the team’s goals, and prioritize collective wins over individual ones. Humble team players are self-confident, but not arrogant. A memorable quote that summarizes this indispensable attribute is:“Humility isn’t thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.”Note-Be careful: People who are insecure sometimes discount their own talents and thereby appear humble. People whose sense of self-worth is extremely deflated often end up hurting the team by being very passive. They don’t advocate for their ideas, nor call out the team’s inadequacies.Virtue #2 – HungryHungry: Hungry people are always looking for more.  (just like our listeners)They are intrinsically motivated, diligent, and have a strong desire to do more by going above and beyond. I think of most of these to be business owners.  I find in farming it is rare to find an employee that will go above and beyond for the benefit of their employer’s farm.  I know they exist, just think it is rare.Hungry people do not have to be pushed by their managers to perform; they are constantly looking for more responsibility, and thinking about the next step and the next opportunity (for the team).Who do you know, or just popped in your head right now as we described it?Do you work with them already?Can you hire this person?Note – be aware: Some people can be ‘hungry’ in a selfish way, and that is extremely detrimental to team health. Hunger driven by selfishness causes individual goals always trump collective team goals.Virtue #3 – SmartSmart: By ‘smart’, the author here refers to emotional intelligence and interpersonal awarenessThe capability to conduct oneself in a group situation and deal with others in the most effective way.Jen Hartman talked about this….some people just “get it” Emotionally intelligent people ask good questions, listen to what others are saying, and stay engaged in conversations intently. In-laws “Grumpy Dan” vs “Happy Dan”We all have landlords like this……some get it and others appear mean-heartlessSmart people exercise great judgment and intuition around the subtleties of group dynamics and are fully aware of the effect their words will have on the team.Note- watch out: ‘Smart’ness does not always imply good intentions. Watch out for ‘smart’ people who are in it for the wrong reasons.What happens if you or someone doesn’t have all three?The accidental mess-maker: You know that team member who is wicked smart, motivated and always bubbling with great ideas, but very often ends up rubbing others the wrong way? This person is Humble and Hungry, but not Smart!The skillful politician: That engineer who is everyone’s friend and confidant, and knows the perfect thing to say every time. He’s motivated, eager, and ambitious, but only where there’s an element of personal benefit The skillful politician, who is Hungry and Smart, but not Humble!The lovable slacker: He cares about everyone. He’s charming and always positive. He is technically capable, dependable, and is a solid member of the team. But — he does only as much as he is asked to do, and is rarely proactive with seeking newer areas of work. The lovable slacker, who is Humble and Smart, but not Hungry!The bulldozer: A powerhouse, he is determined to get stuff done, but with a focus on his personal achievements with little concern for his team. He neither knows nor cares how his words impact the people around him. A bulldozer who’s Hungry, but neither Humble nor Smart.Yada Yada Yada, right?  I still don’t think this matters to my little ol farm….. or it’s dad’s farm and I am just working here until he retires.This matters in so many areas.  Employees, the network around you, and the way you conduct yourself.How do I grow my farm?  Maybe by emitting these characteristics while serving on a board.  Meeting a future landlord and earning their trust.Maybe you develop a relationship with a cattle or hog buyer.  Get a trusting relationship that gets the most for your animal through mutual respect.Building trust in general….that’s how you learn about opportunities We all know a famer/rancher that seems to get into the win/win opportunities, do they possess these characteristics?Any other pieces of information to share with our listeners?What do you see your top producing or top tier of clients doing? –Common traitsSummaryChallengeSubmit questions and topic suggestionsLike, Rate, Review, Share Want Farm4Profit Merch?  Custom order your favorite items today!https://farmfocused.com/farm-4profit/ Don’t forget to like the podcast on all platforms and leave a review where ever you listen! Website: www.Farm4Profit.comShareable episode link: https://intro-to-farm4profit.simplecast.comEmail address: Farm4profitllc@gmail.comCall/Text: 515.207.9640Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSR8c1BrCjNDDI_Acku5XqwFollow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@farm4profitllc Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Farm4ProfitLLC/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. 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