Episode Details

Introduction (Recording 1/10) (Airing 1/24)

• Thank you for listening
• Farm4Profit episode vs Farm4Fun Episode
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• Commercial: John Deere

What’s Working in AG (Geringhoff)

• Craig Lee – Director of Sales for North America
  • Adaptive Flex Technology (AFT) is our newest corn head specially designed for harvesting in terraces and hilly terrains. The AFT head has a pivot point in the center of the frame that gives farmers the flexibility to adapt their corn head to the contours of the land while maximizing yield potentials in difficult landscapes.
  • The AFT is specially designed for maximizing yield potentials when harvesting corn in terraces and hilly terrains.
    • Flex range ± 8 degrees
      • 12 row head = 50” total flex range
      • 16 row head = 68” total flex range
  • Adaptive Flex Technology (AFT) is offered with NorthStar, NorthStar XDC, and Rota Disc processing
• Geringhoff.  They are head of the class no matter the crop and product to be the anchor partner of the Farm4profit Podcast

PART 2 of Our #1 most requested topic – The field tile exploration (Does it always pay?)

We will see how this goes as it might become a multi-part episode

2nd show – Randy Nessman - master pipe layer

Randy manages a drain tile company currently after working in dairy farming, custom harvesting, spraying, fertilizing, and even building grain handling equipment.  At 19 years old, he joined the local fire department. Giving back to his community is second nature to Randy. Randy relies on this variety of experience when he co-hosts "Off The Husk", a podcast started in October of 2019 with a mission to become a national voice for agriculture. When he’s not working, he spends time with his wife and two boys.

• Refresher…….
  • What is drainage tile?
    • Drain tile is a system of pipes with perforations or holes that channels water away from intended areas
    • Field tile is tubing, or pipe buried in the ground to convey subsurface water to an outlet such as a stream or ditch
      • Uses Outlets and inlets strategically
• Why do we install drainage tile?
  • The purpose of subsurface drainage is to lower the water table in the soil. 
  • The major reason for installing subsurface drainage is to improve the productivity of the farmland.  Higher yields translate into more returns. 
• Tile is not a luxury, it’s a necessity
  • Is this true
    • Everywhere?
  • How does tile help the customers you work with and your family?
  • Do you know of tile being used in southern regions?
    • Used with orchard crops
    • Used in connection with irrigation
• Various types of tiling patterns
  • Tile drainage should be designed so the water table between tile lines c