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In this episode of the 2020 Precision Farming Dealer podcast series, supported by Reichhardt Electronic Innovations, we share highlights from several conversations with members of RDO Equipment Co’s. precision farming team during our visit to recognize the dealership as the 2020 Most Valuable Dealership.

In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, we welcome in Eis Implement owner Jon Eis, precision farming manager Eric Hagenow and precision farming specialist Phil Davister to talk about how each of them define their role within the dealership’s precision business, lessons learned building the business and advice for how to improve culture and accountability.

In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, we share excerpts from Editor Julia Gerlach’s conversation with Dan Cosgrove, CEO of Growers Edge, who discusses some of the recent shifts in prescriptive farming practices and the importance of validating results to ensure payback for farmers.

In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, we share excerpts from my conversation with Skip Klinefelter, owner of Linco Precision in El Paso, Ill. who discusses some of the current and future business opportunities and considerations for dealers.

In today’s Precision Farming Dealer podcast, we assemble a geographically diverse group of 8 different precision farming managers to discuss their involvement and interaction in a virtual peer group to exchange ideas, problem-solve and provide a source of professional therapy.

In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, we we share excerpts from our conversation with Agtegra precision service coordinator Lance Larsen, who shares how he and his team are navigating seasonal uncertainty with calculated parts orders to ensure customer uptime.

In today’s program, we get some perspective on how one dealership is adapting to the professional chaos caused by the global pandemic while still delivering innovative precision solutions to customers.

In today’s Precision Farming Dealer podcast, we share excerpts from my conversation with Ray Asebedo, global agronomy lead for Topcon Agriculture who highlights some of the emerging technologies and precision objectives that farmers could capitalize on in 2020.

In the sixth and final podcast with AgriSync, Michael Kremer sits down with Casey Niemann, Founder of AgriSync, to discuss technology's role in the customer experience. Managing the customer experience has always been a priority, and sometimes a challenge, among companies that want to thrive.

In the fifth podcast with AgriSync, we talk about measuring the customer experience. If you can't measure customer experience, you can't manage it. In agriculture, customer experience largely depends on relationships and loyalty. When you actively manage your customer relationships and validate customer satisfaction, you'll have more control over obstacles and more insight into ways to improve your customers' experience.

In today’s program, we get some perspective on the challenges, motivation and expectations for rapidly expanding a precision farming department in a short amount of time.

In this segment, we look at how to deliver adverse communications. Giving customers good news is easy, but delivering bad news is not. In this podcast we start by talking about what effective communication looks like and then talk about different tactics and techniques when having to deliver adverse news to customers.

In this segment, we look at what it takes to provide superior remote support. As ag businesses grow, territories get larger, and customers have more demands, the ability to be physically present for customers becomes increasingly difficult. There simply aren’t enough hours in a day to provide the in-person support you would like. To take a closer look at this, we talk to the team at HTS Ag to explore what they are doing to support their customers whether they are 5 minutes or 5 hours away.

In the second podcast with AgriSync, we first talk about recruiting and hiring new ag employees and why it can often be so difficult, and then we dive into working with different generations in the workplace. What should you consider? What’s the big fuss about Millennials?  And why are they different than working with other generations?

In today’s Precision Farming Dealer podcast, we're joined by Dr. Scott Shearer, ag engineering professor at Ohio State who will share a present day perspective on progressive ag technologies which are already influencing on-farm decision-making.

The first topic we explore is the customer experience. What is the customer experience? What is the difference between customer support and the customer experience? Where do you even start when trying to create the customer experience?

In today’s Precision Farming Dealer podcast, we share excerpts from my conversation with Patrick Christie, founder of Conservis, and Robert Lubben, digital lead for Rabo AgriFinance on some of the influential factors shaping the digital ag landscape, including the long-term strategy of precision partnerships and the outlook for data being the new cash crop.

In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, we share excerpts from my conversation with Jim Henderson, executive partner with The Exemplary Group, where he shares insight into how dealers can embrace a shifting precision business model.

In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, we share excerpts from conversations from the 2019 Farm Progress Show, from several precision farming manufacturers and dealers, who provide their perspectives of what it takes to succeed in the independent space, and where dealers and manufacturers are looking to take those business relationships in the future.

In today’s Precision Farming Dealer podcast, we're joined by Matt Miller, product specialist who shares how Butler Ag Equipment is bringing to market some new precision programs designed to connect with customers on an individual level, while also creating recurring revenue opportunities for the dealership.