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Billy Rose

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630 total appearances

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Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

So, what we did is we worked with the world's largest reinsurance company. Okay. And when they saw our algorithm and saw the performance, and they back all these other crop insurance companies. Okay. We're not a crop insurance company. We're a commercial performance guarantee. All right? And we embedded this guarantee into the yield optimizer. So...

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

So, what we did is we worked with the world's largest reinsurance company. Okay. And when they saw our algorithm and saw the performance, and they back all these other crop insurance companies. Okay. We're not a crop insurance company. We're a commercial performance guarantee. All right? And we embedded this guarantee into the yield optimizer. So...

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

So, what we did is we worked with the world's largest reinsurance company. Okay. And when they saw our algorithm and saw the performance, and they back all these other crop insurance companies. Okay. We're not a crop insurance company. We're a commercial performance guarantee. All right? And we embedded this guarantee into the yield optimizer. So...

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

We are saying to you, we're so confident that if you follow our tool advice and you don't yield over 100%, we're going to write you a check for up to five times what you paid us for the yield optimizer, which starts at $12 up to $20, which is $100 in acre protection.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

We are saying to you, we're so confident that if you follow our tool advice and you don't yield over 100%, we're going to write you a check for up to five times what you paid us for the yield optimizer, which starts at $12 up to $20, which is $100 in acre protection.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

We are saying to you, we're so confident that if you follow our tool advice and you don't yield over 100%, we're going to write you a check for up to five times what you paid us for the yield optimizer, which starts at $12 up to $20, which is $100 in acre protection.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

Well, first, great question, but we have to change level set here. Okay. We look at your 10 years of historical production. Okay. So we benchmark off of your certified yields. Okay? So we're going to use, you know, my average is different than your average. And we do it on a farm level. This is not betting on the county. It's not going to Vegas going black or red. Okay?

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

Well, first, great question, but we have to change level set here. Okay. We look at your 10 years of historical production. Okay. So we benchmark off of your certified yields. Okay? So we're going to use, you know, my average is different than your average. And we do it on a farm level. This is not betting on the county. It's not going to Vegas going black or red. Okay?

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

Well, first, great question, but we have to change level set here. Okay. We look at your 10 years of historical production. Okay. So we benchmark off of your certified yields. Okay? So we're going to use, you know, my average is different than your average. And we do it on a farm level. This is not betting on the county. It's not going to Vegas going black or red. Okay?

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

This is based on your operation. So you might be running 180. You know, Tanner's over there running 240. I'm at 210. Of course. I would be far exceeding what I'm doing. So that eliminates that potential for fraud. Okay. Okay? And, however... The unique thing is, you know, your dad's been doing things or your grandpa's been doing things a certain way, certain brand, certain numbers.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

This is based on your operation. So you might be running 180. You know, Tanner's over there running 240. I'm at 210. Of course. I would be far exceeding what I'm doing. So that eliminates that potential for fraud. Okay. Okay? And, however... The unique thing is, you know, your dad's been doing things or your grandpa's been doing things a certain way, certain brand, certain numbers.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

This is based on your operation. So you might be running 180. You know, Tanner's over there running 240. I'm at 210. Of course. I would be far exceeding what I'm doing. So that eliminates that potential for fraud. Okay. Okay? And, however... The unique thing is, you know, your dad's been doing things or your grandpa's been doing things a certain way, certain brand, certain numbers.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

And, you know, there's a lot of pressure on you, especially when you're under break even to perform. So why would you even change unless you had the confidence of a backstop? Yep. Okay. And that's what we provide.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

And, you know, there's a lot of pressure on you, especially when you're under break even to perform. So why would you even change unless you had the confidence of a backstop? Yep. Okay. And that's what we provide.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

And, you know, there's a lot of pressure on you, especially when you're under break even to perform. So why would you even change unless you had the confidence of a backstop? Yep. Okay. And that's what we provide.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

Yep. We do have a requirement by county that you enroll all the corn and soy acres in that county. You don't have to give us all. But if you're in one county and run 1,000 acres, you can put 1,000 acres into the program. The concept there is that We then true up, and it's called an enterprise unit. We add up all your acres, all your expected production against your benchmark, and it's very simple.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

Yep. We do have a requirement by county that you enroll all the corn and soy acres in that county. You don't have to give us all. But if you're in one county and run 1,000 acres, you can put 1,000 acres into the program. The concept there is that We then true up, and it's called an enterprise unit. We add up all your acres, all your expected production against your benchmark, and it's very simple.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

Yep. We do have a requirement by county that you enroll all the corn and soy acres in that county. You don't have to give us all. But if you're in one county and run 1,000 acres, you can put 1,000 acres into the program. The concept there is that We then true up, and it's called an enterprise unit. We add up all your acres, all your expected production against your benchmark, and it's very simple.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

Were you above 100%? Get this. We give a dividend, like farm credit gives a patronage dividend. We give a dividend for 10% of what you paid us if you're over 100%, because you won and we won, right? You tried our seed selector. It clearly got you results over 100%, and we're saying, good job, and here's our way of giving back to you.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Closing the Yield Gap: Protecting Farmers’ Profits w/ Acre Shield

Were you above 100%? Get this. We give a dividend, like farm credit gives a patronage dividend. We give a dividend for 10% of what you paid us if you're over 100%, because you won and we won, right? You tried our seed selector. It clearly got you results over 100%, and we're saying, good job, and here's our way of giving back to you.