Logan Chamberlain
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first heard Dec 2024
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Thank you, Tanner. Thanks for having me on.
Perfect. So my name is Logan Chamberlain. I am the Agriculture Market Manager for Advanced Drainage Systems based out of Hilliard, Ohio. And in addition to working in the water management side of the house, I also farm, grain farmer in Northwest Ohio.
Yep, absolutely. So a little bit about advanced drainage systems or ADS. So we started in 1966. Right before then, people were doing drainage improvements on their farms a lot of the times right here in the heart of Ohio with clay tile. So very manual, very difficult to install, but folks knew then the importance of kind of managing the water that they had within their field. So
ADS started truly kind of changed the game for drainage as they were the innovators of the corrugated plastic pipe. So now it's very common, right? You see these big tile rolls out in fields, you know exactly what's happening. ADS was proud to be the innovator of that product back in the 60s and to this day will still continue to innovate.
Started in the ag market and really are the name that farmers and contractors can count on for their water management systems.
Yes, absolutely. And I think, you know, that's a common thing, even something that I thought about, right, of it's just pipe. What, you know, what's it matter? And so truly something we're incredibly proud of is that Advanced Range Systems or ADS has now opened a very large state-of-the-art engineering facility. And that's where you kind of can get to see everything come to life, right?
So when you're working within tenths of an inch and you have to have the proper grade in order to truly move water throughout your field and into the proper waterways, that matters. That engineering and the science that goes into creating the right form and fit of a pipe It's critical.
And so that's where a lot of that innovation is coming of not only making the product better and last, but also what the experience of that product is for our contractors and installing it truly into our field.
Yes. So number one, what everyone loves and wants to see at the end of the year is profit. And so truly, right, we know that everything from a good, healthy crop starts within that soil, right? And so you're making decisions on seed and chem and fruit inputs. And this is all about making sure that the ground and your, you know, that incredibly valuable asset is working its hardest for you.
So not only just removing excess water, but having water in the right place at the right time.
Yes, absolutely. So a lot of it is just, you know, right, how are we getting the right product available for your soil? So it is down to You know, what perforation patterns are we using? Is that fit for your soil CECs? What is going to be able to enable your soil to truly act as the sponge that it is? Right. And it kind of sounds so simple at the end of the day.
And that's what I love about drainage and kind of water management is that it sells itself. Right. You see it once and you know that it's a great solution for your farm, whether you have too much water. Some of our country was in a drought this year. I was affected by that.
um and you know you're able to kind of see over tile lines when things are too dry those crops are growing in a better manner because your roots are getting down deeper they've got a better space structure they're able to get up out of the ground a little bit sooner um and something that we've heard right now right especially as weather is so volatile across the country mother nature is hard to control um our field drainage and having a pattern tile system on your field
is allowing farmers to get into that ground sooner, right? They've got a three-day window and they need to be taking advantage of all of it. And a lot of those times, those fields that they couldn't get into, they're able to within the first year even of installing drainage tile on their field.
yes absolutely and that is uh you know something i think we love to tote right a lot of times as a farmer right i wear that cap in addition to my corporate hat uh you hear like sustainability and immediately think like this can't be profitable and i think that there's a great thing to be noted that you can be sustainable and profitable um at the same time using especially starting with drainage management systems so we are one of the largest plastics recyclers in north america
And a part of that engineering center that we do, right, we are taking recycled material from across the country, cleaning and purifying it. Of course, it has to hit certain standards. And then using that within material science to make sure that we're creating a product that not only meets but exceeds every single industry standard necessary for drainage requirements.
So a pretty cool thing that we can keep, you know, plastic out of landfills. I think over last year was over 500 billion pounds that we kept out of a landfill and put back to better use on our agricultural ground.
Million. Million. Sorry. 500 million.
Yes, absolutely. We are doing our part.
I love a good pun. That's a great one, by the way, Tanner. So really kind of what's coming down the pipe is thinking about more than just the true drainage system. What else can we be adding in? I think across the country, there is a push from a conservation manner and standpoint. And we know that there's a lot of work and research going into what more can we be doing as farmers, right?
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