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Nate Belcher

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620 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

So what we do there is we offer dealers the ability to make a little margin in it.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

Not a ton, but promote it to the customers that are looking for it.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

We save them a little bit of money on freight as kind of a benefit to go through the dealer instead of directly through us.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

But for the most part, we are direct to the farm.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

And again, we do have a dealer network, right?

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

You get into some communities.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

The Amish community is not online a lot, or at least they're not telling you they're online a lot.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

So in that case, it makes sense to have a dealer in that area.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

They may find out about us.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

But again, it kind of goes back to we're here for the farmer, right?

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

So if a dealer makes sense in an area, we do support that.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

But at the end of the day, if it's raising that seed 10% to go through a dealer to hit the farmer, you know, quick Google search and the farmer can give us a call and Monday through Friday, someone's going to pick up that phone.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

Yeah, you can do that.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

There's no contracts.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

I mean, what we do is we trade dollars for seed corn.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

Now you won't get, you can plant a hybrid, but you're not going to get a true to type, right?

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

It will revert back to some of its inbred characteristics.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

So you're going to lose yield.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

But from a legal standpoint, yeah, you want to replant the seed because just to see what it does,

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

Go right ahead.