Steve Henry

But the element for what we're trying to do is the people that are available to run the equipment and the operators that we have in there, we're asking them to do a lot. We're entrusting them with a lot of dollars. And so the less distractions and the less processes that they have to do in the cab in the field matters to us. And so we've tried to simplify their life.

And so we had five monitors in a cab five years ago when I was, when I was planting and we're back down to one. And, Are we leaving some juice in the orange? Probably, but what we found is that last 5%, oftentimes that squeeze isn't worth the juice. And so we've made a decision on our farm to outsource that to John Deere and let those innovations come to us.

And so we had five monitors in a cab five years ago when I was, when I was planting and we're back down to one. And, Are we leaving some juice in the orange? Probably, but what we found is that last 5%, oftentimes that squeeze isn't worth the juice. And so we've made a decision on our farm to outsource that to John Deere and let those innovations come to us.

And so we had five monitors in a cab five years ago when I was, when I was planting and we're back down to one. And, Are we leaving some juice in the orange? Probably, but what we found is that last 5%, oftentimes that squeeze isn't worth the juice. And so we've made a decision on our farm to outsource that to John Deere and let those innovations come to us.

And I use John Deere as an example because that's the main power unit provider to our farm. If we were red, we would have the same philosophy. And so now we've actually kind of gone the opposite way. And what we're finding is, one, they do a pretty good job. And if you can bolt in and flow through that, there is enough

And I use John Deere as an example because that's the main power unit provider to our farm. If we were red, we would have the same philosophy. And so now we've actually kind of gone the opposite way. And what we're finding is, one, they do a pretty good job. And if you can bolt in and flow through that, there is enough

And I use John Deere as an example because that's the main power unit provider to our farm. If we were red, we would have the same philosophy. And so now we've actually kind of gone the opposite way. And what we're finding is, one, they do a pretty good job. And if you can bolt in and flow through that, there is enough

APIs or whatever that allow us to still get those insights through some of the different platforms that are desktop-based back in the office ultimately. That's been a decision we made several years ago now.

APIs or whatever that allow us to still get those insights through some of the different platforms that are desktop-based back in the office ultimately. That's been a decision we made several years ago now.

APIs or whatever that allow us to still get those insights through some of the different platforms that are desktop-based back in the office ultimately. That's been a decision we made several years ago now.

Yeah, just going down to our combine, just putting a different set of stairs on it a couple years ago. It's literally stairs, not a ladder. He's had a lot of surgeries, which pretty low tech, right? It's just steel and welding and paint. But to me, that was a technology that was a $2,000 investment that allowed him to keep going.

Yeah, just going down to our combine, just putting a different set of stairs on it a couple years ago. It's literally stairs, not a ladder. He's had a lot of surgeries, which pretty low tech, right? It's just steel and welding and paint. But to me, that was a technology that was a $2,000 investment that allowed him to keep going.

Yeah, just going down to our combine, just putting a different set of stairs on it a couple years ago. It's literally stairs, not a ladder. He's had a lot of surgeries, which pretty low tech, right? It's just steel and welding and paint. But to me, that was a technology that was a $2,000 investment that allowed him to keep going.

And he's a great operator, just doesn't have a lot of physical work left in him. And then on the spraying side of things, it's really easy to fill our sprayers now with five, six different products, nutritional products, all that kind of stuff. When that used to take forever, up and down off the trailer, big bags of stuff. And we've got spray systems that we can fill in four minutes and

And he's a great operator, just doesn't have a lot of physical work left in him. And then on the spraying side of things, it's really easy to fill our sprayers now with five, six different products, nutritional products, all that kind of stuff. When that used to take forever, up and down off the trailer, big bags of stuff. And we've got spray systems that we can fill in four minutes and

And he's a great operator, just doesn't have a lot of physical work left in him. And then on the spraying side of things, it's really easy to fill our sprayers now with five, six different products, nutritional products, all that kind of stuff. When that used to take forever, up and down off the trailer, big bags of stuff. And we've got spray systems that we can fill in four minutes and

Works really well.

Works really well.

Works really well.

Oh, yeah. The claw. The rock box in the front has a hydraulic arm that will pick up rocks. I have a vendetta against rocks, apparently. But they do. They cause a lot of damage, and there's a lot of them out there.