Smarter Every Season

Being successful in business, farming, or life means overcoming new challenges everyday. Join Precision Planting's Product Support team as we deliver new learnings and unpack deeper understanding with each episode. We will be interviewing, investigating and sharing our conversations from customers, engineers, dealers, sales managers, product support and more. Smarter Every Season is the premiere Precision Planting podcast for anyone excited to follow along and learn with us.

147: Eliminating Busy Season Calls

Tyler is joined by Chris Hoffmann from P&C Ag Solutions out of Reese Michigan, as they discuss the trials of high call volume during busy season. What things have they done to eliminate calls during the busiest time of the year? What types of calls are they able to eliminate? And what's behind the Pink shirts?

10-09
23:05

146. Answering Your 25.1.x Harvest Questions

Freya joins Product Support members Nate Burnham and Carl Pflederer for a in season harvest update. We discuss leading call drivers this year and tips for 2025.1.x. You can find the most up to date YieldSense Operator’s Guide here: YieldSense Operator’s Guide | Precision Planting Documentation

09-25
14:10

145: Maintenance Programs - Part 2

Tyler and Freya are joined by Region Manager Ken Sauder in part 2 of this 2 part series. Ken stops by to pass on some wisdon around how to look at a maintenance plan big picture, as well as some of the details to consider to make it a success.

09-11
33:35

144: Maintenance Programs

Nate and Tyler get on the phone with Vaughn Koehn with New Day Precision, and Chad Baker with Baker Precision Services, as they discuss what it looks like to create a new maintenance plan as well as what does an established plan look like and how do they evolve as the the years go on.

08-28
51:46

143: CornerStone Spring Testimony

Drew brings on North Dakota Dealer, Travis Messer, with Plains Grain & Agronomy Cooperative, and they discuss Travis's personal experience with CornerStone.

08-14
23:32

142. The Value SymphonyVision Brings to Your Operation

Freya sits down with Josh Stoller and Aaron Herman to chat about SymphonyVision

07-31
51:16

141: Re-Air: The Value of PTI to You and Your Growers

Freya and Tyler welcome Lee Edwards onto the show as he talks about the value of getting his growers to PTI and how he accomplishes it. smartereveryseason@precisionplanting.comPTI Field DaysThis summer at the PTI Farm in Pontiac, IL

07-17
29:03

140: Experience with Headsight

Nate and Hans are joined via phone to discuss the PTX Precision Planting head height control, also known as Headsight. Joining Nate and Hans is Matthew Metzler, Sales and Product Support out of Breman, and Rich Schlipf with Schlipf Precision Ag , as they talk about their own experience with Headsight products as well as things to keep in mind when starting to offer Headsight products as a dealer.

07-03
56:00

139: Success With Panorama

Tyler and Nate are joined by Eric Huber, Region Manager, and Casey Hettinger, Hettinger Farms, as they talk about Panorama. What is it, what success have they seen with Panorama, and what are the cool features around Passmaster. Listen in as they look at some things to watch out for as well as what brought them great success while using Panorama.

06-19
48:18

138: Spring Wins of 2025

Coming out of spring, it's easy to focus on everything that went wrong. Sit back and listen as Nate is joined by Scott Wheelhouse - Breakthrough Ag, Jakie Neudorf - Advanced Precision Ag, Alex Glukhoy - California Ag Solutions, and Brent Gerke - Precision Planting Region Manager, as we hear person stories from wins this past spring.

06-05
20:17

137: Spring Updates 5-22-25

This weeks topics include 25.1.5 UpdateEnd of planting MaintenancePlate storageSpeedTube storageLiquid System WinterizationCleaning the planter Wear parts inspectionvApplyHD Winterization Guidehttps://assets2.brandfolder.io/bf-boulder-prod/84mntx752mbq2cskf6ftn89b/v/1081484808/original/vApply%20Service%20and%20Maintenance%20(955731).pdf

05-22
10:12

136: Spring Updates 5-15-25

With planting season well under way, call drivers have slowed in their variance of issues. Replant and needing to delete coverage is starting to creep up, but with the changing of seasons, Josh Robinson joins Nate in studio to talk about getting sprayers rolling. What are the installation, setup, configuration, and spare parts to be thinking about as everything gets rolling?

05-15
21:11

135 Spring Updates 5-8-25

The episode topics includded are General Specialty Crops Row spacing vs. Effective row spacing/Controlled row spacingImporting Prescriptions 2025.1.x Current .1 version to be onRate Control Module modes Using liquid as a coverage source

05-08
09:00

134: Spring Updates 5-1-25

This weeks topics include General Flow Rate Adjustment and Orifice Worksheet https://cloud.precisionplanting.com/product-resources/planter/flowsenseEMFlowSense plumbed backwards Flow Source with vApplyHDGen 2 Liquid systems 2025.1.x Row Cleaner Alerts vApply Base Calibrations

05-01
09:30

133: Spring Updates 4-24-25

The episode topics are as included:-       DeltaForce Health check-       Section EMHD on .02025.1.x-      Failure state causing beeping driving through the field on .1.-       SpeedTube-       The blue light on .1 is gone.-      GPS has been added to the planter-       Override Mode in DeltaForce-       Sound loss on .1

04-24
11:41

132: Spring Updates 4-17-25

Spring Updates are in full swing as calls increase in Support. This week, the topics are as follows"General Power vs. CAN Swath25.1.XBaud Rates Swath Auto vs. ManualHybrid video - https://cloud.precisionplanting.com/product-resources/2020/2020-gen-3-25.1.xDMC Configuration

04-17
09:34

131: Spring Updates 4-19-25

Week two of weekly updates Hans and Nate cover:Case 2100 lift switch expectations vac sensors on .1When do we update from 24.1 to 25.116" displayEvent logsCustom Seed ExitsRow Cleaner Control Modules Rate control modules

04-10
13:39

130: Spring Updates 4-3-25

With planters already rolling down south, and operations starting up all around the country, the spring updates have arrived. Nate and Hans talk a little bit about what things need to be kept in mind as we start getting planters out and rolling as well as some wide spread diagnostics to keep in mind.

04-03
15:07

129: Common Question on Hydraulics

With the diagnostic season upon us, Tyler, Hans, and Clay sit down and discuss some common questions that we get when dealing with hydraulics. What are some of their best pieces of advice when it comes to an install? Where do I start with diagnosing an alternator? And much more as we prep for the busiest season for support. - Tachometerhttps://a.co/d/0Ls7yNe-Hydralic Flow Meterhttps://www.hydracheck.com/catalog/flow-products/flow-meter-test-kits/inline-flow-meter-test-kits-reverse-flow-capable/

03-27
39:05

128: The Agronomy of SmartDepth

Aaron Herrmann, Precision Planting R&D Agronomist, joins Nate in studio to talk about one of, as Aaron would state, "the most underrated product in Precision Planting", SmartDepth. What is the king of depth when it comes to depth? What factors impact our decisions when it comes to making depth changes? Listen along as they tackle all of that and more.

03-13
27:02

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