Do you ever wish to get rid of the tedious (but essential) duties in your grain business that are annoyingly time-consuming and prone to error? Truck scale automation is step one in eliminating these manual, mistake-filled duties within grain facilities, and here are five reasons to consider taking the automation plunge: #1 Improved accuracy saves…
Summary: Listen in as Mike has an important conversation with Aaron Hemmer, SVP-Regional Lending Manager with AgGeorgia Farm Credit, as he talks about current trends and recommendations in lending spinning off of 2019 (aka one of the craziest years in production agriculture). What you will learn in this episode: Why managing your debt-to-equity or debt-to-income…
Would you bet thousands of bushels of grain on your memory? Are you 100% certain that squiggly line on a white board is a one and not a nine or a seven? Do you know off the top of your head where the grain in your bins came from? Are you sure how much more…
Automation Noun the technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means, as by electronic devices, reducing human intervention to a minimum. a mechanical device, operated electronically, that functions automatically, without continuous input from an operator. We’ve defined automation, but what exactly does that mean for your grain business? We think…
Summary: Listen in as Mike has an insightful conversation with Tanner Ehmke, Manager of Knowledge Exchange Division with CoBank. They review Tanner’s recent report regarding the U.S. grain elevator outlook for 2020, and even close with a little positive advice you won’t want to miss. What you will learn in this episode: How and why CoBank compiled…
The influx of ever-expanding volumes of data being generated from sources such as digitized grain transactions and sophisticated on-farm technology is becoming increasingly challenging for many agribusinesses. Figuring out how to interpret and utilize this data to gain market advantage is a key challenge our industry is facing. A hot term that has been tossed…