DOWNTIME: The ROI Killer

In this episode Matt and Dan talk about how to get the best ROI on your iron and what the future of precision ag looks like. IF you are a farmer, you’ve been there … … sitting in the yard in the air seeder and the clock is rapidly ticking … … trying everything to get the monitor working but you’ve had no success … … you’ve got that sinking feeling of time and acres wasting away …

Episode 3 of the Growing the Future podcast, hosted by Matt Yanick, MY Precision Ag, Aberhart Ag Solutions, Convergence Growth, Terry Aberhart, Aberhart Farms, Dan Aberhart, Sure Growth Solutions, titled "DOWNTIME: The ROI Killer" was published on March 3, 2023 and runs 59 minutes.

March 3, 2023 ·59m · Growing the Future

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IF you are a farmer, you’ve been there …

… sitting in the yard in the air seeder and the clock is rapidly ticking …

… trying everything to get the monitor working but you’ve had no success …

… you’ve got that sinking feeling of time and acres wasting away …

… you realize it’s after hours just before the long weekend …

… you begin doing the math on yield loss per day of lost seeding after a certain date …

… you then realize you have an ace in your pocket …

… it’s your precision ag consultant Matt Yanick …

… you call him up and due to his encyclopedic knowledge of monitors, he quickly diagnoses the issue and walks you through the steps to get things running …

… before you know it you’re back up and running in the field and that one call saved you a tonne of stress and potential yield loss and paid for the MY PRECISION AG service in itself!

In this episode Matt and Dan talk about how to get the best ROI on your iron and what the future of precision ag looks like.

In this episode, you will learn:

Matt’s farming background
Matt’s educational journey
How Matt’s education has transferred over to his customers
Matt’s experience working in dealerships with GPS
What it was like starting his career at 19 off the farm
How has precision ag advanced over the last decade
How Matt can help advance your technology
Are a lot of systems the same?
When Matt realized he had a business opportunity
What Matts company looks like today
Does Matt deal with overlap with dealerships?
Why don’t dealerships contract matt?
Does Matt wear John Deere under wear?
The gap in private equipment sales
What Matts customer base looks like
What does it cost to work with Matt?
The ROI you will see working with Matt
What the going rate is for dealerships
The biggest thing producers can do to improve logistics
Logistics optimization on the farm
The next big thing in precision ag
Matt’s thoughts on the DOT
Which manufactures are nailing precision ag
Where Matt sees his business in three years
What producers should take advantage of in 2023
Values Matt learned on the farm that has applied to his business
How to get ahold of Matt

Connect with Matt:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyPrecisionAg/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/myprecisionag

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myprecisionag/

Website: https://myprecisionag.ca

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan

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