Looking Back on 2024 – Looking Forward to 2025 – Part #1 (#32)
We’ve been doing this podcast for over a year, now. We wanted to take the opportunity to look back at 2024 and what we learned. We also wanted to look to the future and what 2025 might hold in store for us and the ag industry. We hope you enjoy the looking back and looking […]
Supply Chain Part #2 (#31)
Supply Chain Part #2 What is it and how does it affect our daily lives? We really didn’t pay attention to the supply chain until COVID and our grocery store shelves were empty. Then we paid attention! We continue our conversation with Dr. Susan Olson, CEO of Action Intel, to discuss the supply chain, in […]
Supply Chain – Part #1 (#30)
Supply Chain What is it and how does it affect our daily lives? We really didn’t pay attention to the supply chain until COVID and our grocery store shelves were empty. Then we paid attention! We talk with Dr. Susan Olson, CEO of Action Intel, to discuss the supply chain, in general, and then focus […]
Brand Loyalty – Banking Part #2 (#29)
Brand Loyalty. In this episode of Vision Tech Perspectives, we are keeping with the topic of Brand Loyalty. With this episode we continue looking at brand loyalty from the vendor perspective. We continue our conversation with Phil Swain, retired Vice President with PNC Bank. Join us to hear how Phil worked throughout his career in […]
Brand Loyalty – Banking Part #1 (#28)
Brand Loyalty. In this episode of Vision Tech Perspectives, we are keeping with the topic of Brand Loyalty. We had started with the grower/customer perspective. With this episode we start looking at brand loyalty from the vendor perspective. We start with this perspective in the banking segment. We talk with Phil Swain, retired Vice President […]
Buying Patterns and Brand Loyalty (#27)
Doug and I a conversation about how different generations made buying decisions and worked with vendors. As we had that conversation, it reminded me of a similar conversation I had with a farmer I know. So, in this episode of Vision Tech Perspectives, we have very special guests, Del and Lance Unger of Unger Farms […]
I Want to Go Home to the Farm (#26)
In the last episode, we talked about “Going Home to Farm” and the work to transition the kids from “farm labor” to becoming decision-makers and the succession plan for the operation. And we continue that conversation in a little different vein. But what about those who want to go home to farm, but the opportunities […]
Going Home to Farm (#25)
It’s the dream of a farm family. The parents dream that they are building an operation that they will pass down to their children and grandchildren. The kids dream that they go home and take over the farm. Then reality sets in. The parents are running the operation and the kids continue to be the […]
Is Ag Using One Voice (#24)
The Ag industry, like any other industry, has a number of associations, such as The American Farm Bureau Federation, National Corn Growers, National Soybean Growers, National Wheat Growers, National Pork Producers, etc., that are the voice of that particular segment of the industry. But at what point do all of these segment associations speak for […]
Emotional Farming (#23)
Farmers and Ranchers are passionate about what they do. It is their livelihood, their passion, their hobby, pretty much who they are. They are a farmer. They are a rancher. With that being said, it would be very easy to make decisions based on emotions rather than business information. In this episode of Vision Tech […]
