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Power Pollen Airing 8/7/23 John Deere Pre-Roll Today’s episode is brought to you by Pattern Ag, predicting pest and pathogen risk in your fields. Don’t gamble with your yields, go to www.pattern.ag today! Around the Room – why do you need a Farm4Profit conversation today? As hosts what are you most looking forward to with this guest today? Remind people to hit SUBSCRIBE – REMEMBER TO LEAVE REVIEWS Especially on YouTube What’s Working in Ag Segment – ZeaKal – Tanner & Jennifer Guest: Jason Cope brings more than 20-years of industry experience in the development of theoretical and applied engineering solutions from leading global agribusinesses. He currently holds more than 40 granted US and worldwide patents and oversees PowerPollen’s intellectual property strategy. He also guides operations and engineering initiatives for the company. Who is Power Pollen? History, Mission, Vision To preserve and enhance crop productivity by enabling superior pollination systems 2015 - Todd Krone(just left DuPont Pioneer) partnered with Jason Cope (engineer) Set up shop in Todd’s garage How does your new corn pollination techniques benefit ag? What factors increase yield and minimize risk with seed practices in pollination? corn, rice, and wheat How are you reaching your producer base? Investors At what point did you see the business growing? Field operations custom designed machinery across in-field production on 22 customer fields Operations in IA, TX, & Puerto Rico How do you see global agriculture playing a part through expanding Power Pollen? Where will we start to see agriculture fluctuate due to the pollination of crops? What are the factors that affect the optimal time of applying the pollen? In a drought year, how much can farmers expect to be saved from their field with Power Pollen? Corn Seed impacts Yield Improvements Fewer male plants are needed → more females/acre = greater output and land utilization Less Risk with seed overproduction More Flexibility → expands window for planting Reasons: drought, flooding, climate changes How does Power Pollen overcome in a drought year? How is In-Season Control allowing farmers more flexibility? Are they meeting current market demand while in-season? An average 60% increase in oil over normal-hybrids with no reduction yield What challenges do those producers face ahead? What did we miss? Summary and Challenge If you could go back and talk to yourself at age 18, what would you go back and say? Share Contact information Want Farm4Profit Merch? Custom order your favorite items today! https://farmfocused.com/farm-4profit/ Don’t forget to like the podcast on all platforms and leave a review where ever you listen! Website: www.Farm4Profit.com Shareable episode link: https://intro-to-farm4profit.simplecast.com Email address: Farm4profitllc@gmail.com Call/Text: 515.207.9640 Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSR8c1BrCjNDDI_Acku5Xqw Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@farm4profitllc Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Farm4ProfitLLC/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.