Mark Gregory

Peanut variety and trait development for US & international origins—Virginia, Runner, Spanish & Valencia types; Value-Added traits. Growing the good!

[Mark Gregory @growingthegood]

IPG has recently partnered with Dyno-gro Seed, Nutrien Ag Solutions’ exclusive premium seed brand, in the US to bring new, elite, runner-type varieties to market for production across the Peanut Belt. SE trial results & J.M. Smucker Co.’s letter of support.⬇️

[Mark Gregory @growingthegood]

TBPN got my top spot. More in my #SpotifyWrapped. https://t.co/nq2pb98Xlv

[Mark Gregory @growingthegood]

Early-gen Valencia seed increases are headed to our #Foundation #Seed Sheller! We handle 6 commercial varieties with many more early-gen lines coming soon.

#Runner #spanish #valencia and #virginia Foundation seed (HO & NO) — SW, Mid-S, SE, VC areas and beyond. #growingthegood

[Mark Gregory @growingthegood]

#IPG3628 #Spanish in the Texas Panhandle are showing excellent yield potential under the care of excellent farmers. #growingthegood

[Mark Gregory @growingthegood]

Early-generation #seed increases of our newest #Valencias are one step closer to commercialization! This line is the first of our Valencias to have a decumbent plant type, high yield potential, early maturity, and 2-4 kernels in pods. #growingthegood

[Mark Gregory @growingthegood]

#growingthegood Valencias next to our #Foundationseed sheller!

We have early-generation seed in the pipeline for multiple new varieties across market types; both #higholeic and #normaloleic.

[Mark Gregory @growingthegood]

IPG 517 #Runners in Hall County, Texas.
#growingthegood #higholeic

[Mark Gregory @growingthegood]

Beautiful #Valencia lines are competing for the top spot in our trials. We haven’t created our best variety yet.

Full steam ahead.

#growingthegood
#peanuts

[Mark Gregory @growingthegood]

Harvest for our #Valencia nursery is kicking off! #growingthegood #peanut

[Mark Gregory @growingthegood]

“The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.” — Edward Gibbon

[David Senra @FoundersPodcast]

“Stay in the game long enough to get lucky.”

[David Senra @FoundersPodcast]

New episode: "How Elon Works"

This episode covers the insanely valuable company-building principles of Elon Musk

A few notes from the episode:

1. The mission comes first.

2. Retreat is not an option.

3. A maniacal sense of urgency is our operating principle.

4. Product design should be driven by engineers.

5. You should not separate engineering from product design.

6. Having separate design and production departments is bullshit. Keep everything together and feedback immediate.

7. The leader should be on the front lines. You should be a battlefield general.

8. "If they see the general out on the battlefield, the troops are going to be motivated. Wherever Napoleon was, that's where his armies would do best."

9. Apply The Algorithm constantly. (1) Question every requirement. (2) Delete any part of the process you can. (3) Simplify and optimize. (4) Accelerate cycle time. (5) Automate.

10. Repetition is persuasive. "I became a broken record on the algorithm. I think it's helpful to say it to an annoying degree."

11. You should go ultra-hardcore on deletion and simplification.

12. Camaraderie is dangerous. It makes it hard for people to challenge each other’s work. (Refer to point #1)

13. Never ask your troops to do something you wouldn’t do.

14. Hire for attitude. Skills can be taught. Attitude changes require a brain transplant.

15. Good attitude = A desire to work maniacally hard.

16. The only rules are the ones dictated by the laws of physics. Everything else is a recommendation.

17. Keep your entire company committed to a common goal.

18. If things aren’t going well, throw away the existing design, start from first principles, question every requirement based on fundamental physics.

19. Find the limit. You want to delete as much as possible and you can’t do that unless you find the limit.

20. If you aren’t adding back at least 10% of the things you deleted, then you didn’t delete enough.

21. Maintain control. Avoid joint ventures. Eliminate middlemen.

22. Have a relentless dedication to questioning every requirement.

23. No work about work, just work.

24. Go to the problem. Get on the plane. Fly to the source. Go to the exact location in the factory. Go to the problem and stay there until it's resolved.

25. The best part is no part.

26. Be wired for war.

27. Do not fear losing. It hurts the first 50 times but then you’ll be able to play with less emotion. You will take more risks.

28. Stay heads down focused on doing useful things for civilization.

29. When something is important and has to be done quickly, have meetings every 24 hours to run the algorithm and check on the previous days progress. You'll be shocked at how fast this speeds things up.

30. Life needs to be interesting and edgy.

31. Delete, delete, delete, delete.

There are 100 more ideas in the episode. I hope you listen to it. 30 years of Elon’s career + 60 hours of reading and research and me just absolutely ripping through idea after idea at 2x speed for 90 minutes.

It will be hard to find a better use of time.

[Hasan @handtofire]

how to find earned secrets // @FoundersPodcast

[Jay Yang @Jayyanginspires]

“Stay in the game long enough to get lucky” is underrated advice.

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

“I sometimes wonder if all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.” - C.S. Lewis

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” - C.S. Lewis

[Mark Gregory @growingthegood]

We’re close to releasing a breakthrough #Valencia from our program with:
—Decumbent plant type.
—Yield comparable to our IPG 1288.
—2, 3, and 4 kernels per pod.
—Shape and size similar to Valencia C.

Can’t wait to see how it performs for our #SW farmers!
#growingthegood #peanut

[Mark Gregory @growingthegood]

We are excited about #runner increases of new, #normaloleic varieties for the SE on our Home Place Farm. #growingthegood #peanut

[Mark Gregory @growingthegood]

“…best stand of runners ever and it’s only one planting!”

IPG 517, our top-performing #higholeic #organic #runner variety continues to thrive in West Texas even under organic conditions. #growingthegood

[Mark Gregory @growingthegood]

IPG 3628, our top-performing #highOleic #Spanish, continues to perform well under commercial #organic and conventional growing conditions in the SW. #growingthegood #peanut

[Mark Gregory @growingthegood]

@atjeffatjeff Thanks, Jeff! We have a great ag supplier, so that helps. ✅

[Mark Gregory @growingthegood]

IPG 517, our newest #highOleic #Runner, is off to a great start this season in Texas. It has shown strong commercial yields under #organic and conventional growing conditions in the SW. #growingthegood #peanut