Good farmers are good marketers, good managers, and adaptable to change. They aren't afraid of risk and taking chances. - Brett Sciotto, Aimpoint Research #DairyStrong
Some farmers see opportunities in the uncertainty of the last few years. We evaluated who those farmers were. - Brett Sciotto, Aimpoint Research #DairyStrong
The question you should be asking yourself with any risk management program is: If you do this regularly, how will it affect your bottom line? - Marin Bozic, University of MN #DairyStrong
How the US interacts with world economy is changing. US is narrowing its economic interests. Trade agreements are going to be very specific. - Marin Bozic, University of MN #DairyStrong
People will treat certain machines like they are alive and we treat them as such even if we know they aren’t. - Kate Darling, MIT Media Lab #DairyStrong
"It's not that technology is not smart, but the type of intelligence we're developing is smart in a different way." - Kate Darling, MIT Media Lab #DairyStrong
Technology does not think like a human. We shouldn't look at how it can or can't replace human workers, but how it can supplement human work to benefit humans. - Kate Darling, MIT Media Lab #DairyStrong
Mixed rooting structures are really restructuring the soil at all levels throughout the profile alleviating compaction and soil pans. - Tim Fritz, King’s AgriSeeds #PSDairyNutrition19
Bottom line of productivity on our farms starts with soil health. If we don’t think about soil health, our long-term crop productivity isn’t going to go up. The driver of yield is soil health. - Tim Fritz, King’s AgriSeeds #PSDairyNutrition19
5 core behaviors of people that make a difference:
1. Commit to their purpose
2. Leverage the forces of change
3. Invest time and energy in what can be
4. seek alignment & integration
5. continually learn and improve
- Jennifer Garrett, JG Consulting Services #PSDairyNutrition19
It's really about the choices we make, and those choices shape the difference we are able to make. - Jennifer Garrett, JG Consulting Services #PSDairyNutrition19
Our businesses and consultants need to be agile. We need to change quickly and succeed in a rapidly changing, ambiguous, and turbulent environment. Need to have both stable components and dynamic capabilities. - King Hickman, GPS Dairy Consulting #PSDairyNutrition19
The only certain thing about today’s ag industry is that change will continue to occur and we have to adapt.
The winners will be those that stay ahead of the change curve. - King Hickman, GPS Dairy Consulting #PSDairyNutrition19
Going forward, the independent consultant will be more desirable, but will need the strength of a community of consultants and technical expertise. - King Hickman, GPS Dairy Consulting #PSDairyNutrition19