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 …
DOWNTIME -- The ROI Killer
Matt Yanick knows what an hour of downtime costs on a working farm. Not the parts. Not the labor. The window that does not come back.
This episode covers the one metric most operations track poorly and most operators underestimate. Equipment management is not a maintenance question. It is a margin question.
What's Inside
- How to calculate the true cost of downtime on your operation -- including the costs most producers do not count
- Why most farms underestimate unplanned downtime and what changes when they track it properly
- The systems that reduce downtime and protect your operating window
- What equipment selection looks like when you factor in downtime cost, not just purchase price
- How the most profitable operations approach their equipment strategy differently
Related Episodes
- Engineer Your Revenue Floor Before You Seed (Mar 2026) -- production decisions and the margin they protect
- Before You Spray: 3 Things That Could Cost You Money This Season (May 2026) -- timing, windows, and what it costs to miss them