The future of farming goes airborne. Mark Flaman catches us up on the history of mapping and spraying drones, and why they’re a viable alternative to ground spraying. Then, he details the astounding capabilities of multispectral camera technology, the DJI Agriculture software suite, and DJI’s intuitive T50 aerial sprayer.

Learn how these innovations can make light work of evaluating crop conditions, setting spray routes, locating obstacles, and guiding drones safely back to home base for recharging. Mark also discusses transport considerations, operating best practices, and what our current drone customers have to say.

Last, but not least, he explains why Flaman chose DJI drones over competitor models that came with some mighty bold claims.

Hosts:

Trevor Grinde – Senior Field Service Technician – Flaman Sales

Regan Kunz – Agriculture Sales – Flaman Sales  

Mitch Flaman – Senior Manager – Marketing & IT – Flaman Sales  

Guest:

Mark Flaman – Drone Specialist – Flaman Sales

Length: 23:38

Producer: Jonathan Hutchinson – Web & Content Developer – Flaman Sales  

Copywriter:  Jeff Brown – Senior Writer – Flaman Sales  

Graphic Designer: Shanelle Pender – Content Creator & Senior Graphic Designer – Flaman Sales  

Digital Marketer: Vanessa Schaedler – Digital Marketing Specialist – Flaman Sales  

Social Media: Calla Simpson – Content Creator & Social Media – Flaman Sales 

Move over wheat, canola, and lentils. Make room for bananas, lemons, limes, oranges, figs, and other sweet and exotic treats you wouldn’t expect to survive a Saskatchewan winter. One innovative grower is showing how the province’s bounty can become tastier and more diverse.

Former Saskatoon city boy Dean Sopher tells Mitch, Regan, and Trevor how he passed on promising career prospects in computer programming and commerce to become an off-grid produce pioneer. Now, as owner and operator of Arkopia Greenhouse Homestead, he grows a variety of exotic plants – including banana trees – in a passive solar greenhouse he built himself. He’s also raising grass-fed livestock and freeze-drying delicious, long-lasting fruit smoothies.

Dean has some sound advice for those considering permaculture and solar-powered regenerative farming – and wait until you hear how low his power costs are.

Hosts:

Trevor Grinde – Senior Field Service Technician – Flaman Sales  

Regan Kunz – Agriculture Sales – Flaman Sales  

Mitch Flaman – Senior Manager - Marketing & IT – Flaman Sales  

Guest:

Dean Sopher – Owner and Operator – Arkopia Greenhouse Homestead

Length: 23:38

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Producer: Jonathan Hutchinson – Web & Content Developer – Flaman Sales  

Copywriter:  Jeff Brown – Senior Writer – Flaman Sales  

Graphic Designer: Shanelle Pender – Content Creator & Senior Graphic Designer – Flaman Sales  

Digital Marketer: Vanessa Schaedler – Digital Marketing Specialist – Flaman Sales  

Social Media: Calla Simpson – Content Creator & Social Media – Flaman Sales 

Farmers work hard and might not have time to understand complex tax rules that can impact their business. Fortunately, there are experts who can help them make wise financial planning decisions. 

 Hosts Mitch Flaman, Regan Kunz, and Trevor Grinde welcome guest Aaron Haight, who studied law at the University of Toronto and received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan. Aaron works as both a farmer and a lawyer. 

He uses his combined experience to advise farm clients on issues like federal income tax regulations, estate planning, and commercial transactions. His insights help farmers make big financial decisions like buying or selling property, navigating lean or profitable years, and arranging succession.   

Hosts:

Trevor Grinde – Senior Field Service Technician – Flaman Sales  

Regan Kunz – Agriculture Sales – Flaman Sales  

Mitch Flaman – Senior Manager - Marketing & IT – Flaman Sales  

Guest:

Aaron Haight – Lawyer, MLT Aikins LLP, Saskatoon

Length: 18:24

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Producer: Jonathan Hutchinson – Web & Content Developer – Flaman Sales  

Copywriter:  Jeff Brown – Senior Writer – Flaman Sales  

Graphic Designer: Shanelle Pender – Content Creator & Senior Graphic Designer – Flaman Sales  

Digital Marketer: Vanessa Schaedler – Digital Marketing Specialist – Flaman Sales  

Social Media: Calla Simpson – Content Creator & Social Media – Flaman Sales 

Still a young man, our special guest Doug Termeer has enjoyed a larger-than-life life - growing up with six brothers and two sisters in the Carman, Manitoba area. He recalls riding in his Dutch-Canadian family's giant van, playing shinny games on a frozen river, and starting work at the tender age of twelve.

He tells how that experience led to a sales career with Walinga, where he’s forged great relationships with his customers. His relationship with snow is a little more strained after it stole his hockey pucks in his youth and later barged into his hotel room during a trade show trip.

Farm size matters – Mitch, Regan, and Trevor resume their discussion on regional farm sizes and why asking a farmer about his total acreage isn’t meant to be a personal question.

Hosts:

Trevor Grinde – Senior Field Service Technician – Flaman Sales

Regan Kunz – Agriculture Sales – Flaman Sales

Mitch Flaman – Senior Manager - Marketing & IT – Flaman Sales

Guest:

Doug Termeer– Pneumatic Conveying Technical Sales Representative – Walinga Inc.

Jonathan Stratton – Senior Manager, Customer Service and Parts – Flaman Sales

Length: 29:19

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Producer: Jonathan Hutchinson – Web & Content Developer – Flaman Sales

Copywriter: Jeff Brown – Senior Writer – Flaman Sales

Graphic Designer: Shanelle Pender – Content Creator & Senior Graphic Designer – Flaman Sales

Digital Marketer: Vanessa Schaedler – Digital Marketing Specialist – Flaman Sales

Social Media: Calla Simpson – Content Creator & Social Media – Flaman Sales

Jason Basset of Peterson Grain Processors has been a Bruno Saskatchewan athlete, financial services professional, farmer, and seed-cleaning plant operator. Now he shares his insights on mellowing with age, farm estate planning, accepting risk, the future of ag business, and hockey and broomball.

Flaman’s Jonathan Stratton stops by to talk best-in-class service – what it looks like, why it’s important to be proactive, how it’s changed with technological advancements and a growing customer base.

Losing their census – Trevor asks Mitch and Regan which Canadian province has the most farms. Then just for fun, he asks how many horses Canadians had in 1921. No counting hooves and dividing by four.

Hosts:

Trevor Grinde – Senior Field Service Technician – Flaman Sales

Regan Kunz – Agriculture Sales – Flaman Sales

Mitch Flaman – Senior Manager - Marketing & IT – Flaman Sales

Guests:

Jason Basset – Owner/Operator – Peterson Grain Processors Ltd.

Jonathan Stratton – Senior Manager, Customer Service and Parts – Flaman Group of Companies

Length: 33:57

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Producer: Jonathan Hutchinson – Web & Content Developer – Flaman Sales

Copywriter: Jeff Brown – Senior Writer – Flaman Sales

Graphic Designer: Shanelle Pender – Content Creator & Senior Graphic Designer – Flaman Sales

Digital Marketer: Vanessa Schaedler – Digital Marketing Specialist – Flaman Sales

Social Media: Calla Simpson – Content Creator & Social Media – Flaman Sales

“I've never not wanted to go to work in the morning,” says our special guest, Ron Kleuskens. His road to becoming a Technical Sales Rep at AGI started right out of high school, doing what some would call “grunt work” for a geotechnical engineering firm. A friend’s introduction to farm equipment inspired Ron to start his own ag business serving Ontario’s lush farming country. He’s proven himself as a driller of holes, a saviour of fish, and a quitter of no task set before him.

Flaman’s Shaun Gettis talks about Flaman specialty trailers, particularly our multi-featured sprayer tenders. He explains the customer-focused thinking behind their simplicity, capacity and ease of use.

Cow IQ – Ever looked into those big, brown, bovine eyes and wondered what’s going on behind them? Hosts Mitch, Regan, and Trevor inspect the gears between those fly-flicking ears.

Hosts:

Trevor Grinde - Senior Field Service Technician - Flaman Sales

Regan Kunz - Agriculture Sales - Flaman Sales

Mitch Flaman - Senior Manager - Marketing & IT - Flaman Sales

Guests:

Ron Kleuskens - Technical Sales Representative - Ag Growth International

Shaun Gettis - Vice President Sales - Flaman Sales

Length: 32:15

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Producer: Jonathan Hutchinson - Web & Content Developer - Flaman Sales

Copywriter: Jeff Brown - Senior Writer - Flaman Sales

Graphic Designer: Shanelle Pender – Content Creator & Senior Graphic Designer - Flaman Sales

Digital Marketer: Vanessa Schaedler - Digital Marketing Specialist - Flaman Sales

Social Media: Calla Simpson - Content Creator & Social Media - Flaman Sales

This Month’s Special Guest, Mike Ferguson, is a Melfort, Saskatchewan farm kid who grew up to merge his business education with his ag experience. He now works as both a farmer and professional consultant. When he’s not in the field or speaking at international conferences, he’s helping farmers adapt to agri-business changes or transition their operations to the next generation.

Flaman’s Jonathan Stratton gives us the goods on our Grab a

nd Go kits, including how the best friend you could have in the field was developed.

If you like buckwheat pancakes, you’ll most likely have one province to thank for the crucial ingredient. Hosts Mitch, Regan, and Trevor tell you where to find Canada’s buckwheat breadbasket.

Hosts:

Trevor Grinde - Senior Field Service Technician - Flaman Sales

Regan Kunz - Agriculture Sales - Flaman Sales

Mitch Flaman - Senior Manager - Marketing & IT - Flaman Sales

Guests:

Mike Ferguson - Advisor for Exceed Grain Marketing - Melfort, Saskatchewan

Jonathan Stratton - Senior Manager - Aftermarket - Flaman Sale

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Length: 32:15

Producer: Jonathan Hutchinson - Web & Content Developer - Flaman Sales

Copywriter: Jeff Brown - Senior Writer - Flaman Sales

Graphic Designer: Shanelle Pender – Content Creator & Senior Graphic Designer - Flaman Sales

Digital Marketer: Vanessa Schaedler - Digital Marketing Specialist - Flaman Sales

Social Media: Calla Simpson - Content Creator & Social Media - Flaman Sales

Special Guest Ferdi Osborne recounts his decision to move to Saskatchewan 12 years ago from South Africa. He describes the changes, challenges, and benefits of farming on the Canadian prairies and what ultimately made him happy he moved here.

Flaman’s Shaun Gettis tells us about Flaman’s initiative to bring its customers diesel-powered augers and other innovations that make farming simpler and more efficient.

How much does the farmer earn when you eat chicken in a restaurant? Hosts Mitch, Regan, and Trevor weigh in on this “winner, winner, chicken dinner” issue.

Hosts:

Trevor Grinde - Sr. Field Service Technician at Flaman Sales Ltd.

Regan Kunz - Regan Kunz - Agriculture Sales - Flaman Sales Ltd.

Mitch Flaman - Senior Manager Marketing & IT at Flaman Group of Companies

Guests:

Ferdi Osborne – Farmer, Humboldt, Saskatchewan

Shaun Gettis, Vice President Sales at Flaman Group of Companies

Length: 35:38

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Producer: Jonathan Hutchinson - Web & Content Developer - Flaman Sales

Copywriter: Jeff Brown - Senior Writer - Flaman Sales

Graphic Designer: Shanelle Pender - Senior Graphic Designer - Flaman Sales

Digital Marketer: Vanessa Schaedler - Digital Marketing Specialist - Flaman Sales

Social Media: Calla Simpson - Content Creator & Social Media - Flaman Sales