00:00:00 We're starting to get our results in on our trials that we've done through extreme ag. And one I wanna talk about this afternoon, 00:00:06 or it's almost dark now, is, uh, the, uh, activated carbon technologies product, uh, formerly FGS Fluid Growth Solutions. 00:00:15 So we've done a two year study on the, uh, rice and, you know, rice is something that we struggle with, finding products that increase yield on, 00:00:24 and, uh, you know, it's a grass crop, so it should kind of follow corn as far as, you know, what reacts to corn probably should react to rice 00:00:31 or to wheat or whatever. But we've had, we've struggled a little bit with things that, uh, you know, make a difference in rice. 00:00:38 And we used the product last year as a custom made product from, uh, activated carbon technology. 00:00:43 In 23, we got a plus 18 bushels. So, you know, we looked at that and said, ah, you know, that's a, that's a big increase. 00:00:50 Anytime you get double digit yields, you start thinking, did we do something different? 00:00:55 Did we get our data wrong? You know, what's going on here? So, 18 bushel yield in 23. 00:01:01 Uh, we used the same product again last year. I mean, this year, exact same product is the exact same timing. 00:01:07 And we got a 15 bushel increase. So we went from 18 to 15. This year was a harder year in 24 00:01:14 to get increases in products. And it was seemed like in 23 for us. You know, once we got that double digit increase again, 00:01:21 you know, we're like, okay, this product's a real deal. So if you take the two together, you know, a two year average, that 16 00:01:27 and a half bushel increase in the rice, you know, on current rice prices today, that's a plus $107 an acre. We spent 20 bucks around 20 bucks an acre, uh, 00:01:37 on this product to gain 107. So if you just use 20 bucks an acre versus a hundred, you know, you're looking at a a five to, 00:01:45 I think it'd be a five to one return. I'm not real good at math. Anyways, long story short, you know, 00:01:50 normally if we get two years data of a positive result and a product that's a positive ROI, when I say positive, positive result, I'm not just talking about yield, 00:02:00 I'm talking about an ROI. 'cause you can get yield all day long unless you're in some kind 00:02:05 of contest you're trying to bump the yield on. If it's not putting money in the bank, then it's not, you know, something that you'd want to use. 00:02:11 So two years in a row, positive ROI on a product, uh, we also had a positive ROI on the soybeans. We're still working on the corn. 00:02:20 Corn's a little bit more finicky to in the delta with the heat that we have to get positive ROIs on a lot of products, not just this one. 00:02:27 So, um, if you're growing rice, if you're in a delta, or if you're in South Louisiana or wherever you grow, rice, 00:02:34 rice is a not grown in a lot of areas. I highly recommend this product on rice. I also recommend it on soybeans, uh, 00:02:42 two years down in a row, and soybeans has been good. Two years down on rice has been outstanding. You know, when you can get those kind 00:02:48 of double digit increases on any product, on any commodity, uh, especially with the, you know, 00:02:56 the way the cash flow is the last couple Of years with prices being low and, and inputs being high, uh, 00:03:03 it's something I think you should take a look at. So check out activated carbon technologies. I think you'll, you'll be pleased with our product on rice 00:03:11 and soybeans and, uh, great company. Brad's really easy to deal with. The owner of the company, he's here, he comes in, 00:03:18 he looks at the crops, uh, he gives us new ideas to work with and we're really excited to, you know, 00:03:24 what we've seen in two years. So next year, if it's not grower Standard practice, it'll probably be 80% of grower standard practice, 00:03:32 and then we'll test some products against it. So anyway, check 'em out. They're a good company, um, very family owned type company 89 00:03:39.865 --> 00:03:41.005