00:00:00 Extreme Ag challenge plots, they're gonna be happening in 2025. And we're here with our friends from Agro Liquid 00:00:05 to tell you exactly what to expect. It's a learning opportunity. It's also not a learning opportunity just for you, 00:00:09 it's a learning opportunity for us. Tell us Galen and Stephanie about this challenge plot that we're gonna do at six different field days. 00:00:17 We're gonna be doing something and you guys are in on the action and on the competition. Yeah. They're designed to take a look at fertilizer at 00:00:24 different phases of crop growth and we're doing it on teams. So number one, debate within the team as to what's best 00:00:32 and then debate among teams. And the whole idea is for the growers to be able to look at what we did and have some good takeaways for 00:00:39 Future here. Alright, going, gonna right down the notch here of all the thing, when I think of the word team, it doesn't say temple. 00:00:43 I know that there's a t and an e and an M in both those words, but there's no say you're not a good team player. 00:00:49 I'm not a good team player because it is. I mean, I wanna win. Like I wanna win, I want 00:00:53 to handpick whoever kicked everybody's at Max. All right. So who's your partner? 00:00:59 Who are you teaming up with? I've Got partners amongst all of us. It, it, it changes everywhere we go it changes. 00:01:04 So at my own uh, field day, I have my local rep, um, and I have to go and it's me and him against the other guys. So it, it changes somewhat. 00:01:12 Me and Galen on are on one. Yep. I don't Know if me and step you and Galen all the time. Stephanie, we did this last year. 00:01:18 Stephanie's gonna hammer you and Galen Good Luck. That's wrong. We did this last year in Arkansas at Matt 00:01:23 Miles and it was uh, Galen did a plot. Kelly did a plot. You did a plot and Matt did a plot if I'm not mistaken. 00:01:29 You won. I'm the winner. Yes. But there was somebody that beat you out on profitability or was it you that won on profitability? 00:01:34 I won on profitability. I won on yield. You went on yield. He went on yield. I can't remember who came in last. 00:01:38 Uh, might've been the guy that actually lives there. So Matt, are you excited because the last time we did a challenge you 00:01:43 lost on your own farm. I'm not being mean and don't take a swing at me. Looking at me at face. 00:01:51 I got my ass handed to me last year in my own backyard. Jeff, we're gonna hand their ass to them this time. Guaranteed. Guaranteed. Kevin, 00:02:00 are you I got 20 on the bandit. Are you worried That you're going to lose on your own farm like Matt S**t? No, 00:02:06 I'm the one put stuff out in the field. All Who are you teaming up with and what are looking for the challenge 00:02:12 Plot I have got uh, Galen and I are gonna be at Matt's and we're going to show him out Grow cotton. We are because we're Going to recruit some help. 00:02:21 He's gonna feel like an ass again next year. Challenge plot challenge. You love a good challenge and, 00:02:25 and you're a little better team player than Temple. Not by a lot. You're still kind of team Kelly. But anyway, what are you looking forward 00:02:31 to in this challenge plot? I'm looking for forward to Stephanie and I whipp everybody in cotton 'cause I've never done it 00:02:36 Before. You don't know anything about cotton. You barely wear a cotton. Stephanie did. I'm gonna call BS on this. You sweat 00:02:43 Too much to wear cotton. How can you Call bs? You said you were gonna beat me in corn. 00:02:46 You're a corn grower. Michigan, Iowa Meet me and Cotton about he I can. I'll have to say though, last year I heard multiple times 00:02:55 Kelly's got ice cream dirt. He can't do it down here. But when we was looking at the data, Kelly, if I remember right, seems like your 00:03:02 number was a little higher man. Yeah, I mean I love you Matt and all but I mean you know Man was just, was dad 00:03:09 Spot. And by the way we'd say it's friendly competition. I don't wanna say that you see when it actually comes to 00:03:13 down to the nitty gritty, it's not always that friendly. I did that. I was getting What do you do by the way, 00:03:18 when I think of the most team oriented, even keel, laid back, really methodical producer of the extreme ag guys, you don't have 00:03:28 that overly competitive. I want to go and just kind of call you an ass like thing you Don't know it. 00:03:34 Are you saying these guys are Showy? 00:03:35.525 --> 00:03:36.425 They're a little showy. They're a little showy. So 00:03:39 I'm new to it this year. We're actually gonna do clots on May and wheat. So we're gonna have a good competition of wheat. 00:03:43 Let's see how that goes. Time will tell just you know, I don't think all these guys know how to raise wheat in the south and 00:03:49 some of 'em raise soft, fresh. I'm in there. I'm in there. I know how good wheat. Yeah, I'm 00:03:54 Do you remember the wheat wager? I'm just Curious if you Remember the wheat, the wheat you have This year? Uh, that's a valid 00:03:59 0.0. I got none. Has got none Growing sum At some point he's qualified. Does anyone tell Johnny about the 00:04:05 Wheat wager we had? I'll tell you. Hey, by the way, the last time they did a wheat wager before you really got involved with extreme mag, uh, Kevin 00:04:11 and Matt or or Chad walked out of the meeting learning about, he was in there taking notes and they walked out and gaw laughing like, oh, remind you 00:04:19 of like, oh, who's that schlep building a brick house? Well, you know what happened to the straw house and the twig house with the little piggies? 00:04:23 These are the two little piggies that ran in crying all the way home. Trust me. Alright, I I actually mixed a bunch of uh, 00:04:30 children's fables right there. That's okay. Alright, so go ahead. Uh, if you will, Chad challenge plot. 00:04:36 What are you looking forward to and what are you doing? Oh well we we're in together the same way. I think me and Stephanie are in it at 00:04:41 my place and I don't know who I'm a guest at your place. It your against me. So it's gonna be good. 00:04:45 I mean we all, we look forward to challenge plots every year. Imma your place too. It's uh, the things we do 00:04:50 with Aquid from all the field days is always an eye-opener. You know, last year ours was dealing on ROI another one was 00:04:57 a deal on $4, $6, $8 corn. You know, so it's always got a good plot behind it and it's, everything we do is represented to 00:05:03 what farmers need to do in the field or, or have done, you know, and then you got four or five different avenues to get somewhere. 00:05:09 I mean I think it's a good deal. GayLynn and uh, Stephanie, what should we expect? Uh, challenge plot 2025. 00:05:14 Yeah. At the end you should expect that the team that consists of Giant Rail, Kevin, Kevin Matthew's, temple Roads and me were were taking the trophy. 00:05:23 Okay, but the learning expectations since Sure. More about educating the competing Get him Steph. Well I'm hoping that we all will do very 00:05:30 well 'cause that's how people learn. However, I'm thinking that she, she's More about education in competition. 00:05:37 I won the corn, I won the corn, I won the, But see that's how you win. You kind of just lay low for a while 00:05:42 and you come in and win at the end. Johnny ate together. No, no part. Do not pair John. Everybody's gonna be 00:05:50 okay. It's gonna be alright. Yeah, but who won last year? Hey, you know the big deal. 00:05:56 Hey, I I don't like competition again. Yeah, I did one last year. Hey, You got the two alpha dogs on the same 00:06:02 team. Y'all are in trouble, I promise you. Which means they'll both fight with each other with your zero acres a week. 00:06:08 It doesn't matter. I can still grow it. This is kinda like what happened when Pippin felt like he was being outdone by Jordan. 00:06:15 You got, this is gonna be a failure. Um, I see probably a failure. I'm putting my money on Johnny Rell 00:06:20 and Stephanie if they ever team up and if not, I Well, I like it. I'm kinda like you. These guys are too 00:06:25 showy and too competitive. I thought I was your favorite. Yeah, maybe not right now. Me and Johnny Rell are clearly the two guys that, 00:06:31 uh, we're not into show. Me and Johnny aren't in the show. We're just, and we're not in the competitive types right in the show. 00:06:36 Yeah. Anyway, keep up with us on all of our social media and on a Tree Mag Farm. 00:06:41 Also on Cutting the Curve podcast. We'll be talking about these challenge pots. You know what the best way to learn is to go out sometimes 00:06:47 and get your ass handed to you. Ask Matt Miles tell next time. 00:06:49.825 --> 00:06:52.165