Agronomy Operation, Training Young Employees, & Procrastination

How do you decide how to adopt new technology and bigger machines? Eric Hoene joins hosts Sal Sama and Jeff Jarrett in the podcast room for today’s episode of The High Ground powered by Premier Companies. Eric has been working for Premier for over 30 years and has most recently been managing one of the largest fertilizer plants Premier has. He is now the newly-promoted Director of Operations for Agronomy.

Eric will share how his career has evolved over the years and what his transition has looked like as he’s moved into the Director of Operations role. You’ll also learn the opportunities he’s had to work with managers across the agronomy division. Eric will describe the variety of tasks managers end up tackling to make sure operations are running smoothly. Sal, Eric, and Jeff will also discuss the challenges of training new employees who haven’t had a background on the farm. “Come up with a plan. Get with the account manager or branch manager on what the plan is for the season… You can’t communicate too much in season.”