Logan Chamberlain
Appearances
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
Thank you, Tanner. Thanks for having me on.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
Perfect. So my name is Logan Chamberlain. I am the Agriculture Market Manager for Advanced Drainage Systems based out of Hilliard, Ohio. And in addition to working in the water management side of the house, I also farm, grain farmer in Northwest Ohio.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
Yep, absolutely. So a little bit about advanced drainage systems or ADS. So we started in 1966. Right before then, people were doing drainage improvements on their farms a lot of the times right here in the heart of Ohio with clay tile. So very manual, very difficult to install, but folks knew then the importance of kind of managing the water that they had within their field. So
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
ADS started truly kind of changed the game for drainage as they were the innovators of the corrugated plastic pipe. So now it's very common, right? You see these big tile rolls out in fields, you know exactly what's happening. ADS was proud to be the innovator of that product back in the 60s and to this day will still continue to innovate.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
Started in the ag market and really are the name that farmers and contractors can count on for their water management systems.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
Yes, absolutely. And I think, you know, that's a common thing, even something that I thought about, right, of it's just pipe. What, you know, what's it matter? And so truly something we're incredibly proud of is that Advanced Range Systems or ADS has now opened a very large state-of-the-art engineering facility. And that's where you kind of can get to see everything come to life, right?
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
So when you're working within tenths of an inch and you have to have the proper grade in order to truly move water throughout your field and into the proper waterways, that matters. That engineering and the science that goes into creating the right form and fit of a pipe It's critical.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
And so that's where a lot of that innovation is coming of not only making the product better and last, but also what the experience of that product is for our contractors and installing it truly into our field.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
Yes. So number one, what everyone loves and wants to see at the end of the year is profit. And so truly, right, we know that everything from a good, healthy crop starts within that soil, right? And so you're making decisions on seed and chem and fruit inputs. And this is all about making sure that the ground and your, you know, that incredibly valuable asset is working its hardest for you.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
So not only just removing excess water, but having water in the right place at the right time.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
Yes, absolutely. So a lot of it is just, you know, right, how are we getting the right product available for your soil? So it is down to You know, what perforation patterns are we using? Is that fit for your soil CECs? What is going to be able to enable your soil to truly act as the sponge that it is? Right. And it kind of sounds so simple at the end of the day.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
And that's what I love about drainage and kind of water management is that it sells itself. Right. You see it once and you know that it's a great solution for your farm, whether you have too much water. Some of our country was in a drought this year. I was affected by that.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
um and you know you're able to kind of see over tile lines when things are too dry those crops are growing in a better manner because your roots are getting down deeper they've got a better space structure they're able to get up out of the ground a little bit sooner um and something that we've heard right now right especially as weather is so volatile across the country mother nature is hard to control um our field drainage and having a pattern tile system on your field
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
is allowing farmers to get into that ground sooner, right? They've got a three-day window and they need to be taking advantage of all of it. And a lot of those times, those fields that they couldn't get into, they're able to within the first year even of installing drainage tile on their field.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
yes absolutely and that is uh you know something i think we love to tote right a lot of times as a farmer right i wear that cap in addition to my corporate hat uh you hear like sustainability and immediately think like this can't be profitable and i think that there's a great thing to be noted that you can be sustainable and profitable um at the same time using especially starting with drainage management systems so we are one of the largest plastics recyclers in north america
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
And a part of that engineering center that we do, right, we are taking recycled material from across the country, cleaning and purifying it. Of course, it has to hit certain standards. And then using that within material science to make sure that we're creating a product that not only meets but exceeds every single industry standard necessary for drainage requirements.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
So a pretty cool thing that we can keep, you know, plastic out of landfills. I think over last year was over 500 billion pounds that we kept out of a landfill and put back to better use on our agricultural ground.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
Million. Million. Sorry. 500 million.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
Yes, absolutely. We are doing our part.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
I love a good pun. That's a great one, by the way, Tanner. So really kind of what's coming down the pipe is thinking about more than just the true drainage system. What else can we be adding in? I think across the country, there is a push from a conservation manner and standpoint. And we know that there's a lot of work and research going into what more can we be doing as farmers, right?
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
And so that's coming from our water control structures that we work with. We will make recommendations on when and how those can be utilized in your fields. to hold back water when you need to, or kind of be able to adjust those levels. Another thing is lift stations, right?
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
There's a lot of parts of this country that they don't have the gravity or an outlet to be able to say, you know, maybe I can't tile because I don't have anywhere for this water to go. And so the other things, right, a big component is a lift station in the event that you need a different outlet or something. being able to use a lift station and then enable drainage water management on your farm.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
So that's a big one. They are getting more and more popular, especially as people see them work and see the rewards and see the benefits. And so that's kind of full steam ahead for us in the coming year.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
Yes, we absolutely do. So one of our biggest shows that we will be at this year is NACAID. So it's the North American Conservation Drainage Expo in Indianapolis. So we will be there in January and honestly showing off all of our innovations. So a lift station will be on display as well as our automated maxi trailer.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
So that is a much safer delivery to the farm field and some of the other great innovations that we have coming out to make life easier for our farmers and contractors. So all of that will be on display. And then, of course, a lot of regional shows as well, such as National Farm Machinery Show, etc.,
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
Yes, absolutely. So you can find us online at adspipe.com backslash agriculture. And then, of course, if you want to get in touch with your local sales rep, I think we've got the absolute best in the game on team here at ADS. But you can find your local ag rep in your state as well through that website.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Inside the Farm Plan: Corey Talks Growing Season Strategies w/ AgXplore
Thanks so much for having us, Tanner.