299: 7 Planting Tips For A Profitable 2025

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Are You Planting for Profit—or Just Following the Calendar?

In this episode of the A Better Way to Farm Podcast, we’re covering 7 tips to improve profitability this season because when you plant with intention, you plant for profit. We’re sharing 7 real and actionable strategies you can use right now to improve planting outcomes and set yourself up for a better harvest.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

The S.E.E.D. method and how to use it in your fields;
Practical tips to improve stand counts and yields; and
Practical tips to improve stand counts and yields.

It’s never wrong to do the right thing—and we’re here to help you make this season profitable.

328 episodes

299: 7 Planting Tips For A Profitable 2025

published about a year ago

MP3•Episode home

Are You Planting for Profit—or Just Following the Calendar?

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

The S.E.E.D. method and how to use it in your fields;
Practical tips to improve stand counts and yields; and
Practical tips to improve stand counts and yields.

It’s never wrong to do the right thing—and we’re here to help you make this season profitable.

328 episodes

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299: 7 Planting Tips For A Profitable 2025 11:21

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