Hi, I'm Tony Kramer, your host of the Agriculture Technology Podcast, and I'm sitting

down with agriculture technology and equipment experts to help you enhance your operation

for today, tomorrow, and into the future.

In this episode, I sit down with Ryan Steen to discuss the value of the John Deere Operations

Center with a focus on the small grains market

of agriculture.

With that, let's dive into the show.

Thank you very much, Ryan, for sitting down with me and chatting a little bit more about

the John Deer Operations Center.

We know there's value out there.

It's been around for a number of years.

But in this episode, we kind of wanted to focus on that small grain customer, the small grain market. And really where we've identified that there's opportunity there and we'll get into more of that in the show here. But really showing those small grain customers or explaining to them the value of the

operations center and what they can do with it going forward.

So before we dive into the show, why don't you just introduce yourself, Ryan, tell us a little

bit about who you are, where you come from, and how you got to where you are today.

Yeah, Tony, thanks for having me on the show.

So my name is Ryan Steen. Currently, I'm the go-to-market manager at John Deere for our digital

products such as the operations center and also around connectivity. So connecting machines, whether that's

your tractor, combine, or other vehicles on the farm to our digital platform.

So some of my background, I grew up on a family farm in eastern Iowa,

went to Iowa State University for engineering as my undergraduate degree.

And coming out of school, I spent a few years in the petrochem industry,

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