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 talk with Andrew Speed about some of the digital

solutions that RDO Australia is bringing to the table.

With that, let's dive into the show.

As I mentioned, we have an episode here with RDO Australia.

Andrew Speed was gracious enough to join us, taking some time out of his day,

to talk about some of the unique digital solutions

that RDO Australia is bringing to the table for our customers and the ag industry within Australia.

So before we get started, Andrew, why don't you go ahead and introduce yourself, tell our listeners

a little bit about who you are,

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

Well, thanks for having me on your podcast.

I guess I'm just going back a bit here, probably giving my age away.

But after I left school and Ag College in the late 80s, went home on our family grain and

cotton farm on the Black Soar Plains of the Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia, spent 22 years farming with the family.

Sited for a change.

It was going to actually do an electrician's apprenticeship, but then was offered this job at our local John Deere dealership Vanderfield in Precision Ag Team.

RDO bought 50% share in about 2012 and just after I started,

probably about four or five years ago, bought the remaining shares. So I've been with

the Precision Ag Department now for about 12 years, various roles, but currently my role is

business development manager in digital.

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