We’re on the road at a contractor round-table for this episode of The Water Table podcast. Jamie sits down with Ross Wetherell, a drainage contractor from Northwest Iowa, who came to the family business in a round-about way. From horse training in North Carolina and Ohio and doing horse shows in Las Vegas and Arizona, learn why Ross Wetherell thinks Northwest Iowa is the place to be; and how he’s using technology to help farmers increase yields, causing a ripple effect in the overall economy in rural America.
Chapters & Episode Topics:
00:00 Intro
00:12 Welcome Ross Wetherell
00:56 The history of business
01:44 Horse training
03:35 The hotbed of horses
04:54 The passion of family business
05:31 Drainage is cool
06:59 The ripple effect
07:43 The business plan
08:35 Rural Iowa is awesome
10:29 What’s exciting?
10:48 All the technology
12:05 I need pipe right away!
12:30 Education in the industry
14:00 Iowa is leading the pack
Guest Info:
Ross Wetherell is a 3rd generation drainage contractor in Peterson, Iowa. He owns Wetherell Sand and Gravel, a family business specializing in GPS farm drainage.
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