When the developers of ag precision software TerrainIQ asked agronomists what farmers need to be successful, every one of them said the same thing: nothing works without water management. Yet water analysis is the one piece most farm data tools leave out. Carter Quam and Mike Tveten join host Trey Allis to share what their company, Terrain, has learned since those early days and why the current version of their software compiles land, water, tile, and yield data all in one place.
Carter and Mike explain how the TerrainIQ platform uses public data to help farmers and landowners understand field performance, identify areas that can be improved, and make smart investment decisions. They dive into the ROI of tiling and talk about why the best return usually comes from productive ground that stays wet. They also offer advice on spotting undersized mains and failing tile, digitizing hand-drawn tile maps, sharing data with your tile contractor or agronomist, and how their tool takes the guesswork out of agriculture water management.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:28 What is TerrainIQ?
02:29 Why water has been left out of precision ag
04:58 Stacking public and private data layers
06:19 Ranking fields to find the right investment
08:03 Running ROI scenarios farm by farm
08:29 Prioritizing farms across your operation
09:36 Finding undersized mains and failing tile
10:37 Yield still left on a pattern-tiled farm
14:00 Other users of farm data
16:29 Sharing data with your tile contractor and agronomist
17:27 Putting decision-making power in landowners’ hands
19:59 Adding soil sample data
21:22 Where the data is available
25:32 Digitizing hand-drawn tile maps
27:32 Tile design, lift stations, and remote monitoring
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