“Worst start to a podcast ever!” Hosts Jeff Jarrett and Sal Sama are joined by returning guest Brian Scheid for this episode of The High Ground powered by Premier Companies. Jeff and Sal better watch what they say, because Brian is the Director of HR, and Environmental Health and Safety.

On today’s episode, you’ll learn a lot about the Human Resources side of Premier Companies. With around 550 people in a company, there’s a lot to juggle, from recruiting and onboarding to payroll and benefits. Brian and his team have a lot on their plate! Brian, Jeff, and Sal will share about the turnover they’ve seen across departments and the generational makeup of their staff and the safety component of Brian’s role, including wild safety stories! We’ll leave it up to you as to whether or not it’s actually the worst start to a podcast episode.

Welcome to Geek Week! For this episode of The High Ground powered by Premier Companies, Jeff Jarrett and Sal Sama are joined by James Driscoll and Matt Persinger in the podcast room. James is the Chief Technology Officer, and Matt is the IT Project Manager, both of Premier Companies.

You’ll learn about Premier’s IT department and the variety of adventures that come at them on a daily basis. From last-minute trips due to router failures to everyone’s favorite question, “Is it plugged in?” you never know what you’ll get in Premier’s IT department. You’ll learn more about why Premier takes cyber security seriously and the types of tests they give their internal employees to make sure they’re not just clicking on any old link. From learning about the team’s protection against hackers and ransomware to protection against credential harvesting, you’ll learn about the steps Premier Ag takes to keep their information and their customer information safe.

How should you time your nutritional and fungicide applications? To shed insight on that topic on this episode of the High Ground powered by Premier Companies, Glenn Longabaugh joins Sal Sama, VP of Agronomy Sales and Marketing and Jeff Jarrett, VP of New Business Ventures and Fertilizer for Premier Ag. Unless you’re brand new to the podcast, you already know and love Glenn, who is the Agronomist for Premier Companies.

Glenn will share his thoughts about the current state of our crops and why certain soilborne pathogens including brown stem rot and red crown rot can’t be influenced much by fungicides and how they can cause significant yield loss. You’ll also hear about the ideal application and timing of fungicides and nutritionals on soybeans and how Premier account reps can help growers figure out the correct timing for their fields. “If we can do what’s best for the crop, it’ll almost always make the grower more money.”