- [Bart] Hi, my name is Bart Elder.
- [Bailey] I'm Bailey Boyert.
- [Ty] Ty Hartwick.
- [Mark] My name is Mark Meinders.
- My name is Travis Core,
and I'm the manager of the
forage parts department.
- I'm a territory manager
for the forage division.
- And I'm the marketing lead
for our Forage Solutions department.
- I'm the engineering manager for the
Forage Solutions team here at Vermeer.
- And I work in the baler assembly area.
- I understand the needs of a farmer,
being a farmer myself back in the 90s.
I had a Vermeer 605 Super J baler,
that I started custom baling with
and ran that for two
years, and then traded that
on a brand new 605 K baler,
and operated that for another three years.
So I understand the
urgency of those customers,
how important it is to
have quality products and
support from a dealer,
and keep that customer going.
- I grew up on a farm,
grew up showing cattle,
grew up around machinery and equipment,
and just really knowing what it's like
for our customers, and what
their mindset might be.
I certainly understood what
our customers' challenges were.
I understood what it meant to, if you got
only two cuttings instead of three,
or if you didn't have enough
hay to go through the winter,
or things got dry, and I feel like I can
use that to allow us to
produce better content
and content that's more
relatable to our customers
and what they do every day.
- I run a farm myself.
I got about 160 acres of row crop,
plus some pasture and some hay for cows.
I've had my own baler
for about 20 years now.
Started with the old F, then went to a K.
Now, I'm running an M.
So, I've been through quite
a few series of 'em already.
So with that experience
of being home runnin' it,
that gives me the opportunity to come back
to work looking at them small details,
making sure all the hardware is tight.
'Cause the customer, he's ready to go,
and he wants it to work right.
- I've grown up around
Vermeer hay equipment
most of my life.
My grandpa worked here
as a territory manager,
so I, as a young kid, that
was kind of the first color
of iron I knew was yellow iron.
We had a cattle operation, so we were
putting up hay every summer.
Kind of my biggest passion is making sure
we've got the parts that customers
need when they need them.
We wanna make that as
painless as possible.
- I've been around Vermeer hay equipment
as long as I can remember.
My grandfather was a Vermeer ag dealer
when I was a kid.
One of my early
responsibilities on the farm
was running a Vermeer hay
mower, the three-point mower.
So when putting together the team
for the forage engineering group,
there's a high percentage
of farm kids in that circle,
that grew up on the farm.
There's a whole lot of
people that understand
what our customers do on a daily basis,
and that is strategic.
It's intentional.
- And so that's what I love
the most about Vermeer.
You know, we're a team that's
built of a lot of farm kids
and a lot of ranchers and producers,
and that really makes it enjoyable
to come to work every day.
- And one thing that I
really love about my job
here at Vermeer, is the fact that
I get to go out and work
with these cattle producers,
and I wanna make sure that's gonna be
a great experience for them.
- Part of why I've enjoyed
all my years at Vermeer
is I still get to create on a daily basis,
and I get to solve problems
for people that really care
and are really trying to do good things.
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