Tom Menke Consultant Interview

We recently started interviewing some of our consultants that have been with us for many years as part of our new Consultant Outreach Program. By doing this we are hoping to be able to share some of their experiences and knowledge with some of our other consultants, who might have questions or just simply need to hear the wise words of someone that has been through all the ups and downs over the years. These Consultants have been wonderful to give us a few minutes of their time and we thank them for that. We look forward to future talks with them and future talks with other consultants as we grow our Outreach Program.

We recently talked to Tom Menke, who has been a consultant for over 40 years. He has done a lot of crop consultants, nutrient work, and has been mostly focused on environmental work. With having knowledge in more then one area of consultant, Tom can offer much value in helping spread his knowledge in your consultant community.
Tom mentions in his short interview that just because as consultants we are good agronomist, that doesn’t mean we are very good business people. Being in this industry for as long as Tom has he has learnt ways to learn and become that good business person. It takes a lot of different aspects to make a business succeed, and Tom has learnt a lot of those over the years. Take some time and listen to Tom’s full interview and you just might learn a thing or two!

Go to our YouTube channel in order to listen to the recent consultants that we had the opportunity to sit down and speak with.
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