The Water Table Podcast
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The Water Table podcast is a place to learn about agricultural water management topics that impact our industry. Jamie Duininck hosts thought-provoking conversations with a wide variety of experts on topics such as drainage best practices, product standards, technical answers, conservation efforts, land values, crop health, economic impact, system design, safety issues, and more.
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First-gen contractors: two paths into drainage
Episode 149 | 20:57 min
With Guests:
- Nate Ludvigson, Ludvigson Tiling
- Dustin Nelson, 605 Tile & Drain
- Karl Guetter, Prinsco Agricultural Segment Lead
Most drainage contractors grow up in the business. Nate Ludvigson and Dustin Nelson didn’t. With a borrowed plow and a cousin’s backhoe, Nate started Ludvigson Tiling near Madison, Minnesota almost 20 years ago. Dustin launched 605 Tile & Drain in 2021 near Summit, South Dakota, jumping in with both feet after years of farming and seeing the difference tiling made on his own farm.
Host Jamie Duininck and Prinsco’s Karl Guetter sit down with Nate and Dustin to have a tailgate talk about the sacrifices of starting a business from nothing, balancing farming with contracting, the hardest jobs left in the industry, and what they hope the next 10 years look like. Near the end of the conversation, Dustin turns the tables by asking Jamie and Karl a question– wondering how AI might change the relationship between contractors and manufacturers.
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