Episode 39: Eric Hall- Tree Farm Consultant, Inventor of Monarch Auger

Welcome back for Episode number 6, of Season 2 of The Growing Revolution- Smart PotCast. Our guest this week is Eric Hall, who we have known for a number of years as a tree nursery manager, and as he was developing the Monarch Auger.Installing fabric, in-ground bags can be a labor-intensive operation, but with Eric's Monarch Auger, it's a breeze! Labor needed to install 150 in-ground bags a day goes from 14, down to 3 or 4. Labor being one of the largest expenses in any agricultural operation, being able to save on that manpower helps to achieve a positive return on investment within 50 hours of operation. Also, with the Monarch Auger, native soil can be amended with microbes and/or fertilizer to give it a faster time to harvest from 20-40%, which is HUGE, when you are talking about a product that takes 3-4 years to mature/harvest. Eric has been a longtime fan of our Root Control Bags as a production tool to help tree farmers achieve better profitability. The farmers that hire him as a consultant, and take his advice, are going to be the standard model for the tree nursery industry for many years to come. For more information, or to get in touch with Eric, please visit monarchaugers.com