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Agtech - So What? — 218 episodes
Are we thinking about trees on farms all wrong? with Michael Taylor
What if every plant was a sensor? with Gary Schaefer
Can Tech Make Agriculture Brands More Authentic? With Jim Gall
Why Good Agtech Doesn't Always Get Adopted, with Chad Godsey
The future of food is in taste, with futurist Mike Lee
Why soil health and profitability are deeply connected, with Nic Kentish
Can dairy’s waste stream power beef’s future? with Daniel Carson
Business Model Breakdowns with Shane Thomas: The Monsanto Playbook
Can biomaterials compete on price, not just purpose? with Tina Funder
Better Outcomes, Not Lower Costs: rethinking agtech in horticulture, with Mark Trzaskoma
Business Model Breakdowns with Shane Thomas: Co-Ops and their future in Ag
Halter’s $2 billion question, with founder Craig Piggott
The Seven Year Itch: What We Got Wrong (and Right) in Australian Agtech, with Sam Duncan and Natalie Engel
The Innovation Sweet Spot: Aligning Corporates, Startups and Investors, with Brad Fruth and Frank Wooten
AI as a Competitive Farming Advantage, Paul Windemuller
Beyond Scale: Native Grains and Indigenous-Led Food Systems with Jacob Birch
The Future of Farming is Autonomous, with Brett McMickell of Kubota
Making underwater forestry scalable and sustainable, with Andrew Morgan of Hydrowood
Have we hit the tipping point for autonomy in ag? With Shane Thomas and Matthew Pryor
The Business Case for Electrifying Agriculture, with Cherry Grower Mike Casey
The realities of winding up an agtech app, with Nikki Davey
Agtech trends: bundling, unbundling, LLMs and more with Shane Thomas and Matthew Pryor
Putting cotton farmers at the forefront of the cotton industry, with Marzia Lanfranchi
Will China’s cheaper tractors disrupt ag equipment? With Lachlan Monsbourgh
From agtech adoption problems to high performance farming teams, with Kevin Boyle, EFI
Can robotics solve farm labor challenges? with Sophie Thorel and Connie Bowen
Are agtech startups just digital agribusinesses? Mark Kahn, Omnivore
How “Food is Medicine” Could Change Food and Farm Economics with Brad McNamara
How Policy Hamstrings AgTech in California with Walt Duflock
Is AI the Secret to Next Gen Soil Sampling? with Jack Oslan and Nate Storey
Disrupting the AgTech Ecosystem with Ron Adner
Making Sense of Recent AgTech Acquisitions with Shane Thomas
How GLP-1 Drugs are Reshaping the Food and Ag Landscape with Mary Shelman
Beyond VC: Redeemable Equity in AgTech with Connie Bowen
Merging AgTech Startups to Multiply Value and Impact with Ron Hannam
Paying for Ag R&D When Consumers Won’t with Brooke Sauer of Boolah
A Business Model for Novel Ingredients with Jake Berber At Prefer
Solving for Adoption and Channel in AgTech… So what? with Shane Thomas
From Demo Farms to Adoption with Wine Australia
Killing Weeds Without Poison with Liam Hescock at Azaneo
2025 in AgTech… So what? with Shane Thomas
How Business Model Innovation Changed AgTech in 2024
Shortening the Long Game in Livestock Breeding with Gerard Davis from Nbryo
Rethinking Who Pays in Irrigation AgTech with Jairo Trad
The Two Faces of Global ESG in Ag with Catherine Marriott
Fractal Ag Pitch Breakdown with Ben Gordon and Shane Thomas
Investing in Regenerative Agriculture Supply Chains with Calla Rose Ostrander
When Kansas Drys up… in 2050 with Dan Northrup
Unconventional Farmer-led Finance Strategies with Quint Pottinger
Ag’s Scifi (and Non-Fiction) Future: Horizon Scanning… so what? with Shane Thomas
Citrus Moves North with Farmer and Orangepreneur Lindy Savelle
How Syngenta is thinking about AI with Feroz Sheikh
AgTech News …So What? July 2024 with Shane Thomas
Evaluating Biologicals Businesses with Joel Lipsitch
Rebooting AgTech Software with AI, with Rhishi Pethe
How green is sustainable aviation fuel? With Cris Handel
AgTech News …So What? May 2024 with Shane Thomas
The Many Faces of Farm Security with John Hill
Landfill to Farm-fill: Rethinking Waste with Sam Coulton
Biosecurity Meets AgTech: Preparing for a hotter sicker world with Sarah Britton
AgTech News …So What? March 2024 with Shane Thomas
Generics, Biologicals, and the Volatile Farm Inputs Market with Sam Taylor, Rabobank
Getting into the Weeds: AI, Computer Vision, and the Future of Non-Chemical Weeding
How Small Growers Think about AgTech, with Sam Godwin, Washington Apple Grower
AgTech News …So What? January 2024 with Shane Thomas
AgTech 2023… So What? A Wrap-up
Reflecting on Nowadays, a Tenacious Portfolio Company Wind Down
How Can Agtech Startups and Corporates Do More Together?
What do LPs Look for In AgTech Funds?
How Outside Forces are Shaping the Food System with Ian Proudfoot, KPMG
Methane and the Climate Commitments that Matter Most Today
Bringing Systems Thinking to the Global Fertilizer Industry with Alzbeta Klein
Marc Arnusch on how farmers are using ChatGPT
Cultivating Agility at a Multi-Generational Food Company with Standard Meat
“Who’s investing in agribusiness?” from EvokeAg 2023
Is Vertical Farming Dead? With Sebastien Eckersley-Maslin from Phyllome
Electrifying the Farm with David Meyers of GridTractor
Transforming the Future of Australian Ag Retail with Rob Dawes
Race to Define the Future of Ag Retail with Shane Thomas of Upstream Ag Insights
On-Farm Food Loss and Beyond with Sarah Hulick and Olympia Yarger
How to Create Incentives for Circularity in Food System Waste
Challenges with Investing in Food Waste Tech with Closed Loop Partners and Olympia Yarger of Goterra
Collaborating at the Intersection of Dairy and Alt-Dairy, with Michael Hampson from Norco Cooperative
How to Invest in Deep Tech in Agri-food, Tenaciously
Unlocking Phosphorus for the Future of Fertility with Hunter Swisher of Phospholutions
Can Molecular Farming Replace Cows with Crops? with Amos Palfreyman of Miruku
Transforming Animal Waste into Renewable Fertilizer with Jordan Phasey from Phinite
Future of Fertilizer... So What? with Tim Hammerich from Future of Agrculture
AgTech Headlines… So What? - Mineral Launch, Planet Labs Insurance, Deere Right-to-Repair
Building a Food Business Ecosystem from the Farm Up, with Michael Bosworth of Next Generation Foods
2022: The Year of Risk at AgTech… So What?
Shifting from Climate Measurement to Risk Mitigation, with Cullen Gunn from Kilter Rural
Why is autonomy in ag so hard? With Ray Russell and Connie Bowen
From Buyer Beware to Seller Beware in Agtech
The Future of Fertilizer - Nitrogen: Part 2, with Jupiter Ionics and Kula Bio
The Future of Fertilizer - Nitrogen, with Jupiter Ionics and Kula Bio
On-Farm Climate Risks and the Future of Ag Finance with Clay Govier
Legacy Finance Eyes Agtech, with Wells Fargo
Systems Thinking and the Legacy of Big Food, with Dr Nigel Hughes, Kellogg
Changing the Risk Profile of Agriculture: a farmer's perspective on parametric insurance
What Commodity Agriculture Can Learn from Organic Farming, with Amy Bruch, Cyclone Farms
Defining the Future of Ag Advocacy, with Emma Germano, Victorian Farmers Federation
Bonus Ep: Audience Responses to "The Three Fears of Farm Data"
The Three Categories of Autonomy in Agriculture, with Andrew Bate, SwarmFarm Robotics
The Incentives, Barriers, and Willingness to Pay for Carbon Programs in Agriculture, with Emma Fuller, Corteva Agriscience
Ag Insurance...So What?
The Future of Insurance in Agriculture, with Damon Johnson, Global Ag Risk Solutions
Bonus Ep: Ag Insurance 101
From the Vault: Mark Wootton on Carbon-Neutral Farming at Jigsaw Farms
Making Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty, with Hallie Shoffner
Bonus Ep: The Three Fears of Farm Data
Services and Software for On-Farm Autonomy, with Iftach Birger of FieldIn
Navigating Economic Development and the Social Fabric of Agriculture, with Elizabeth Brennan, Wide Open Agriculture
Unscrambling Go-to-Market and Brand in Alternative Protein, with Tanja Bogumil, Perfeggt
Bonus Ep: The State of Fundraising in Agtech
Investing Beyond the Farmgate with Ben Barlow, New Edge Microbials
Meeting in the Middle on Sustainable Supply Chains - Jessie Deelo, Vayda
The Authenticity Premium in AgTech Marketing with Camille Grade from Bushel and Travis Martin from Magnetic Ag
Win-Win Business Models for Farmers and Startups with Marissa Cuevas Flores of MicroTERRA
Genetics, biosecurity, and the cutest sheep in the world with Dr Belinda Cardinal, Caprotek
The Tricky Business of Scaling Soil Tech - Adam Litle, CEO, Sound Agriculture
FROM THE VAULT: Mark Ferguson on science, sheep, and the tech-enabled future of genetics
What's the role of government in agtech ecosystems? Salvatore Lavallo, Abu Dhabi Investment Office
Bonus Ep: Later-Stage Agtech Startup Wrap, feat. Anastasia Volkova, Regrow
Later-Stage Agtech Startup Lessons #3 - Charles Baron, Farmers Business Network
Later-Stage Agtech Startup Lessons #2 - Paul Lightfoot, BrightFarms
Later-Stage Agtech Startup Lessons #1 - Michael Gilbert, Semios
Bonus: Investing in tech to enable regen ag
Why You Should Give a F*ck About Farming - Gabrielle Chan
Farmers and Startups: Lessons and Tips for Collaborating
Bonus: The Economics of Valuing Natural Capital - Ken Henry, former Treasury Secretary of Australia
100th Episode Special: our most popular guests on soil carbon, regen ag, and the future of agtech
Getting Off the Commodities Treadmill - Loran Steinlage
Designing Crops to Change the Plant-Based Food System - Matt Crisp, Benson Hill
Bonus Episode: Did Silicon Valley Kill Agtech?
Carbon neutrality and tackling misinformation in red meat - Jason Strong, Meat and Livestock Australia
Is the Future of Farming Hands-Free?
Biologicals and chemistry: finding ways to commercialize the science
BONUS EP: Capitalism for Good, feat. David Lee from AppHarvest and Impossible Foods
Biologicals: snake oil or science, and how do we know?
What's caused the farmer protests in India and what does it mean for innovation in Ag?
Bonus Episode: The five forces shaping the future of food and ag, with Sarah Nolet
Sustainable Supply Chains: eliminating waste and unlocking business opportunities
Lean Farming - Jana Hocken brings Toyota's famous operating model to agriculture
New Zealand's Dairy Pollution Problem - how an urgent issue is driving innovation
Bringing the public with you... lessons in social license and plant genetics, with Vonnie Estes
What's the incentive? Drivers and barriers to turning soil carbon into a commodity
The agtech adoption dilemma: Irrigation
The promises and pitfalls of making livestock sustainable
Can a small non-profit farm near NYC change the food system?
Busting food and farming myths - Rob Paarlberg on a scientific approach to food policy
How can big companies like Coca-Cola impact the sustainability of our food system?
What it's REALLY like to work in an agtech startup
Breaking into agtech when you're not from a farm and "don't look the part"
Scaling up Soil Carbon Markets - feat. guests from Cargill, Nori and more!
Farming eggs the startup way - Sarah Sivyer on continuous improvement and customer intimacy
Changing human behavior - how Matt Crozier introduced technology to a 200 year old sheep station
From defense to disruption, how companies are approaching sustainability in the food system, with Mary Shelman
"Not a cheerleader, not the enemy", journalist Sarah Mock on making windows in the walls around agriculture
Regen Ag Series #5: Our Verdict
Regen Ag Series #4: Greenwashing or Good Business? Live debate.
Supplying sustainable beef to McDonalds with Nicole-Johnson-Hoffman of OSI Group
Regen Ag Series #3: Why major food companies are supporting regen ag with Jay Watson of General Mills
Regen Ag Series #2: Sam Trethewey on applying startup business model insights to produce carbon positive beef
Regen Ag Series #1: Mark Wootton on carbon-neutral farming at Jigsaw Farms
Ep 70: Karmen Mehmen on growing a family farm through 40 years of change
Ep 69: Renée Anderson "Cotton Farm Girl" on social media and social license
Ep 68: David Carter on becoming the world's only carbon neutral fishing company
Ep 67: tips from three leading farmers using tech everyday (live from evokeAG)
Ep 66: Jim Chambers (Trimble) and Derek Norman (Bayer) on agtech acquisitions
Episode 65: The Alternative Protein Debate: live from Australia's first virtual, national agtech meetup
Ep 64 Pete Nelson on partnering with growers to build better agtech
Ep63 Evan Fraser on 3 barriers to agtech adoption and impacts of COVID-19 on agriculture
Ep 62 Allison Kopf on indoor ag business models and women in agtech (rebroadcast)
BONUS Episode: Live panel from evokeAG 2020 featuring global agrifood tech experts
Ep61 Alisdair Tulloch on the first-mover advantages of going carbon neutral
Ep 60 Mark Ferguson on science, sheep, and the tech-enabled future of genetics
Ep 59: Mic Fels on startup buzzwords and where the real value is in agtech
Ep 58: Fiona Aveyard on drought, dust storms, and value-adding
Ep 57 Fee Turner and Lee Coleman on being farmers and agtech founders
Stuart Austin on the tools for regenerative agriculture
Meet two of the farmer-led startups in the Farmers2Founders Bootcamp
Aidan Connolly on facial recognition for cows
(Live Panel) What does it take for researchers & startups to collaborate in agtech?
Murray Scholz on the GMO and Sheep Controversies
Victor Friedberg on Systems Investing and Transition from Commodity to Identity
Tim Hammerich on Careers in AgTech
Ep 49: Rachel Hay on the role of women in agtech adoption
Ep 48: Peter Thompson (responding to climate risk)
Episode 47: Live Q&A with Dan Harburg of IndigoAg
Ep. 46 - Ben Krasnostein (responding to climate risk)
E45 Andrew Whitlock (Theme: getting agtech ready)
Ep 44: Karin Stark and Jon Elder (responding to climate risk)
Episode 43: Jess and Matt Fealy (Theme: getting agtech ready)
Episode 42: Anika Molesworth (Theme: responding to climate risk)
Episode 41: Lachlan Sutton, Southern Cross Farms (Theme: getting agtech ready)
Episode 40: Tim Rethus (Theme: Getting AgTech Ready)
Episode 39: An Update from AgTech - So What
Episode 38: Angus Street, AuctionsPlus
Episode 37: Anthony Rudd, I-AG
Episode 36: The Digital Ag Collective
Episode 35: EvokeAG Special 2. Live Panel - Faster, Smarter Farms
Episode 34: EvokeAG Special. Live Panel - Alternative Farming
Episode 33: Matt Roesner
Episode 32: Jennifer Medway
Episode 31: Viv And Margaret
Episode 30: Rob Sharkey, The Shark Farmer
Episode 29: Will MacSmith
Episode 28: Mark Mortimer
Episode 27: Carl Lippert - FeedX
Episode 26: Chris McLoughlin - Mycelia Organics
Season Two Teaser
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Episode 25 : Dr Jaci Brown : On The Weather And Researchers Working With Agtech Startups.
Episode 24- Brooke Sauer On Closing The Gap Between Growers, Agronomists And Technology
Episode 23 - Allison Kopf On Redefining What It Means To Farm
Episode 22 - Kevin Heikes With Perspectives On Agtech From Over 20 Years In The Space
Episode 21 - Seana Day On What's Hot In Livestock And Dairy Tech