Future of Agriculture

Future of Agriculture

This show explores the people, companies, and ideas shaping the future of the agriculture industry. Every week, Tim Hammerich talks to the farmers, founders, innovators and investors to share stories of agtech, sustainability, resiliency and the future of food. We believe innovation is an important part of the future of agriculture, and real change comes from collaboration between scientists, entrepreneurs and farmers. Lead with optimism, but also bring data! For more details on the guests featured on this show, visit the blog at www.FutureOfAgriculture.com.

Episodes

October 3, 2025 42 mins

I’m really fascinated by today’s topic of looking into pest and disease outbreaks in animal agriculture from an economist's point of view. Our guest, Jada Thompson, is going to discuss the economics behind prevention of these biosecurity issues,the economic impact when outbreaks do occur,  some of the tradeoffs in the difficult decisions that need to be made, what that means for producers and consumers, and a whole lot more.&n...

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Lumo: https://lumo.ag/

Great episode for you today with Devon Wright of Lumo. The Lumo story is really interesting for a number of reasons. One of which is that they have managed to take on venture capital, but still remain very focused on serving a very specific market within agriculture. As you’ll hear they have resisted the temptation that has led to the demise of so many agtech companies to try to be for everyone and rapidly exp...

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William Ridley, Ph.D. https://ace.illinois.edu/directory/wridley

William Ridley, Ph.D. on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Qjox4QIAAAAJ&hl=en

Today’s episode is timely and thought provoking in my opinion. The farm economy is struggling again this year, and while there’s no one cause for all of that struggle, exports certainly play a role. A major role. 

I’m very pleased to welcome Dr. Bill Ridley onto...

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Follow Chris on X: https://x.com/reggaj

Follow Chris on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bluefoxfarm

Listen to Chris' podcast "Not Only Farmers": https://open.spotify.com/show/12YRGbk9IYMh4gbR0pTkEh?si=d14c005214ab418d

Chris Jagger on episode 129 of the "Farmer to Farmer" Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBplMcnNdO4

Chris Jagger and his wife Melanie Kuegler have been running Blue Fox Farm in southern Oregon since 2004. They...

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Sentera: https://sentera.com/

Chandler Coop: https://www.chandlercoop.com/

Today’s episode is another installment in our Tech-Enabled Advisor series. The idea here is to better understand agtech through the lens of the BUYER and USER of that technology rather than just the entrepreneurs or investors behind it. I’ve received some super positive feedback about the return of this series. By talking to the buyers rather than the sellers ...

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Ambrook: https://ambrook.com/

Offrange: https://ambrook.com/offrange

"Not Boring" Founder's Letter: https://www.notboring.co/p/america-the-beautiful

Mackenzie Burnett: On Agriculture and American Progress on Rhishi Pethe's "Software is Feeding the World"

Today’s episode features a pretty intriguing startup, Ambrook. I say intriguing not just because they recently announced a $26.1M series A round in this tough environment to raise cap...

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Vance Crowe: https://www.vancecrowe.com/

Legacy Interviews: https://www.legacyinterviews.com/

Vance Crowe on X: https://x.com/VanceCrowe

Vance Crowe is a communications strategist that has worked for corporations and international organizations around the world. Crowe has spoken before more than 250,000 people, answering questions about some of the most sophisticated and controversial technologies in the modern age. He has worked for ...

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This episode was produced in partnership With AgVend: https://www.agvend.com/

MFA, Inc: https://mfa-inc.com/

FoA 269: [Tech-Enabled Advisor Series] Cooperatives Embrace Digital Tools with KC Graner of Central Farm Service

I'm bringing back the Tech-Enabled Advisor Series to better understand agtech through the lens of the BUYER of that technology rather than just the entrepreneurs or investors. By talking to the buyers rather than th...

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Clayton Farms: https://claytonfarms.com/

Clayton Mooney on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claytonmooney/

FoA 53: Millennials Solving World Problems Through Agricultural Technology with MiKayla Sullivan of Kinosol

Clayton Mooney is the co-founder and chief farmer at Clayton Farms based in Ames, Iowa. They build direct-to-consumer indoor farms and claim to serve the world's freshest salads. They were also part of Y Combinator in...

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July 22, 2025 9 mins

Thank you all for sticking with me through this break, and especially for those of you who reached out!

I'm going to keep the FoA Feedback invitation open for the foreseeable future. If you'd like to book a call you can do so here: https://www.calendly.com/hammerich/foa.

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May 19, 2025 6 mins

I would love your feedback about the show: what should I start/stop/continue?

Email: tim@aggrad.com

Schedule a quick call: https://www.calendly.com/hammerich/foa

Or DM me on LinkedIn or X (Twitter)

Otherwise, see you in July!

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Subscribe to Agriscience Explained:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5qvFYYLq1dZM1KUiN6nz6H?si=6a6dd6193eea47a1

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agriscience-explained/id1789150766

Web: https://www.corteva.com/our-impact/innovation/agriscience-explained.html

Over the past eight years, I have learned so much from this podcast and it’s opened up a lot of cool opportunities. Some of those opportunities have been to help ...

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The Modern Acre Podcast

AgList

Polaris Energy Services

Nuss Farms

For today’s episode, I sit down with Tim and Tyler Nuss. Some of you may recognize their voices from their podcast, The Modern Acre. After growing up on the family farm and finding out in adulthood that they both were really interested in business, they started brainstorming ideas of how they could build something in the ag industry. Tyler said they were big fans of the ...

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April 23, 2025 43 mins

"Tractor Wars" by Neil Dahlstrom: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1953295746/

Software is Feeding the World (Rhishi's newsletter): https://www.rhishipethe.com/sftw

[History of Agriculture] Cyrus McCormick And The Birth Of Mechanical Harvesting

 It's impossible to picture the modern food system we have today without the invention of the tractor. And it happened really not that long ago, just over a hundred years ago.

Today we're gonna be talk...

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The Almond Doctor: https://www.thealmonddoctor.com/

David's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheAlmondDoctor

FoA 249: A Global Perspective on Tree Nuts with The Almond Doctor

David Doll was raised in a rural area growing apples and peaches. After attending Purdue University for his B.S. in Plant Biology, he attended graduate school at UC Davis, completing his M.S. in Plant Pathology. Shortly after completion, he started to work as a F...

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AgriCorps: http://www.agricorps.org/

Movement for School-Based Agricultural Education: http://www.sbae.org/

4-H Liberia: https://4hliberia.wordpress.com/

Trent McKnight's TedX Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2pPO29DaYs

Today’s episode is going to open a lot of eyes I think. We tend to think of youth programs like 4-H and FFA as great things for the kids to be doing. Very few recognize them for the power they have to not only dev...

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This quarter of the Future of Agriculture podcast is made possible by Case IH: https://www.caseih.com/en-us/unitedstates

Follow Chris on X: https://x.com/pettyranch

Today's episode features 5th generation farmer Chris Sayer of Petty Ranch. Chris grows avocados in Ventura County, which is just northwest of the Los Angeles area. And there are several unique aspects to Chris’ story. First, he grows avocados, which is awesome, and I wan...

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This quarter of the Future of Agriculture podcast is made possible by Case IH: https://www.caseih.com/en-us/unitedstates

CNH Ventures: https://www.cnh.com/en-US/Our-Company/Ventures

Today's episode features Michele Lombardi. Michele is the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at CNH and the Head of CNH Ventures. He is responsible for developing and implementing the Company’s long-term business strategies and in-house capabi...

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This quarter of the Future of Agriculture podcast is made possible by Case IH: https://www.caseih.com/en-us/unitedstates

Twisted River Farm: https://www.twistedriverfarm.com/

Follow Steve on X: https://x.com/TRFyeomanfarmer

Steve Strasheim of Twisted River Farm. I’ve followed Steve on X for a long time now, and I’ve been really looking forward to getting him on the show for a few reasons. 

He focuses on a totally different model f...

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