Future of Agriculture

Pairwise: https://www.pairwise.com/

FoA 412: 'Biological' Is Not A Category (it's the future of agriculture)

I’m excited to share today’s episode with you. I’ve wanted to get Tom Adams back on the show ever since I had the chance to interview him at World Agritech a couple of years ago. That interview was included on episode 412 of this podcast titled “Biological is not a Category”.

The work Pairwise is doing is mind boggling to me. ...

Rodale Institute: https://rodaleinstitute.org/

"History of the Rodale Institute" on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nxSYYUMJ6F8

Today we’re talking to Dr. Andrew Smith of the Rodale Institute. I originally wanted to bring Andrew onto the show to talk about the history of the Rodale Institute and it’s contribution to agricultural research. Rodale Institute is a nonprofit growing the organic movement through rigorous, solutions-based researc...

Wootzano: https://www.wootzano.com/

Atif Syed on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/syedatif/

Via Atif's LinkedIn post

"I never thought I’d have to write this.

Wootzano, the British robotics company I built from nothing, is at risk of being shut down not because of commercial failure, but because of a procedural trap.

Yesterday, after a petition by Innovate UK Loans Limited (UKRI), the Court issued an order that instantly froze Woot...

AquaSpy: https://aquaspy.com/

On the show today is Bruce Moeller, before buying AquaSpy in 2009 Bruce was already a serial entrepreneur, a former president of a publicly traded company, and an author of two books. He successfully grew and exited Culture Works and Drive Cam, which was an early dash cam company. He decided to apply the idea they used at Drive Cam to use technology to capture what hadn’t been easily recorded previousl...

Five Questions About The Ag Robotics Revolution (FIRA 2024 Reflections)

The Next Great Ag Equipment Brand will be Autonomy-First with Charlie Andersen of Burro

Autonomous Sprayers with Gary Thompson of GUSS

Making Spot Spray Technology Accessible With Jaisimha Rao of Niqo Robotics

The Path To Superhuman Farming with Curtis Garner and Brent Shedd of Verdant Robotics

Category Design with Dan Schultz

THE BIG REGRESSION (by Jason Fried on X)...

Podcast episodes featured:

1. Where Will Demand Come From? | Damian Mason Podcast
2. Will China’s cheaper tractors disrupt ag equipment? With Lachlan Monsbourgh | Agtech - So What?
3. Reducing Weeds and Pests with Rege...

FieldLark AI: https://fieldlark.ai/

Advancing Eco Agriculture: https://advancingecoag.com/

Regenerative Agriculture Podcast: https://advancingecoag.com/podcasts/

FoA 386: Challenging Assumptions About Regenerative Agriculture With John Kempf

Today we’re joined by John Kempf, founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture. John first joined me on the podcast two years ago for episode 386 titled “Challenging Assumptions About Regenerative Agricult...

Burro website: https://burro.ai/

FoA 271: Ag Robotics Roundtable: https://futureofagriculture.com/episode/foa-271-ag-robotics-roundtable

I’m really excited to share today’s episode with you. Charlie Andersen is one of the most impressive and intelligent founders that I’ve had the chance to speak with. I can remember being blown away with him when he was a part of our Ag Robotics Roundtable which became episode 271 of this podcast cle...

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 of the tech, we got an unfiltered introduction to the technology and more...

"The Wizard and the Prophet" by Charles C. Mann

Rhishi Pethe's "Software is Feeding the World" Newsletter

 "In 1968, the year a USAID official coined the term 'Green Revolution', Norman Borlaug gave a victory lap speech at a wheat meeting in Australia. Twenty years before, he said, Mexican farmers had reaped about 760 pounds of wheat from every acre planted. Now that figure had risen to almost 2,500 pounds per acre, triple the harves...

Erin Silva, Ph.D. https://cias.wisc.edu/directory/17158/

FoA 280: Organic Farming Myths and Realities With Erin Silva

I wanted to invite Erin Silva back on the show to hear about her continued work with farmers that are going down the path of organic AND regenerative.

On the surface, those two farming approaches are easy to get behind: let’s try to reduce our dependence on synthetic chemistry and let’s try to build soil health over t...

Todd's Profile on Farm Progress: https://www.farmprogress.com/author/todd-fitchette

Todd's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddfitchette/

Todd Fitchette is the editor of Western Farm Press which is part of the Farm Progress Group. Todd has been there covering relevant agricultural issues for farmers in the West since 2013. His journalism career began in 1990 with community newspapers in California, where he earned First Place h...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...