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 f ...
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This show explores how almond growers, handlers, and other stakeholders are making things work in their operations to drive the industry forward. Host Tim Hammerich is visiting with almond leaders throughout California who are finding innovative ways to improve their operations, connect with their communities, and advance the almond industry. Hearing the voices of these industry leaders might spark a connection or idea you can use in your own journey. That’s why we want to feature these stor ...
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Welcome to the Soil Sense Podcast, where we believe that building healthier soils is not just a prescription, but rather a pursuit. This journey requires collaboration, curiosity, and communication among farmers, agricultural researchers, agronomists, consultants, and extension. You’re going to hear their stories and discover how and why they’re working together to make sense out of what’s happening in the soil.
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Episode 64: Farm Business Strategy With Nav Athwal
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Nav Athwal joined the Journey to share his perspective on growing a farming business amid tough economic conditions. Athwal is the president of Tri-Nut Farms and president and managing member of Terra Ag Ventures. After growing up on the family farm, he became a real estate and land use attorney and then a technology entrepreneur. Seven years ago, …
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FoA 424: Why Syngenta Is Investing In Soil Health With Matt Wallenstein
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Syngenta: https://www.syngenta.com/en [Soil Sense Podcast] Soil Health Assessment with Jordon Wade, Ph.D. FoA 364: Supporting Soil Health with Dr. Steve Rosenzweig and Dr. Abbey Wick [Soil Sense Crossover] Future of Agriculture 123: Nerding Out About Soil Health with Dr. Abbey Wick of North Dakota State University Future of Agriculture 162: Cannabi…
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Almond Byte, July 2024: DC Trip, Export Webinar and EU Election Highlights
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Highlights from July's Global Update from the Global Technical and Regulatory Affairs team at the Almond Board of California begins with the ABC annual industry delegation's recent visit to Washington, DC, where almond growers and handlers engaged with key government and legislative offices. In addition, learn about the Ag Export Finance/Insurance …
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FoA 423: What Works On Your Farm? | Nick Cizek of FarmTest | Mike Castellano of Iowa Nitrogen Initiative
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FarmTest: https://farmtest.ag/ Iowa Nitrogen Initiative: https://www.agron.iastate.edu/portfolio/iowa-nitrogen-initiative/ Today’s episode is a really unique concept and potential game-changer for how we think about on-farm technology, management practices and research. Historically, universities and agribusinesses would conduct randomized controll…
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Episode 63: Precision Plant Nutrition And Finding A Career Calling In Ag with Joe Palomino
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Joe Palomino is a Clovis-based agronomist and Certified Crop Consultant (CCA) who works for Axiom Agriculture. His work focuses primarily on crop fertility and soil health, but he also does some irrigation consulting as well. On today’s episode, Palomino shares how he ended up in agronomy without an agricultural background, his thoughts on finding …
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FoA 422: Collaboration as a Business Strategy With Jeff Schreiner at Cultura Tech
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Cultura Technologies: https://culturatech.com/ Metal Dog Labs: https://www.metaldoglabs.ai/ Software Is Feeding The World Newsletter: https://www.rhishipethe.com/sftw If there’s been a theme on this show over the past few months, it’s what does tech collaboration look like? Is it lip service or will it lead to real outcomes? You’ve heard from Lawre…
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Marketing Bulletin: From Morning Ritual to Anytime Snack, New Almond Ads in India
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California almonds are taking the Indian market by storm with a new advertising campaign aimed at younger consumers. The Almond Board of California's innovative ads blend humor with health benefits, encouraging Indians to snack on almonds beyond their traditional morning routine. Hear about the market dynamics, ideas behind the new advertisements, …
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FoA 421: Decision-Grade Farm Data With Jim Ethington of Arable
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Headstorm: https://headstorm.com/ AGPILOT: https://headstorm.com/agpilot/ Arable: https://www.arable.com/ FoA 256: Agtech Collaboration and Data-Driven Decision Agriculture with Jim Ethington of Arable Today's episode features Arable CEO Jim Ethington. Jim first appeared on this show on episode 256 back in 2021 and I was pleased to get a chance to …
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FoA 420: Farmer-Driven Innovation With AgLaunch And Ag Ventures Alliance
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Headstorm: https://headstorm.com/ AGPILOT: https://headstorm.com/agpilot/ Ag Ventures Alliance: https://agventuresalliance.com/ AgLaunch: https://aglaunch.com/ FoA 068: Farmers Investing in AgTech with Spencer Stensrude of Ag Ventures Alliance and Matthew Rooda of SwineTech FoA 117: Bridging the Gap Between AgTech Entrepreneurs and Farmers with Pet…
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Episode 62: Making Recharge and Cover Crops Work with Christine Gemperle
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Almond grower and Almond Board of California (ABC) Director Christine Gemperle joined the Journey again, this time to discuss groundwater recharge, crimping cover crops, and continuing her efforts to build soil health in her orchards. Gemperle also provides an update about her work on the almond board and the trip this past year to meet with grower…
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Almond Byte, June 2024: Meeting and Trade Delegation Highlights
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Discover how the Almond Board of California is helping to grow markets globally with key updates from recent trips by the Global Technical and Regulatory Affairs team. From insightful participation in the International Nut & Dried Fruit Council Congress to engaging discussions at the AgTC Annual Conference, the team continues to address opportuniti…
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FoA 419: Laser Weeding And Growing A Robotics Company Toward An IPO With Paul Mikesell of Carbon Robotics
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Headstorm: https://headstorm.com/ AGPILOT: https://headstorm.com/agpilot/ Carbon Robotics: https://carbonrobotics.com/ Paul is the founder and CEO of Carbon Robotics. What Carbon Robotics is doing is novel and interesting in and of itself, and we’re going to talk a lot about that in today’s episode. But it’s important to note that Paul has a really…
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FoA 418: Bayer's Collaboration With Microsoft | Claudia Roessler | Mark Pendergrast
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Headstorm: https://headstorm.com/ AGPILOT: https://headstorm.com/agpilot/ Azure Data Manager for Agriculture (ADMA): https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/data-manager-for-agriculture Ag Powered Services: https://agpoweredservices.com/ "Scaling Sustainability Through Bayer & Microsoft Partnership": https://www.bayer.com/en/agriculture/bayer-an…
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FoA 417: Commercializing University Research For Better Nutrient Management | Phospholutions | Sentinel Fertigation
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Headstorm: https://headstorm.com/ AGPILOT: https://headstorm.com/agpilot/ Phospholutions: https://www.phospholutions.com/ Sentinel Fertigation: https://www.sentinelfertigation.com/ I’m a firm believer that in the U.S. our agricultural research and extension programs at our land grant universities truly are national treasures. But of all the outstan…
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Episode 61: Almond Stewardship with Alicia Rockwell
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Alicia Rockwell, vice chair of the Almond Board of California and chief government affairs officer at Blue Diamond Growers, joined the Journey to share her perspective on stewardship and advocacy for the almond industry. Rockwell discusses lessons from her work at Blue Diamond and Save Mart Supermarkets, the critical role California Almond Stewards…
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FoA 416: Robotic Mushroom Harvesting with Sean O'Connor of 4AG Robotics
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Almond Byte, May 2024: Expanding Shipments to Both Existing and New Markets
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In recent months, the ABC Global Technical and Regulatory Affairs team has been helping to expand global markets by meeting with key players in India, Turkey and Pakistan, and creating opportunities for the industry through both market promotional proposals. Hear the details from the trips and efforts, and about an upcoming webinar to help exporter…
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FoA 415: Farming Mycelium with Eben Bayer of Ecovative
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FoA 414: Amie Thesingh on Leading Technology and Strategy at a 100 Year-Old Agribusiness
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Headstorm: https://headstorm.com/ AGPILOT: https://headstorm.com/agpilot/ Wilbur-Ellis: https://www.wilburellis.com/ Today's episode features Amie Thesingh, president of ag solutions and chief technology officer at Wilbur-Ellis. Today’s episode is a perfect compliment to last week’s episode with Brad Fruth of Beck’s Hybrids. Both Beck’s and Wilbur-…
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Episode 60: How to Plant a Tree and Orchard Recycling Update with Brent Holtz
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Tree planting is a tremendous investment. The details of how to plant an orchard properly can have a big impact on the bottom line. In today’s episode, Dr. Brent Holtz explains the reasons that he regularly receives calls from growers about their young trees dying. These problems led Holtz to work with the Almond Board of California to create a vid…
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FoA 413: Practical Farm Innovation With Brad Fruth of Beck's Hybrids
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Headstorm: https://headstorm.com/ AGPILOT: https://headstorm.com/agpilot/ Software is Feeding The World: https://www.rhishipethe.com/sftw Beck's Hybrids: https://www.beckshybrids.com/ The word “innovation” is tossed around quite a bit - I’m guilty of overusing it myself. But what does it mean? There’s probably no better person to dig into this ques…
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Episode 59: Return on Investment of Integrated Pest Management With Thomas Martin
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Effective integrated pest management (IPM) programs for almond pests, especially for navel orangeworm, are not a one-size-fits-all situation and Thomas Martin says especially during these challenging economic times. Martin, a chemist by training and a regional technical representative for Trécé, was a participant in the Almond Leadership Program la…
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FoA 412: 'Biological' Is Not A Category (it's the future of agriculture)
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Marketing Bulletin: The Over Delivery of the Own Your Prime Campaign
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Coach Prime and the Almond Board of California joined forces around the big game earlier this year, further extending their game-changing campaign. Dive into the behind-the-scenes action and unprecedented success of the 'Own Your Prime' partnership, as ABC's Laura Morin reveals the remarkable impact on California almonds and beyond.…
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FoA 411: Making Technology Your Unfair Advantage with Lawrence King of Headstorm
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Headstorm: https://headstorm.com/ AGPILOT: https://headstorm.com/agpilot/ Today’s episode features Headstorm CEO Lawrence King. Lawrence has over 18 years of technology strategy consulting experience. He got his start in agtech with Farmlink over eight years ago where he built an engineering team. That company ran into some hard times, and Lawrence…
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Episode 58: Almond Nutrition Facts with Elena Hemler
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In this episode of the Almond Journey Podcast, we return to The Almond Conference 2023 where we sat down with Almond Board of California Director of Nutrition Research Elena Hemler. Hemler joined the Almond Board over a year ago to work with the Nutrition Research Committee to lead efforts in expanding the body of knowledge about the health propert…
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Almond Byte, April 2024: Tariff Suspensions, Endocrine Disruptors and More
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Highlights from April's Global Update – from the Global Technical and Regulatory Affairs team at ABC – include the details behind the suspension of tariffs on almonds going into the UK, the findings from ABC's look into a French decree that was requesting information on endocrine disruptors properties on imports, and the latest on China's facility …
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FoA 410: The Farm to Fashion Supply Chain With Paul Ensor of Hemprino
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Headstorm: https://headstorm.com/ AGPILOT: https://headstorm.com/agpilot/ Hemprino: https://www.hemprino.co.nz/ Prime Future Newsletter: https://primefuture.substack.com/ We’ve all heard the stats about how little of what consumers pay makes it back to the farmer or rancher. Some producers, like New Zealand sheep farmer Paul Ensor, are seizing the …
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Marketing Bulletin: Takeaways from Promising India Trip
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The March edition of the Marketing Bulletin from the Almond Board of California features President and CEO Clarice Turner who details her takeaways from ABC's annual trip to India in February. Turner and ABC staff hosted an almond conference in India where conversations circle around market access and regulation, and then exhibited at the colossal …
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FoA 409: Is Agtech Entering A GenAI Era? Conversations From World Agri-Tech
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[Field Report] Paul Sullivan of P.T. Sullivan Agro on SWAT MAPS
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SWAT MAPS: https://swatmaps.com/ Follow Paul Sullivan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SullivanAgro These Field Report segments are short occasional episodes where we will hear from the people who actually use and hopefully benefit from the innovations we discuss on the show. We’ve already been doing this through the spotlight segments that have air…
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FoA 408: The Future of Precision Agriculture With Dr. Steve Shirtliffe and Dr. Preston Sorenson
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Variable Rate done RIGHT with SWAT MAPS: https://swatmaps.com/ University of Saskatchewan Precision Agriculture Certificate Program: https://admissions.usask.ca/precision-agriculture.php I wanted to have a conversation about cutting edge tools and the future of digital agriculture, and I definitely think we succeeded in bringing that to you today. …
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