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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FoA 429: Tractor Driver is Now a Remote Opportunity With Craig Rupp of Sabanto
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Sabanto: https://sabantoag.com/ FoA 241: From Drives to Driverless with Craig Rupp of Sabanto I’m really glad to get Craig Rupp back on the show today. Some of you might remember his interview on episode 241, where Craig shared the incredible journey of building 640 Labs which he sold to the Climate Corp and became the FieldView Drive. At that time…
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FoA 428: Is This 'Super Tree' The Future of Bioenergy and Plant-Based Protein? | Naveen Sikka of Terviva
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Terviva: https://terviva.com/ Today’s episode is long overdue. For the past 15 years, today’s guest: Naveen Sikka, has been working to commercialize the pongamia tree. There are several things that are special about this emerging crop. First, it’s a legume, so like soybeans, peas, lentils, chickpeas and other legumes, the plant forms symbiotic rela…
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FoA 427: Andrew Minarick on Remote Livestock Verification, Flyover Whiskey, and His Entrepreneurial Journey
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BovEye: https://boveye.com/ Flyover Whiskey: https://flyoverwhiskey.com/ FarmAfield: https://www.farmafield.com/ Andrew Minarick tells Tim about his latest company, BovEye, which is using computer vision and AI for remote livestock verification. As you’ll hear this is extremely important to his customer base which is not producers, but instead agri…
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FoA 426: My Framework For Thinking About the Future of Agriculture
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In this unique solo episode, Tim Hammerich shares his framework for thinking about the future of agriculture. Drawing inspiration from a recent keynote at the 4th annual Soybean Research Forum and Think Tank, Tim discusses the rationale behind the podcast and shares the four key questions (plus a bonus) that guide his exploration into agricultural …
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FoA 425: Value-Added Processing And The Future of Plant-Based Proteins With Nicole Atchison of PURIS [Growing Pulse Crops Crossover]
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PURIS: https://www.puris.com/ Growing Pulse Crops Podcast: https://growingpulsecrops.com/ Nicole Atchison is the CEO of PURIS Holdings, a vertically-integrated plant-based food company that operates from field to fork in primarily yellow peas. Nicole leads the agriculture side of the business, including contracting with growers, seed development an…
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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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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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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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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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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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FoA 416: Robotic Mushroom Harvesting with Sean O'Connor of 4AG Robotics
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Headstorm: https://headstorm.com/ AGPILOT: https://headstorm.com/agpilot/ 4AG Robotics: https://4ag.ai/ As you heard a bit about in last weeks episode, mushrooms are an incredible indoor crop with a ton of advantages and potential. But they are also extremely labor intensive. “When you have a crop that doubles in size every 24 hours, you're often p…
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FoA 415: Farming Mycelium with Eben Bayer of Ecovative
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Headstorm: https://headstorm.com/ AGPILOT: https://headstorm.com/agpilot/ Ecovative: https://www.ecovative.com/ MyForest Foods: https://myforestfoods.com/ I’ve been meaning to do an episode on mushroom farming and mushroom technology for a long long time. But the right story just never presented itself. Then I got connected with Ecovative and about…
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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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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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FoA 412: 'Biological' Is Not A Category (it's the future of agriculture)
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Headstorm: https://headstorm.com/ AGPILOT: https://headstorm.com/agpilot/ ELO Life: https://elolife.com/ Pairwise: https://www.pairwise.com/home New Leaf Symbiotics: https://www.newleafsym.com/ Harpe Bio: https://harpebio.com/ "Biologicals are ‘economically unfeasible’ According to Report: The Shortcomings and Opportunities" by Upstream Ag Insights…
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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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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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FoA 409: Is Agtech Entering A GenAI Era? Conversations From World Agri-Tech
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Headstorm: https://headstorm.com/ AGPILOT: https://headstorm.com/agpilot/ Bayer Announcement: https://www.bayer.com/media/en-us/bayer-pilots-unique-generative-ai-tool-for-agriculture/ Bayer AgPowered Services: https://www.bayer.com/media/en-us/bayer-collaboration-with-microsoft-connects-farm-data-to-address-lack-of-data-interoperability-in-agricult…
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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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FoA 407: Attracting Top Talent to Solve Agribusiness Problems with Christian Guffy of The Context Network
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Variable Rate done RIGHT with SWAT MAPS: https://swatmaps.com/ The Context Network: https://contextnet.com/ Today's episode features Christian Guffy of the Context Network. I wanted to bring Christian on the show to talk about talent and growing a client services firm. I think those are both interesting and important topics that I haven’t done a go…
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[Field Report] Corteva Research Associate Brett McArtor on SWAT MAPS
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SWAT MAPS: https://swatmaps.com/ Corteva Agriscience: https://www.corteva.com/ These new 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 aired at the end of…
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