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Dr Jaci Brown is a Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO, and an expert in weather and climate science.

Brooke Sauer is on a mission to close the gap between growers, agronomists, and technologies. Brooke is a digital agriculture manager at McGregor Goulay, an agricultural services company that offers cropping inputs, agronomic services and, increasingly, digital ag solutions. Although Brooke’s background is in agricultural genetics, she is rapid ...…

Episode 23 - Allison Kopf on redefining what it means to farm

Kevin Heikes was part of agtech before it was agtech. He's been involved in four different agtech startups, including his latest venture, In10t. In this episode, we dig into his perspectives on agtech from over 20 years in the space, including: Hard earned lessons from 4 agtech startups, and what it feels like to have a farmer customer call to ...…

Seana Day brings a diverse background in agriculture, finance, and technology to the agtech sector where she is a Partner at BEtter Food Ventures. Seana also tracks nearly 1,500 agtech companies in her "Market Maps" through her role as Partner at The Mixing Bowl. Seana's background gives her a unique and valuable perspective on the evolution of ...…

Dr Rosie Bosworth is an investor, storyteller and food futurist who is extremely passionate about the future of agriculture, especially in Australia and NZ. She holds a PhD in environmental innovation and sustainable technology development from the University of Auckland Business School. In this episode, we discuss several questions, some quite ...…

Nathan Dorn has seen all aspects of the agriculture supply chain, from commodity farming in the Nebraska where he grew up, to corporate agribusiness, to agtech entrepreneurship in California. He’s committed to using technology to add value to the industry through consulting and with his startup, Food Origins. In this episode we discuss: A step ...…

Tony Holt is a Co-Founder and Partner at Square Peg Capital, one of Australia's largest Venture Capital firms. Though not a sector-specific fund, Square Peg has recently invested in agtech startup AgriDigital. In this podcast, captured from the Sydney Agtech Meetup, Tony discusses: How critical it is for entrepreneurs to have deep knowledge of ...…

Bruce Finney is the Executive Director of the Cotton Research and Development Corporation. The CRDC invests in research, development and extension to improve productivity and profitability for Australia’s 1250 cotton growers. In this podcast, Bruce shares: His journey from farmhand to Executive Director of the Cotton RDC How rural RDCs are fund ...…

Doug Fitch is the CEO of AgWorld, a global farm management platform that provides an integrated and centralized software solution for data collection and decision-making. Reflecting on AgWorld’s journey to 40,000 users in more than 15 countries, in this interview Doug shares his thoughts on: How to apply the best practices of data standards to ...…

Sarah travels through the midwest of the US with AgriBusiness Consultant Renee Vassilos. Renee is an Ag Economist (and AgThentic Collaborator), who started her own consultancy to help growth-stage agribusinesses and bring profitability back to the farm. Last month, Renee and Sarah set out on a ten day, whirlwind trip through the midwest of the ...…

Chris Sounness is the CEO of Birchip Cropping Group, a not-for-profit agricultural research and extension organisation led by farmers from the Wimmera and Mallee regions of Victoria. Chris has been working at the Intersection of ag and Agtech for many years, and has strong views about what is and isn’t working, as well as just how critical digi ...…

Trent Loos is a 6th generation rancher from Nebraska. One day 20 years ago, he got fed up with consumers not knowing where their food comes from so he started a radio program to close this gap. Now he has over 4 million radio listeners all over the world on his programs Rural Route ans Loos Tales. In this episode we discuss: Rural urban divide ...…

Sam Marwood is an environmental scientist, Director of Operations at Odonata and a co-founder at Cultivate Farms a marketplace to help aspiring farmers connect with investors (and farms). Sam's mission is to rejuvenate regional communities and help answer a critical question he gets all the time, "how do I become a farmer?" In this episode, Sam ...…

Zack Armen, formerly a senior associate at venture development firm Flagship Pioneering, is currently Director of Business Development at INcredible Foods In this episode, Zack takes us through his journey from finance, through MIT, and into Agtech.

In this episode, you'll hear from Matthew on: The journey from Silicon Valley entrepreneur to working with researchers and industry to launch an agtech startup in Australia that was eventually acquired The importance of failure in any startup's story, and why a celebrating failures is so critical Tips for current and aspiring agtech entrepreneu ...…

We are just about to launch BushTech season 2! Episodes should start hitting your feeds this week

Airlie Trescowthick, originally from a sheep and cattle property in NSW, is the Founder of Farm Table an online platform that brings together industry knowledge and connects farmers in a way never seen before. On this episode, Airlie talks about the launch of the Farm Table, her journey into the intersection of technology and agriculture, and t ...…

In this episode, we interview Nick Addison, CTO at AgriDigital. Nick is a recognised blockchain industry leader within Australia, where he is regular speaker and educator. We discuss (at an admittedly noisy café- sorry!), blockchain 101: what is a blockchain in its simplest form, and what does it mean for Agriculture now and in the future.…