AgTech – Page 11 – The Modern Acre

194: Building a Successful Biologicals Company with Co-CEO’s, Scott Uknes and Eric Ward

October 19, 2021

Scott Uknes and Eric Ward are the co-founders and co-CEO’s of AgBiome, a biotechnology company that is focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing innovative biological and trait products for crop protection. Scott and Eric join the podcast to talk about their journey starting the company together and how they have successfully scaled and launched their first product, Howler. They also share how they make being “co-CEO’s” work leading their team. Don’t miss this one!

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190: The Acceleration of Electric Tractor Adoption with Praveen Penmetsa, Co-Founder and CEO of Monarch Tractor

September 21, 2021

Praveen Penmetsa is the co-founder and CEO of Monarch Tractor, an agtech company developing an electric, driver-optional compact tractor. Praveen has nearly two decades of hands-on experience in translating creative visions into products for startups to Fortune 50 companies alike. He co-currently serves as founder and CEO of Motivo Engineering, a product-engineering firm with clients in the Mobility, Energy, AgTech, and Aerospace sectors.

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189: Robotic Weeder Product Development with John Mey, Director of Product at Carbon Robotics

September 14, 2021

John Mey is the Director of Product at Carbon Robotics, an agtech startup pioneering the next revolution in agriculture through the deployment of innovative technology and hardware. Carbon Robotics’ first product, the Autonomous Weeder, is purpose built to tackle one of the industry’s biggest problems: weed control.

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188: The Story of AgWorld and Farm Management Innovation with Zach Sheely, President of AgWorld

September 7, 2021

Zach Sheely joins us to talk about how his interest in technology started on his family farm and evolved to his current position as President of Agworld. Agworld is one of the leading farm management companies, recently acquired by Semios, helping farmers take control of their business and operate more efficiently.

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187: Learning from the Soil through DNA Sequencing with Rob Hranac, CEO of Pattern Ag

August 31, 2021

Rob Hranac is the CEO of Pattern Ag, an agtech startup developing a recommendation and product discovery platform centered around a deep understanding of soil. They are leveraging advances in genomics, robotics, and high-resolution agronomic data to build this knowledge, in service of improving farm profitability.

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186: Digital Innovation in the Fresh Produce Industry with Kim Bui, Global Head, FreshCloud Infrastructure and Analytics at AgroFresh

August 24, 2021

Kim Bui is the Global Head of FreshCloud Infrastructure and Analytics at AgroFresh, an agtech innovator and global leader with a mission to prevent food loss/waste and conserve the planet’s resources by providing a range of science-based solutions, data-driven digital technologies and high-touch customer services.

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185: Plant-Based Meat Ingredient Breeding with Matt Crisp, CEO and Co-Founder of Benson Hill

August 17, 2021

Matt Crisp is the CEO and Co-Founder of Benson Hill, a food technology company founded in 2012 with a mission to deliver food made better from the beginning. Through our CropOS® technology platform, which combines data science, plant science and food science, we are leveraging the natural genetic diversity of plants to deliver seed innovation that enables healthier, better tasting, more sustainable and more affordable food and ingredient options.

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184: AgTech M&A with Bushel and Farmlogs Founders, Jake Joraanstad and Jesse Vollmar

August 10, 2021

This week we talk to two agtech founders – Jake Joraanstad, the CEO and co-founder of Bushel, and Jesse Vollmar, the CEO and co-founder of FarmLogs – about the recent news of Bushel acquiring Farmlogs. Bushel is an independently owned software company and leading provider of software technology solutions for growers, grain buyers, ag retailers, protein producers and food companies. Farmlogs is an agtech startup that provides farm management software designed to help run a more efficient, more profitable farm.

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181: Acre Insights – The Impact of the Drought, Abundant Robotics Shuts Down, and a Major Gap in Co-Packing for Farmers

July 20, 2021

Another edition of Acre Insights! This week we are talking about the drought crisis on the West Coast and the impact on farmers there, the shutting down of Abundant Robotics and what that means for agtech startups, and finally we discuss some challenges we are seeing in the co-packing space, specifically for farmers trying to develop a brand. Tune in!

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180: Solving Renewable Energy Problems in Ag with Bob Powell, Founder and CEO of Brightmark

July 13, 2021

Bob Powell is the founder and CEO of Brightmark, a global leader in waste solutions that takes a holistic approach to tackling the planet’s most pressing environmental challenges with imagination and optimism for the future. Brightmark enables programs specifically tailored to environmental needs in order to build scalable project solutions that have a positive impact on the world and communities in which they live and work.

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