AgTech

332: Understanding Precision Agriculture – Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts This month, Tim and Tyler talk with Ariel about her latest Topsoil edition – “Agriculture, but make it precision – A framework for precision ag with Greg Chiocco.” Ariel Patton is the creator of Topsoil, a newsletter bringing you monthly frameworks to help make sense of agriculture, at just the…

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330: Predicting the Shelf Life of Produce with Strella’s CEO & Co-Founder Katherine Sizov

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Katherine Sizov is the Co-Founder and CEO of Strella. Strella predicts produce shelf life to reduce food waste and improve quality with proprietary sensors and software. Links: Sponsor: This episode is presented by Local Line. Learn more HERE. Check out our interview with Cole.

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329: Acre Insights – Our Experience with Produce Box Delivery, David Friedberg’s Move to Ohalo, and Starlink-Deere Deal Thoughts

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts On this edition of Acre Insights, Tim and Tyler discuss their experience getting produce boxes through Farm Fresh to You, David Friedberg’s recent move to become CEO of Ohalo, and our thoughts on the Starlink-Deere deal. Links: Sponsor: This episode is presented by Local Line. Learn more HERE. Check out…

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328: Blue River Founder on Deere Acquisition, Starlink Deal, and Deere’s Focus on Technology

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Jorge Heraud is the vice president of automation and autonomy within the Intelligent Solutions Group (ISG) at John Deere. He leads the development of automation and autonomy products that make Deere customers more productive, profitable, and sustainable. Prior to his career with the company, Jorge was the CEO and co-founder of…

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327: Emerging Markets, Processing Technologies, & “Agrihoods” with Bobby Chang

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Bobby Chang is an entrepreneur, founder, and design strategist with a keen eye for branding and transformative product development. He excels at taking innovative concepts and turning them into commercial successes, operating at the crossroads of design, business, and technology. His career boasts a breathtaking diversity, spanning consumer sectors from Apple retail to ventures…

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325: The Ag Dealership Model with the President of an Innovative John Deere Dealer

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Peter Young is the President of Belkorp Ag, a John Deere dealership that offers a complete line of John Deere agricultural, golf, and turf equipment. Belkorp Ag serves the Central Valley and the North Coast of California from eight locations. Belkorp Ag is a member of the Belkorp Group of…

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319: Realistic AgTech Valuations, Cold Plasma Tech & Going Broad and Narrow with Dan White, Co-Founder and CEO of Clean Crop

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Dan White is the Co-Founder and CEO of Clean Crop Technologies, an agtech startup that uses electricity to fight food waste and food safety risk. Clean Crop’s proprietary ‘Clean Current’ technology combines electricity and food-grade gasses to remove contaminants from seeds and foods to increase crop yields, reduce food waste,…

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318: Lessons from Steve Jobs, Bill Gates & Michael Dell and Building a New Autonomy Platform for Ag

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Tim Bucher is the CEO and Founder of Agtonomy, a hybrid autonomy and tele-assist platform for agriculture vehicles. They partner with established equipment manufacturers to transform tractors and agriculture machines into autonomous and remote-controlled equipment that is accessible to local farmers. Tim is a lifelong farmer who also spent the…

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312: Pivot Bio’s New CEO Chris Abbott on Scaling and Partnerships

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts As Pivot Bio’s Chief Executive Officer, Chris is focused on increasing farmer profitability and resiliency, as well as driving a dramatic improvement of the agriculture supply chain’s environmental sustainability by replacing synthetic fertilizers with new crop nutrition technologies. Chris has invested in and helped build companies across the ag and…

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311: A First-Principles Approach to Farmland Investing with Ben Gordon, CEO and Co-Founder of Fractal Ag

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Ben Gordon is the CEO of Fractal Ag, a farmland investment platform that brings investors alongside farmers to drive impact and returns. Ben previously co-created Corteva Agriscience’s carbon program while also leading Business Development. His background includes experience in agriculture technology, management consulting, and private equity due diligence. Ben previously…

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