Episode 32: Jennifer Medway

This is the first episode in our series on the future of fertilizer, starting with Nitrogen - the N in NPK.Russia’s war in Ukraine has collided with natural gas supply chain disruptions and sent the p...

19 Okt 202234min

For a year that has already seen so much downside for US farmers in the form of extreme weather - from droughts to soaring temperatures - there’s another risk looming: rising interest rates. Adapting ...

12 Okt 202230min

While early-stage agtech tends to play in the venture world, it pays to check in with how folks sitting in banking think about their role as partners to startups. Traditional lenders can draw on the b...

5 Okt 202228min

The decisions by major food companies impact consumers, farmers, and the environment at every stage of the agrifood value chain. But the status quo strategies of ‘Big Food’ don’t always acknowledge th...

21 Sep 202232min

We recently launched a three-episode deep dive into the future of risk and insurance in agriculture. Over the course of the series, we heard from one listener who offered to share his experience using...

7 Sep 202233min

While the term “organic” tends to be associated with small-scale production and a preference for manual tools over the latest technology, organic farming advocates claim their methods can reduce the...

24 Aug 202233min

Agriculture is exposed to a complex tangle of laws, trade agreements, and competing visions of the future. For farmers, adjustments by legislators at any level of government can have an impact. So whi...

10 Aug 202228min

Back in May, we published an experimental bonus episode called “The Three Fears of Farm Data”. The conversation centered around the legitimacy of fears held by farmers about sharing their farm data, a...

3 Aug 202234min