Climate risk meets the farm balance sheet, with Clay Govier
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
Legacy finance eyes agtech: what bankers think of startups, with Romie Basra
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
Systems thinking and the legacy of Big Food, with Dr Nigel Hughes, Kellogg
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
Parametric insurance from the farm: a farmer's view, with Tom Ferguson
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
What commodity agriculture can learn from organic farming, with Amy Bruch
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
Defining the future of ag advocacy, with Emma Germano
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
Bonus episode: Your responses to 'The three fears of farm data'
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
Three categories of autonomy in agriculture, with Andrew Bate
Autonomous farming equipment and robotics in ag is more crowded than ever. Every new acquisition from an incumbent or deployment of venture capital into the space creates more buzz to sort through in ...
27 Jul 202235min
