The Van Trump Report

Month: June 2021

Better Meat Co. Unveils Secret Protein Fermentation Project

The Better Meat Co. has been providing plant-based proteins to alternative meat and poultry companies for several years now. Most notably, Perdue Farms uses the company’s protein formulas in its Chicken Plus line of nuggets, tenders, and patties, which are sold in over 7,000 grocery stores. They are just one of many partnerships the Better …

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Be On the Lookout for One of North America’s Deadliest Plants

One of North America’s most toxic plants, poison hemlock, is currently blooming in areas across the United States where the plant has taken up residency. The weed is part of the parsley family and is most easily recognizable by its finely divided leaves that look very similar to wild carrot, aka Queen Anne’s lace. Unlike …

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Investing in Farmland. Simplified! Diversify Your Portfolio While Supporting the American Farmer

Land is one of the oldest investment classes in existence, producing enormous wealth over generations. In the U.S. farmland represents an attractive, long-term investment while providing significant relative capital preservation during times of economic turmoil. Alongside a rapidly growing global population and demand for food, farmland offers a truly diversified investment opportunity with attractive long-term …

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Guardian Agriculture Brings eVTOL Tech to Aerial Application

Aerial input application, better known to some as “crop-dusting,” is still mostly done with low-flying planes. There has been a steady increase in both the technological capabilities and farmer adoption of drones to do this work, with company’s like Rantizo making impressive strides. A new entrant in the space, Guardian Agriculture, has developed an autonomous …

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Cloud Seeding on the Rise as Global Water Woes Intensify

For all mankind’s technological advances, one thing we still can’t do is make it rain. Finding that solution is growing more urgent in many parts of the world, including the U.S. According to the World Wildlife Fund, two-thirds of the world’s population may face water shortages by 2025. One effort that researchers have been studying …

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NCGA Report Highlights Corn Farmers’ Long-Time Dedication to Environment

Agriculture is frequently portrayed as one of the bad guys in the “environmental” story, while its decades of contributions to the health of land and the overall environment are too often overlooked. That may be why the new Sustainability Report from the National Corn Growers Association feels like such a welcome relief, with solid numbers …

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Listen In… Solving Modern-Day Agricultural Problems Using Predictive Modeling

From larger farm sizes to a decreasing number of farmers, to more rented acreage and higher operating loans, bankruptcies are exposing producers and financial institutions in agriculture to greater risk. Real, meaningful solutions require partnerships between agtech and the institutions that support agriculture so together they can come up with new and innovative insights that …

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