The Van Trump Report

Month: February 2022

Your Next High-End Home Amenity… “Fresh Portal”

With online food delivery’s worldwide revenue exploding, products that can make delivery safer or more convenient are in significant demand. Luxury home builder Jeremy High plans to dive deep into the space with his new company called “Fresh Portal”. It turns out that one of the recurring ask he gets from his high-end clientele who …

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Understanding Palm Oil’s Role in Global Vegetable Oil Markets

Palm oil is the world’s most-produced, consumed, and traded vegetable oil. Derived from the fruit of oil palm trees found in tropical climates, it’s believed humans have been using the oil for more than 5,000 years. The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) originated from West Africa and were brought to South-East Asia just over 100 years …

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Gene Discovery Paves Way for Crop Breeding Innovations

Hundreds of plant species have a trait that allows them to form seeds without fertilization. Called “apomixis,” these plants clonally form seeds that are exactly the same genetic make-up as the mother plant that produces them. The potential benefit of this phenomenon for agriculture has long been recognized as it allows easy propagation of high …

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ClearFlame Tech Lets Diesel Engines Run on E98

Diesel engines are critical to the global economy, powering more than 99% of all semi-trucks and serving as the universal default in heavy-duty equipment for agriculture, construction, and many other industries. For the last five years, the founders of ClearFlame Engine Technologies have been looking for a way to clean up these workhorses of modern …

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Crop Prices, Inflation, Stocks, and Crypto

In this episode of Highly Volatile, four veteran traders Kevin Van Trump, Andy Daniels, David Parker, and Mark Bishop provide their insights and opinions about the market’s current landscape and the hurdles, pitfalls and opportunities that might be encountered in the journey ahead.    https://www.farmtank.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Highly-Volatile-2_17_22.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Why Bridgestone is Growing Rubber in the Desert

The world uses a lot of rubber. In 2020, some 12.7 million metric tons of natural rubber and 14.2 million metric tons of synthetic rubber were consumed worldwide. While synthetic rubber is perfectly suitable for many common household items, manufacturers of heavy-duty products like tires prefer the quality of natural rubber. Thousands of plant species …

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Interesting NEW Technology… Giving Plants a Voice

Netherland-based startup, “InnerPlant” is allowing crops to speak to growers with some pretty cool new technology. Currently, by the time plants show visible signs of stress, it’s often too late, meaning even if farmers catch something like a fungal infection or an infestation of pests in one part of their fields they’ll most likely have …

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