This is a somewhat long read, but I’ve been spending a ton of time lately thinking about how AI might disrupt agriculture and how many of my ag-related investments could be impacted. I tried to drag together a lot of my thoughts, and I feel like the comparison between AI and the railroad is somewhere …
IMPORTANT to THINK ABOUT – Historical Look At The Railroad… and How AI Might Be Similar Read More »
For most corn, soybean, or wheat growers, soil sampling is one of those necessary evils: you pay good money, wait days or weeks for lab results, and still end up with 2.5-acre grid maps that smooth over real variability and leave money on the table, or worse, in the wrong spot. TerraBlaster, a startup led …
NEW FARMCON PODCAST… Kevin Van Trump and Todd Loechler sit down with Joe Sinclair, Founder and CEO, Quality Ag Service of Iowa, to discuss the current crop market conditions, planting concerns, and perhaps more importantly, where fertilizer and input prices might be headed. Joe also provides some valuable insight from the ag retail perspective on …
Farmers have more technology at their fingertips than ever. Yet, adoption of precision ag and other high-tech solutions remains a lot slower than industry expectations. Some of that may be down to a lack of skilled technicians where they are needed most – rural America. “Questr Automation” wants to change that by training local technicians …
How “Questr Automation” Plans to Turn Agtech Into Local Jobs Read More »
I wanted to share a perspective from Matt Crisp, a friend, entrepreneur, and veteran in the biological crop protection space. Matt, who cofounded Querecus, explains why the current petrochemical crisis is creating a massive strategic premium for the next generation of crop protection tools. His analysis is worth considering for anyone looking to separate short-term …
The Invisible Crisis: Why the Hormuz Shock is Reshaping Crop Protection Read More »
