In this episode of AG Tech Talk, we'll be chatting with Dr. Nomman Ahmed, Global Practice Advanced Analytics & sigma for Kynetec about the exciting prospects of predictive technology in advancing crop protection strategies.

Sustainable by AgriBusiness Global interviewed Thomas Laurent, Chief Executive Officer for Micro-Pep—a U.S. and France-based company developing crop protection solutions based on micropeptides. Laurent traveled in the EU and U.S., speaking to investors and growers to find out what the market looks like for biopesticides in the coming months.

For many years it seemed sustainability was little more than a nice buzzword. That’s no longer the case. Sustainability is not a buzzword or a fad. Companies have embraced the concept and are working to improve all aspects of their operations. Topcon Positioning Systems has long focused on precision agriculture and recently created a global team designed to take sustainability to the next level both internally and with its partners.

We’ve learned never to ask: “What else can go wrong?” because there’s a pretty good chance we just might find out. In the past few years, supply chains have experienced disruptions from war, pandemic and agriculture’s perennial nemesis weather, among other issues. While there will always be issues beyond a company’s control, insight into its own operations and members of its supply chain partners can help mitigate or even avoid the complications that come from those disruptions. 

Working with NASA this agro informatics company has developed data-driven solutions for the industry across the supply chain. Their technology platform uses data science and advanced AI technology to convert agronomic data into actionable insights at field level.

Sustainable by AgriBusiness Global interviewed Mark Trimmer, Managing Partner of Dunham Trimmer, about key points from his company’s Global BioControl Report, a 330-page report analyzing the microbials, biochemicals, macroorganisms, and other biocontrol markets through 2029.

RNAi was discovered more than 20 years ago and has been used by the pharmaceutical industry to develop a host of novel medicines. TrilliumAg’s research team has found a way to develop biological solutions that target specific pests.  

Sustainable by AgriBusiness Global interviewed Roma Gwynn, Chief Scientific Officer for AgBioScout, Vice President of the International Biocontrol Manufacturers’ Association and policy consultant for the Food and Agricultural Organization for the United Nations. In this episode, Gwynn shares how mindset changes are needed to increase successful biological creation and adoption.

Greg Malakoff, Iridium’s Associate Director of Business Development, explains how the ag community uses the company’s global network of satellites to ensure all that data collected on a farm to manage crop inputs (and everything else in an operation)  is always available and flows without interruption at all times. 

Rovensa Next invested more than $1 million in a new Global Biosolutions Research and Innovation Center, located in Hortolândia (São Paulo State) in September 2022. As the company’s first innovation center in Brazil, Dr. Rafael Leiria, Industrial Associate Director, and Dr. Johana Rincones Pérez, Global Research and Development Product Design Manager, share their experiences working with Brazilian growers, universities, and a global company to identify new biological solutions.

Sustainable by AgriBusiness Global interviewed Kristen Sukalac, Consulting Partner for Prospero & Partners, to find out about the successful strategies and mistakes start-up biostimulant and biocontrol  companies make in entering the market.

Arthur Erickson, CEO and Co-founder of Hylio, talks about how drones are changing the crop input application process and how these tools will change agriculture.

Sustainable by AgriBusiness Global is a podcast covering the crop protection, biologicals and plant health markets advancements towards creating a healthier planet.

Robin Raskin, Founder of the Virtual Events Group, has been on the cutting edge of technology for quite some time. As the editor of PC Magazine when Bill Gates was introducing the DOS operating system, she’s had a front-row seat to the changes brought on by technology. Recently that included the metaverse and digital twins. Ag Tech Talk spoke with Raskin, a presenter at Meister Media’s Vision Conference earlier this year.

Hectre's award winning Spectre combines software and hardware to help properly size fruit before it heads to the packhouse.

Rob Tiffany,  a leader in the Internet of Things, digital twins, advisor, speaker, author, podcast host, inventor, and veteran talked with us about how IoT is and will be influencing how farms are operated and the products they use to grow crops.

With fertilizer (and other input costs) rising, getting the most for your money has never been more critical. Nano-Yield offers a nanotechnology solution to deliver product at the molecular level.

Lavie Bio used MicroBoost AI to develop two new biological fungicides it plans to bring to market over the next couple of years. We talked with Russ Putland, Executive Vice President Commercial and General Manager USA for Lavie Bio, and Nir Arbel, Chief Product Officer at Evogene, Lavie Bio’s parent company, to learn how those solutions came into being and how the company plans to ensure regulatory approval and encourage end-user adoption. 

Lavie Bio used MicroBoost AI to develop two new biological fungicides it plans to bring to market over the next couple of years. We talked with Russ Putland, Executive Vice President Commercial and General Manager USA for Lavie Bio, and Nir Arbel, Chief Product Officer at Evogene, Lavie Bio’s parent company, to learn how those solutions came into being and how the company plans t ensure regulatory approval and encourage end-user adoption.

CropTrak leverages decades of industry, data, science, process improvement program management, and geospatial experience to help companies analyze, simplify, and digitize their supply chains. Aaron Hutchinson, CEO and founder, discusses how supply chain software solutions can improve the procurement process and help ensure continued supplies. 

We talk with Paul Mikesell, Carbon Robotics’ Founder and CEO, who talks about how and why he and his team developed the device and the future of robots in technology.

In this podcast, Ian Harley of Traction Ag talks about the company’s recent raising of $3 million in seed funding, the importance of agriculture-specific accounting software, and how consolidation in the industry could affect financials.

We talk with Michael Kohen, Founder and CEO of Spark AI about AI and the future of farming.

We talk with Sujit Janardanan, Cropin’s Chief Marketing Officer about the role of “thinking” tech and how it can be used to mitigate agriculture’s many challenges.