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Ag Data Watch Dogs
Who’s watching your farm data? A better question for farmers might be... who isn’t watching your data? And could NFTs (Non-Fungible...
Jul 20, 2021


Between Church and Gates
Goin’ once, goin’ twice. Sold to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This week, Farmland Reserve, a company with ties to...
Jul 2, 2021


Grapes' Robotic Revolution
Some grape news for producers battling labor shortages in wine country: robots . UC Davis’ new guidelines for robotic pruning, canopy...
Jun 25, 2021


Feed from the Sea
The seaweed is always greener in somebody else’s feed rations. A new startup out of Sweden, Volta Greentech , is raising money ($2.07...
Jun 11, 2021


Prayin' for Rain
“We need divine intervention.” That was Governor Spencer Cox recently asking Utahns to pray for rain as exceptional drought conditions...
Jun 11, 2021


Biden’s Budget for Ag
Show me the money: Last week, President Joe Biden made it rain with the release of his fiscal 2022 budget – a $6 trillion request to...
Jun 4, 2021


When Your Pinot Has 'Smokey' Notes...
A recent legal squabble in wine country is giving ‘smoke tainted’ grapes a lot of attention. Langtry Farms LLC is suing the owners of...
May 31, 2021


China Is Slackin'
While U.S. farm exports are anticipated to break the glass ceiling this year, China isn’t holding up its end of the bargain. This year...
May 31, 2021


Robots Picking Rocks. It's Genius.
Those long, dusty days clearing rocks from fields may become a thing of the past. The rundown: TerraClear , creator of an innovative...
May 31, 2021


Live Shot: Trucker Sees His Mileage Rates 🚀
You may have noticed a trend in Magnetic the past month. ‘Shortage' - the supply chain and market-busting term - has shown up 13 times...
May 28, 2021


Brazil Is Parched. Period.
As the largest exporter of coffee, sugar, and orange juice, Brazil’s weather woes should worry the world. A rainy season just ended with...
May 25, 2021


Sustainable Salmon Off to a $trong $tart
AquaBounty’s genetically engineered salmon is headed to harvest after decades of development, and its first sales are already signed,...
May 14, 2021


Agribiz Making It Rain
Gangbuster earnings flooded the agribusiness world over the past two weeks. We thought we’d skim the surface of a few more earnings...
May 11, 2021


Cargill Is Not Not Busy
Cargill is on a roll… or should we say sail. With commodity demand accelerating, especially in China, a lack of new shipping vessels is...
May 4, 2021


JBS Gettin' Digi(tal) With It
JBS is having its own Inception moment. The global meat player has created a blockchain platform that allows suppliers of JBS to...
May 4, 2021


Laser Robot FOMO
With the annihilation power straight out of Star Wars, Seattle-based Carbon Robotics is on a roll with the latest revamp of their...
Apr 27, 2021


Testy Train Track Bidding War
If you’re looking for a good deal on a cross-continent railroad, well… let’s just say it’s not a buyer’s market. Just weeks ago,...
Apr 23, 2021


Farm Equipment Makers Can't Keep Up
Farm equipment makers have whiplash trying to scale production back up from pandemic cuts and supply chain disruptions to meet seasonably...
Apr 23, 2021


Sorghum Sees $$$ in Pet Food
Sorghum has a pet-filled pandemic to thank for its dynamite 2020. And the companion animal data doesn’t lie… The U.S. pet industry...
Apr 16, 2021


Nothing Turtle-Like For This Growth...
Tortuga AgTech is ramping up to build hundreds of automated harvest robots, and the company has producers pickin’ and investors grinnin’....
Apr 13, 2021
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