The Future of Crop Protection Starts 10 Years Ahead: with Tony Klemm & Tom Meade | Ep. 115
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The episode discusses how future crop protection solutions are being developed years in advance to address upcoming agricultural challenges.
What if the biggest decisions shaping your farm today are actually being made a decade in advance? In this episode of the AgCulture Podcast, Paul sits down with Tony Klemm (CEO) and Tom Meade (Chief Science Officer) from Enko Chem at the World AgriTech Summit to explore how the next generation of crop protection is being built. Unlike most of agriculture, where decisions are made season to season, Enko is working on problems that don’t fully exist yet — identifying future pest, disease, and resistance challenges and developing solutions years before they reach the farm gate. Using advanced discovery technologies adapted from the pharmaceutical industry, they are rethinking how new chemistries are identified, tested, and brought to market. This conversation dives into the shift happening in crop protection — from legacy molecules and slowing innovation pipelines to a new model built on collaboration, precision application, and more sustainable, highly targeted solutions. If you want to understand where chemistry, regulation, and farm productivity are heading — and what tools will be in your toolbox 10 years from now — this is a conversation worth paying attention to. Listen to the…
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