The episode discusses recent developments in AgTech, including funding, partnerships, and innovations in agriculture.
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring an analysis of how capital and consolidation are dividing the global crop sector, Rob Eddy on horticulture education for greenhouse builders, a $45 million NSF research award for NDSU, DENSO's agri-food acquisition, LettUs Grow's commercial-scale vitamin B12 breakthrough, and CIBO Technologies partnering with Ingredion on regenerative agriculture data. Let's get started! Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines: Analysis: The Agricultural Divide: how capital, consolidation, and innovation are segmenting the global crop sector across vegetables, cereals, legumes, and fruits Interview: Rob Eddy on why the design and construction industry needs horticulture education — Resource Innovation Institute launches greenhouse workforce certification program Research: NDSU receives $45M NSF award for AgTech Engine expansion; CAAIN launches $9M open competition to advance Canadian agri-food technology Robotics & CEA: Nature Robots secures 4M euros seed funding to scale autonomous farming software; LettUs Grow achieves vitamin B12-fortified pea shoots at commercial scale…