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Growing Pulse CropsField Pea Genetics with Tom Warkentin, Ph.D.Dr. Tom Warkentin is a professor at the University of Saskatchewan where he is part of a team at the Crop Development Center. He has been a pulse crop breeder for about 30 years, mostly focused on field peas. Warkentin discusses the progress of his pulse crop breeding program over the decades, including varieties that have had a big impact on the industry. He also shares how he balances the need to improve genetics on multiple fronts all at once, like yield, quality, lodging, disease resistance, protein and a number of other factors. He’ll also cover what’s in the...2024-05-0730 min
Almond JourneyEpisode 41: Stewardship Metrics with Mackey ViolichMackey Violich is part of the ownership team at Capay Farms, a 13,000-acre almond and walnut farming operation. As sustainability manager, Violich has explored a variety of innovative solutions like solar, cover crops, composting, carbon credits, electric equipment, whole orchard recycling and more. “There's a lot of green washing out there. But if you have the data and the numbers to back it up, it makes it easier because it's the whole industry. If we all make a change it's gonna make a big impact, not only in our environment, but as a marketing tool.” - Mac...2023-05-1731 min
Future of AgricultureFoA 356: Seven Business Ideas for Ag EntrepreneursTry Acres for Free: https://www.acres.co/FoA 334: Cybersecurity in Agribusiness with Mike Moore of Ever.AgFoA 310: Investment Models with Hannah Senior of Innovating AgtechFoA 351: Agritourism and Adding Value on the Farm with Allan RobinetteFoA 355: Tule Technologies Acquired by CropX with Tom Shapland and John GatesFoA 301: Funding Innovation for Agriculture, People, and Planet with Suma Reddy of Future AcresSeven business opportunity ideas i've been thinking about lately: Security: Data security, cybersecurity, farm/ranch/rural crime securityAcquiring small/medium sized ag-related...2023-03-2931 min
Future of AgricultureFoA 355: Tule Technologies Acquired by CropX with Tom Shapland and John GatesTry Acres for free: https://www.acres.co/Tule Technologies: https://tule.ag/CropX: Today’s episode features Tom Shapland of Tule Technologies and John Gates of CropX. We have a great episode for you talking about Tule’s technology, Tom’s entrepreneurial journey, The decision on both sides for Cropx to acquire Tule, M&A in agtech and integration lesson, and the future of artificial intelligence in agtech. Tom is the co-founder and CEO of Tule Technologies, which is now part of CropX. As a graduate student at UC Davis, Tom dev...2023-03-2235 minAlmond JourneyEpisode 20: New Orchard Ideas and Funding Sources with Alec EarleIn this episode we visit with almond grower and retired Air Force officer Alec Earle. Alec and his wife each spent over 30 years in the Air Force, first in active duty then civil service. In 2014, they bought 20 acres in partnership with his wife’s sister and her husband to form E&S Farms, LLC. Alec used the skills he had developed in the military to research extensively and organize his small orchard to operate at peak performance. He has fine-tuned his irrigation program and tapped into grants to buy equipment and improve his efficiencies. “I know the Almon...2022-03-1031 minAlmond JourneyEpisode 10: Water Use Efficiency with Zac EllisThis episode takes us to Fresno where we visit with Olam Farms senior director of agronomy, Zac Ellis. Zac is in his sixth season with Olam Farms, but he has been around almonds since he was a kid. He discusses the need to continue to push the envelope when it comes to water use efficiency, what that looks like for Olam Farms, and his experiences as a grower collaborator with a huge research effort called T-REX.The T-REX project is part of the Almond Board of California's Irrigation Continuum of research projects, and it stands for Tree...2021-09-1625 min
The Business of BlueberriesSeven Episodes to Binge on Before 2021To put a punctuation mark on 2020, here are a few of the highlights from The Business of Blueberries so far. We like to think of all of our episodes as must-listens, but here are a few you might want to go back and absorb again and again. It was hard to narrow down this list to only seven, but here they are. Grab a boost of blue and enjoy the highlights from these seven episodes.Tim Hammerich is normally the producer behind the scenes of The Business of Blueberries podcast. This week, he steps in to guest...2020-12-3027 min
Clarity At Work: Building A Herd For TomorrowAcross the ocean and ready to milkTom Oesch and Simon Vander Woude paint us a dynamic portrait of their farms, from their family history to how they are implementing genomic testing to advance their farms in today’s ag industry. We’ll hear, in their words, how genomic testing has fueled decisions to help their farm succeed.2020-06-1123 min
Clarity At Work: Building A Herd For TomorrowProducing during a pandemicDuring a global pandemic, we learned that essential workers are people who provide everyday services and goods that we depend on, like milk. We are back with Tom and Simon, to get their perspective on how dairy producers can find ways to adapt in a tumultuous marketplace.2020-06-1114 min
Future of AgricultureFuture of Agriculture 096: Getting Started in Farming with Tom BottomsTom Bottoms earned his bachelor’s degree in Plant Sciences from the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and in 2013, he received his Ph.D. in Horticulture and Agronomy from the University of California. He currently works as an employee of a large farming operation based in Northern California with the intention of eventually accumulating his own farm land and building his own operation. Tom joins me today to share what inspired him to work in the agriculture industry and what motivated him to continue his education in agriculture. He shares why he decided to pi...2018-04-1135 min
Future of AgricultureFuture of Agriculture 032: International Farming & Ag Leadership with Kip TomThis is a good time for reflection on this past year and anticipation of what is to come in 2017, and I’m energized about the potential we have in some of the strategic objectives that we’ll be rolling out here in the coming year. I’m also excited to interview our guest today who came from humble farming beginnings and is now a leader in agri-business and a force in politics. On today’s episode of the Future of Agriculture Podcast, we have who could very well be our next United States Secretary of Agriculture, Kip Tom. Wh...2016-12-2123 min