The one and only, often imitated, never duplicated – Agtech Action Friday! Agriculture proved to be everywhere this week: in the air, in our cereal boxes and on our roads?! Yes, you cannot escape the power and influence of agriculture. But please be careful what you eat; not all proteins are created equal!
Let’s get to this week in the world of agtech and agriculture!
Food and the World:
Farmers Borrow Less Money in spite of weaknesses (Great news!)
Hey We are Working Together! US-China $550M Green Fund
More Rain to Hit Corn Belt this Weekend
Corn Harvest only 30% Complete
EPA Proposal would shrink Buffer Zones around Farm Pesticides
Agriculture in the News:
Kellogg agrees to stop marketing sugary cereals as ‘healthy’
By 2025, 43M Children Under the Age of 5 will be Overweight
CA Legalizes Eating Roadkill (No thanks to this alternative protein!)
Real Men of Genius? ABInBev accusing MillerCoors of Stealing Beer Recipes
Why is Celery Powder so Controversial?
Interesting Reads:
Diverse Rotations Slash Erosion
Podcast: Farm Kids under Stress
Turning Marginal Cropland into Productive Grass
Methane to Fishfeed opportunity temps BP back into Ag
Native Grasses and Cover Crops Improve Cattle Quality
The Golden Age of Airplane food is over
Finance:
Cargill invests $225M in plant protein & refined oils facility
Australian Beef & Sheep returns drop in 2017-18 despite export volume growth
Commentary: Investing in Cannabis from the UK
Markets: History shows 16¢ IL Corn rally
Provivi raises $85M Series C to Combat Field Pests with Pheromones
Thai Union Launches $30M Food Tech Fund, First Investment in Insect Protein
OTPP Anchors Goldcrest’s $300M Fund
Australian grain crop set to fall to decade low due to drought – Rabobank
I want to take a moment to promote a Yield Lab Institute initiative we are in midst of called Manure Innovation Challenge. The Manure Innovation Challenge, which is a combination of a non-dilutive accelerator program and a pitch competition, has a programming event scheduled for Indianapolis on November 18th/19th (ahead of the Sustainable Agriculture Summit). We have eight startups participating each with a solution related to manure management and each with a focus on making manure a profitable by-product for farmers.
If you are interested in learning more about the Manure Innovation Challenge, please contact me. As always, agtech knows no bounds; and waste products and streams are a big issue that require our attention.
To sustainability and manure!
Brandon