by Becca Frazier | Aug 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
ICYMI, the Fed raised interest rates at the end of July after a negative GDP in the second quarter (ouch). Queue Paul Revere on his horse galloping across the countryside shouting, “A recession is coming! A recession is coming!” Not quite? While two...
by Becca Frazier | Aug 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
AgTech startups just got a major boost. And the new platform is totally rad. The deets: Radicle Growth, a company that builds ag and food tech companies through early-stage investment, just announced its latest project—The Radicle Farm. The new platform gives startups...
by Becca Frazier | Aug 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ag is long on work and short on labor, with over half of farmers saying they’ve faced labor shortages. Legislative needs and downstream impacts abound. Hired farmworkers make up over 1/3 of total hours worked on the farm. So, they’re a pretty big deal, second only to...
by Becca Frazier | Aug 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Africa: “We (want) the meats.” Beef, specifically. And the U.S. could be poised to provide. There are several factors at play here. The African population continues to expand (thus bumping up demand for affordable protein), and some trade regulations have...
by Becca Frazier | Aug 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new crop to rotate. OK, Bublé. Gimme the news: To enhance climate-smart agriculture, St. Louis startup CoverCress, Inc. developed an advanced field pennycress crop through breeding and gene editing tools, and Bayer wants in....
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