Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Tune in for our end of year award, recap, and predictions show! Part 2: Biggest Change for 2025 Podcast Recap and Goals Nuss Farms Recap and Goals Boring Business of the Year 2024 Obsession 2025 Predictions Tim's Surprise Category — This episode is presented by Corteva Agriscience. Learn more HERE . — Links Join the Co-op - https://themodernacre.supercast.com Tegner Mill - https://www.tegnermill.com Polaris Energy Services - https://polarisenergyservices.com Subs...
Dec 31, 2024•33 min
Tune in for our end of year award, recap, and predictions show! Part 1: Favorite Episode of the Year Business We'd Invest $10,000 In Ag Person of the Year Favorite Business Person Craziest Person We're Following Favorite Content — This episode is presented by Corteva Agriscience. Learn more HERE . — Links Join the Co-op - https://themodernacre.supercast.com Zac Ellis Episode - https://themodernacre.com/352 David Friedberg Episode - https://themodernacre.com/351 Ohalo - https://ohalo.com Polaris ...
Dec 24, 2024•27 min
Walt Duflock is a 5th generation California farmer (cattle, wine grapes, leafy greens), 30-year Silicon Valley startup veteran (eBay and 3 other acquisitions), and 7 years as an AgTech Innovation leader at SVG-THRIVE and Western Growers (where he’s focused on solutions for labor, water, and food safety) — This episode is presented by Corteva Agriscience. Learn more HERE . — Links Western Growers - https://www.wga.com Walt on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/waltduflock/ CA Ag Labor Deck - ...
Dec 17, 2024•42 min
Mike Hemman is the SVP of Netafim North America. Mike joined Netafim in 2019 as the President of Netafim USA and was promoted to Senior Vice President of North America in 2024. He has been instrumental in driving strategic growth and expanding profit margins through innovative market strategies, customer segmentation, product lifecycle management, and improvements in supply chain and manufacturing efficiencies. With multiple decades of experience in the crop protection and seed industry, Mike ha...
Dec 10, 2024•32 min
Cody Agee is the Owner & CEO at Sierra Dairy Laboratory. After getting his degree in finance and a career in investment banking at J.P. Morgan, Cody decided to search for a business to buy. He ended up acquiring Sierra Dairy Laboratory and joins the podcast to tell the whole story. — This episode is presented by Corteva Agriscience. Learn more HERE . — Links Sierra Dairy Laboratory - https://www.sierradairylab.com Cody on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cody-agee-62451142/ Join the Co...
Dec 03, 2024•30 min
This month, Tim and Tyler talk with Ariel about her latest Topsoil edition - "How to do better napkin math - A framework for units and measures in agriculture." Ariel Patton is the creator of Topsoil , a newsletter bringing you monthly frameworks to help make sense of agriculture, at just the right depth. Ariel has focused her career on driving digital transformation of agriculture to help farmers manage their businesses more profitably and sustainably at Monsanto, Granular, Corteva, Mineral, an...
Nov 26, 2024•26 min
Travis Potter is the founder of Tractor Beverage, an innovative beverage company that offered the first and only Certified Organic, Non-GMO beverage solution for foodservice. Travis is now working on his next project - bringing Green Lightning to market. Green Lightning has developed on farm technology that produces liquid fertilizer from only air and water. — This episode is presented by Corteva Agriscience. Learn more HERE . — Links Green Lightning - https://www.greenlightning.ag Join the Co-o...
Nov 19, 2024•40 min
Tracey Wiedmeyer is the Co-Founder and CEO of Gripp. From independent growers to national co-ops, Gripp is focused on providing the ultimate platform for connecting operations teams, keeping tabs on their equipment whereabouts, interactions, and bringing organization to their unique collection of operational knowledge & routines. — This episode is presented by Corteva Agriscience. Learn more HERE . — Links Gripp - https://www.gripp.ag Tracey on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/wiedmeye...
Nov 12, 2024•28 min
Big announcement! Tyler and Tim are joining Polaris Energy Services as CEO and Head of Corporate Development, respectively. They break down all of the details of the move and share more about how Polaris enables California farmers to get paid and save more money. — This episode is presented by Corteva Agriscience. Learn more HERE . — Links Polaris Energy Services - https://polarisenergyservices.com Hourly Flex Pricing Pilot - https://polarisenergyservices.com/hourly-flex-pricing Follow Polaris o...
Nov 05, 2024•21 min
Stemilt Growers is a family-owned and operated tree fruit growing, packing, and shipping company based in Wenatchee, Washington. The company was founded in 1964 by the Mathison's, a multi-generational farming family who have grown fruit for more than a century. Today, Stemilt grows and markets fresh apples, pears, cherries, stone fruits and organic tree fruits. Stemilt is proud of its signature fruits and brands, including: Rave®, SweeTango® and Pinata® apples, Skylar Rae® cherries, A Half Mile ...
Oct 29, 2024•35 min
Chris is the Founder and President of L&A, his third start-up in the AgTech space. He previously founded Robodondo, which was acquired by Motivo Engineering in 2017, then built & rapidly grew Motivo’s B2B AgTech business into their primary vertical and led early market research for the technology that would become Monarch Tractor. Chris left Motivo in 2019 to cofound Stout Industrial Technologies, establishing their core technical team, strategic industry partnerships, intellectual prope...
Oct 22, 2024•41 min
Kyle McMahon is the founder of Tractor Zoom and leads the company as CEO. Kyle is a 3rd generation entrepreneur and actively farms in southeast Iowa. Prior to starting Tractor Zoom, he was the Director of Acquisitions for Summit Agricultural Group where he led a team to buy and sell farmland across the Midwestern corn belt. Kyle co-founded Buch-McMahon Lawn and Landscaping and is a graduate of Iowa State University. — This episode is presented by Corteva Agriscience. Learn more HERE . — Links Tr...
Oct 15, 2024•30 min
Guillermo Valenzuela is the VP of Sales and Marketing at WiseConn. WiseConn specializes in precise irrigation solutions that drive sustainable farming practices. WiseConn empowers sustainable farming through precise irrigation solutions. They provide a user-friendly system for easy monitoring and control, offering farmers the most complete irrigation management system available. Established in 2006, WiseConn has a global presence, serving regions in Latin America, the US, Europe, and Australia. ...
Oct 08, 2024•34 min
Joe Gardiner is the Co-Founder of Covers & Co., a cover crop and forage seed supplier dedicated to helping farmers implement the Principles of Nature into their operations to improve soil resiliency & farm profitability. — This episode is presented by Corteva Agriscience. Learn more HERE . — Links Covers & Co. - https://www.coversandco.ca Join the Co-op - https://themodernacre.supercast.com Modern Acre Newsletter - https://themodernacre.substack.com...
Oct 01, 2024•43 min
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice! This week, we change up the format a bit. Tim and Tyler each choose 5 companies in food and ag that they believe have strong upside. Let us know what you think of the picks! Note: this is for fun and not an exhaustive list. It's not that serious. Sweetgreen - https://www.sweetgreen.com Agtonomy - https://www.agtonomy.com Ohalo - https://ohalo.com Gripp - https://www.gripp.ag Thrive Market - https://thrivemarket.com Podcast: https://themodernacre.com/357...
Sep 24, 2024•19 min
Kevin Wright is the COO of Farmland Services at Manulife. Manulife Investment Management manages a diversified global portfolio of timberland and agriculture with forests covering 5.5 million acres across the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, and New Zealand, and farms covering nearly 400,000 acres of prime farmland across the United States, Australia, Canada, and Chile Kevin leads the teams responsible for operations, management, and support of the North American row crop portfol...
Sep 17, 2024•34 min
Ewan Lamont is SVP, Head of Sustainability Solutions at Indigo. At Indigo, Ewan manages the Sustainability business unit which enables farmers to monetize practice changes they make on their farms. Working with local agribusinesses and downstream partners, Indigo offers the largest and longest-running Scope 3 and carbon farming programs, founded on a suite of patented technologies and industry-leading quantification algorithms. Prior to joining Indigo, Ewan was Chief Operating Officer of Myanma ...
Sep 10, 2024•44 min
This is a special bonus episode! We are airing an episode from The Modern Acre Co-op, our membership community. Every week, Tim and Tyler share their "pick of the week" and discuss a news event from the week. Enjoy the sneak peak and if you enjoy this type of content, consider joining the Co-op . — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Learn more HERE . Check out Matt Woolf's episode on the California ag market HERE . — Links Tyler's Pick: https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/dr-layne-n...
Sep 06, 2024•13 min
Carter Williams is the CEO and Managing Director at iSelect Fund, who invests at the convergence of agtech and human health. Carter has spent his entire career working on innovation. First as a young engineer at McDonnell Douglas, next in his leadership roles at Boeing managing R&D and starting Boeing Ventures. Later as a successful entrepreneur and venture investor. Throughout his career, he has directly managed investments of over $600 million in early-stage ventures and corporate research...
Sep 03, 2024•38 min
An economist and a banker walk into a bar.... Just kidding. Matt Wolf, crop analyst at Terrain, and Jill Jelacich, Head of Regional Banking at American Ag Credit, join the pod (way better than a bar) for a wide ranging conversation about the current state of the ag economy and how American Ag Credit is approaching the changing market landscape with their customers. Correction: The carryin in 2022-2023 was 836 mm (instead of 860 mm) — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Learn more HER...
Aug 27, 2024•37 min
Jack Richardson is kicking off a new and improved version of T he Modern Acre newsletter . After starting his career in venture banking, Jack has spent the last five years in AgTech, first at a food waste startup and now in precision technology at an Ag OEM. He's spent most of his career in strategy roles where he's explored ways to make business models work. Outside of his specific roles, he's written about the space more broadly – you may have come across his prior writing on LinkedIn . In tan...
Aug 23, 2024•21 min
Tyler Niday is the Founder and CEO of Bonsai Robotics. Bonsai provides vision-based automation and autonomous solutions to combat growers’ biggest challenge: the labor crisis. Bonsai partners with existing manufacturers enabling greater performance, efficiency, and insight than ever before. Prior to founding Bonsai, Tyler held various positions at Blue River technology, developing their product. — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Learn more HERE . Check out Matt Woolf's episode on...
Aug 20, 2024•28 min
A new edition of Acre Insights is here! We have a loaded docket today with wife-inspired business ideas for ag, how to make ag more fun, and defining regenerative in California. — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Learn more HERE . Check out Matt Woolf's episode on the California ag market HERE . — Links Buy Nuss Farms Watermelon - https://pickedtoporch.com/products/watermelons?variant=43732339916853 Join the Co-op - https://themodernacre.supercast.com Mom Walk - https://www.themom...
Aug 13, 2024•25 min
After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in communications from Sacramento State University, Dan moved to Kerman, CA to work on a ranch for his now father-in-law. Working on his father-in-law’s ranch, Dan learned quickly about the farming industry and realized his heart’s desire was working with primarily almond, pistachio, grapes, and cotton. He also gravitated toward research, development, and applications primarily on nutrition programs, irrigation, water treatment, and regulations that come...
Aug 06, 2024•28 min
Devon Wright is the Founder and CEO of Lumo, a hardware and software smart valve agtech startup. Lumo's mission is to massively improve fresh water efficiency and food security. They do this helping farmers optimize irrigation so they can continue to meet our growing food demand with an increasingly volatile water supply. Prior to this, Devon co-founded Turnstyle Solutions and grew it to one of the largest local marketing platforms of its kind before being acquired by Yelp in 2017. He helped bui...
Jul 30, 2024•40 min
This month, Tim and Tyler talk with Ariel about her latest Topsoil edition - "After 40 harvests - A framework for succession planning in agriculture." Ariel Patton is the creator of Topsoil , a newsletter bringing you monthly frameworks to help make sense of agriculture, at just the right depth. Ariel has focused her career on driving digital transformation of agriculture to help farmers manage their businesses more profitably and sustainably at Monsanto, Granular, Corteva and Mineral. — This ep...
Jul 26, 2024•22 min
In 2000, Steve Brazeel founded SunTerra Produce, which has grown from a one-person produce brokerage firm into an industry-leading, full-service platform handling sales, marketing, farming, food safety, harvesting, storage, and distribution activities for specialty crop producers on over 5,000 acres throughout the US and Mexico. Born out of SunTerra‘s participation in the USDA’s ground-breaking Farmers to Families Food Box program, Project FoodBox was launched in 2020. Since the program’s incept...
Jul 23, 2024•39 min
Scott Nelson is the CEO and Co-Founder of Make Hay. Launched in partnership with Purdue University and High Alpha Innovation, Make Hay is a SaaS marketing platform that enables brands to produce authentic and trusted agricultural-related content at scale, all while amplifying and empowering the voices of America's Agriculture Industry. — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Learn more HERE . Check out Matt Woolf's episode on the California ag market HERE . — Links Make Hay - https://w...
Jul 16, 2024•34 min
Jack Richardson is kicking off a new and improved version of T he Modern Acre newsletter . After starting his career in venture banking, Jack has spent the last five years in AgTech, first at a food waste startup and now in precision technology at an Ag OEM. He's spent most of his career in strategy roles where he's explored ways to make business models work. Outside of his specific roles, he's written about the space more broadly – you may have come across his prior writing on LinkedIn . In tan...
Jul 12, 2024•22 min
Grant Mulligan is a Director of the Investment Group at AlTi Tiedemann Global, a global wealth and alternatives manager. Grant focuses on the firm’s climate sustainability impact investments, specifically nature-based solutions and decarbonization technology. Prior to joining AlTi, Grant was a Project Director at NatureVest, the in-house impact investing team of The Nature Conservancy. He advised institutional-scale timber and agriculture/water funds on how to deliver durable conservation outcom...
Jul 10, 2024•37 min
