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300. BioMADE’s Melanie Tomczak talks the bioeconomy future, from sustainable aviation fuel to clothing
The bioeconomy – where feedstocks from agriculture are transformed into new products – is poised to surge to more than $30 trillion dollars over the next two decades. The White House calls its potential “enormous,” and there’s an organization leading the effort to create infrastructure around this opportunity. Today, BioMADE Chief Technology Officer, Melanie Tomczak, joins us to tell us 1) what exactly the bioeconomy is, 2) the role of BioMADE in its growth and 3) the unique connection between people, plants and animals.
Where are the greatest opportunities for growth in bioinnovation? Melanie talks cross-sector collaboration and pushing things from early-scale to commercial scale – getting entrepreneurs out of the “Valley of Death.” She also gets into creating resilience and sustainability in U.S. supply chains in a post-pandemic world also experiencing political unrest and geo instability.
What’s ahead? BioMADE recently named six states (Indiana being one) to a short list of geographies that could fill a need that doesn’t exist in the US today: allowing innovators to start the scale-up process without the investment into new facilities, allowing for emerging technologies and products to flow through the U.S. more quickly.
The Hoosier Ag This Week Podcast for 5/18/24
On this edition of Hoosier Ag This Week: HAT Chief Meteorologist says it will be dry this weekend and early this coming week, but moisture returns mid-week in his Indiana Planting Weather Forecast.
Eric Pfeiffer chats with the owners of 550 Wagyu—a farm in Tippecanoe County which produces Wagyu beef cattle. Elizabeth Stonecipher explains what makes the beef they produce so unique.
Also, C.J. Miller profiles Blair Orme—an ag educator and FFA advisor at Rushville Consolidated High School for 35 years. You’ll hear from Orme as plans to retire at the end of this school year and reflects on changes to ag education since he first started teaching in Rushville in 1988.
All of that and much more are part of the latest episode of Hoosier Ag This Week!
The Hoosier Ag Today Podcast for 5/17/24
On the HAT Podcast Eric Pfeiffer, and C.J. Miller have the news including the new planting forecast and it is retirement for a 35-year Indiana ag educator. HAT Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin says more rain possibilities across all of Indiana today before a possible 3-day dry period, and the grains worked lower while soybean futures were steady Thursday. Andy Eubank has the settlements and analysis from Mike Silver on the #HATPodcast, made possible by First Farmers Bank & Trust - experience banking built on heart, grit, and agriculture. Visit FFBT.com to learn more or stop by your local branch to talk about your ag operation today.
The Hoosier Ag Today Podcast for 5/16/24
On the HAT Podcast Eric Pfeiffer and C.J. Miller have the news including a Purdue student in DC to discuss problems impacting rural communities and EPA gets an earful on overreach. HAT Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin says it will be an active ten day weather period for Indiana, and the grains and oilseeds again sold off Wednesday. Andy Eubank has the settlements and analysis from Tom Fritz on the #HATPodcast, made possible by First Farmers Bank & Trust - experience banking built on heart, grit, and agriculture. Visit FFBT.com to learn more or stop by your local branch to talk about your ag operation today.
The Hoosier Ag Today Podcast for 5/15/24
On the HAT Podcast Eric Pfeiffer, and C.J. Miller have the news including the Northern Lights affecting Indiana farm operations and a Hoosier wagyu beef operation. HAT Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin says lingering moisture today followed by a dry Thursday, and the grains and oilseeds sold off in a turnaround Tuesday. Andy Eubank has the settlements and analysis from Arlan Suderman on the #HATPodcast, made possible by First Farmers Bank & Trust - experience banking built on heart, grit, and agriculture. Visit FFBT.com to learn more or stop by your local branch to talk about your ag operation today.
The Hoosier Ag Today Podcast for 5/14/24
On the HAT Podcast Eric Pfeiffer, C.J. Miller and Sabrina Halvorson have the news including a pretty positive planting update from one section of Indiana and blasting animal rights activists. HAT Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin predicts minimal planting windows ahead, and Andy Eubank has a look at the continuing ag market rally Monday including analysis from John Zanker on the #HATPodcast, made possible by First Farmers Bank & Trust - experience banking built on heart, grit, and agriculture. Visit FFBT.com to learn more or stop by your local branch to talk about your ag operation today.
Fertilizer Industry Update, Nitrogen Supply, & Historical Guest
As Ryan says, the world of fertilizer is rocked just about every day! Returning guest Josh Linville joins hosts Sal Sama and Ryan Priest for this episode of The High Ground powered by Premier Companies, and as StoneX’s Vice President of Fertilizer, Josh is able to shed a ton of insight into the quickly-changing world of fertilizer.
In addition to explaining how some of the key events around the world impact fertilizer availability and prices, you’ll hear why Iran is a key country to keep your eyes on for urea availability. He’ll also explain the domino effect that could take place if the nitrogen supply is cut off and what the overall outlook is for the supply in the United States this year. Josh will also provide some insight into why we need to pay attention to phosphate exports from around the globe and the impacts we’d experience with a decreasing phosphate supply. This is an episode you’re not going to want to miss!
To keep up with Josh, find him on X (Twitter) at @JLinvilleFert and StoneX.com (Josh.Linville@StoneX.com).
Farm Succession for Farm Families
Renee Wiatt serves as the Family Business Management Specialist for the Purdue Institute for Family Business housed in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. She also serves as the research and extension specialist for the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, where she studies the intersection of rural businesses and healthcare. Renee works on Extension and applied research in family-business interface and balance, succession, and family business management. She is a member of the Purdue Extension Succession Planning Team, working on programming and directly with families to guide them through some steps in the succession planning process.
Ed is a Purdue Extension Educator in Agriculture and Natural Resources and County Extension Director in Huntington County. He has degrees in Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Education from Purdue University. His focus areas are field crop production and farm business management. Prior to pursuing a career in Extension, Ed worked with farmers in New York and Indiana as a loan officer. His roots are in southwest Indiana where his family has a farming operation
299. Todd Robran on fintech, farmers and data as a differentiator
From food production to R&D in plant science and animal health, agbioscience is a capital-intensive business. This week, we are joined by Growers Edge Chief Commercial Officer, Todd Robran, to talk reducing risk for farmers, partnerships with ag retailers and how models could be shifting to reward growers with lower rates for more productivity.
Todd also gets into data as a differentiator when it comes to lending and risk management, the current challenges in the agbisocience landscape – from tight commodity markets to interest rates – and how Growers Edge is navigating those waters. He also talks backing innovation for farmer confidence to drive efficient decision-making and creating incentivize gpt farmers alongside ag retailers.
As experts in fintech, how does Growers Edge see themselves when it comes to the adoption of new and emerging technologies? Todd talks about where the company has been, where it’s headed and how he sees the next chapter of agtech coming to fruition.
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