Agtech Action | Week of 08.24.19-08.30.19
Happy Friday!
Welcome to Agtech Action.
Heads up - no Agtech Action next week. I’m on vacay (now accepting food, hike & beach recs for Kauai, HI!)
Opportunities:
Brazil fires = bad - Interesting (self-serving) take from USB on soy-as-a-solution to palm-oil driven deforestation
The rise of the pea < Have had a number of thought-provoking conversations this week on the health implications of processed pea components both in pet food and meat-less meat...might be something to be careful about.
Solutions:
Hale Ann Tufan wins Borlaug Award for Field Research & Application for gender-equality work
Soil health can help combat climate change (& cover crop acreage is increasing!)
Rural broadband access will grow the economy …if we can get our act together and implement it…
Policy:
Northern Ireland dairy farmers fear prospects of a no-deal Brexit
Farmers are happy about Trump's Japan trade deal <but it’s not any better than if he would have just not pulled out from Obama’s TPP in the first place…
Despite federal and state efforts, dicamba complaints continue
Finance:
Advanced Farm Technologies raises $7.5M for strawberry-picking robot
Panera launches hybrid delivery model with DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub
Sign up here for Agrifood Conversations this September - schedule coming soon! Our theme will be harvest & processing technologies.
Thanks for reading, and have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!
Connie