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IPM and Biocontrol 2023: Increasing collaboration across the innovation cycle. Here is Sean giving his presentation at the AAB Conference in Derby yesterday. Lots of great questions from the assembled farmers, agronomists, researchers and regulators.

BAM! Check us out. Three of us telling a great story of transformation navigating relationships and uncertainty in the agriculture sector.

Unlocking Value in Food and agriculture value chain is when we integrate solutions for every step of the value Chain In the dynamic world of food and agriculture, collaboration and integration have become the driving forces of transformation. The need to reshape the landscape, empowering farmers with real-time data, benefiting distributors with streamlined supply chains, and delighting consumers with transparency. From farmers to distributors, each player in the food and agricultural value chain holds a crucial role. 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒓: 𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘉𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘨𝘢𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘪𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘵𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵. I write about it here https://lnkd.in/gH3hVprR #Agriculture #ValueChain #IntegratedSolutions #Collaboration #DataDriven #Innovation

🌱 The nitrogen challenge. We've written about it, discussed it with industry stakeholders, and heard about it at every event we've taken part in over the past years.   📅 On June 18 and 19, we're hosting a round table discussion at the World Agri-Tech South America Summit in Sao Paulo, aiming to explore the intersection of advanced sensing technologies and effective nitrogen management as a strategy to reduce Scope 3 emissions in agriculture. Hosted by our Co-Founder & CEO Samuel Fournier and COO Guillaume Breton-Ménard, we'll explore "The Scope 3 challenge: sensing technology to unlock better nitrogen management."   🔍 Head over this way for a sneak peek of the different angles we'll cover: https://lnkd.in/eP2Akcry ---- 🔄 If you're leading agricultural initiatives or driving your company's ecological transition, join our roundtable for strategic insights and solutions. 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/dwdFpKD

Uncertainty is a way of life in agriculture. Market research and user research can work together to remove this uncertainty. Our Co-CEO Colson Steber will speak with Kris Engdahl and Liam Cates about how they have conducted research in ag tech not once, but multiple times, to stop from making the wrong business decisions. Register here: https://hubs.ly/Q020Q09f0 #agaccess #agtech #marketresearh #userresearch

#smartagriculture #precisionagriculture #precisionfarming #bigdata #iotsolutions INERA Absolute® is at forefront being precision Ag tech organisation on a mission to build a better world for people, for planet Harnessing natures intelligence 🍃 Leading the next green revolution🌱🌾

🐝 New developments in honey bee monitoring: a must-read for stakeholders! 🌻 This Perspective paper with contributions from Julius Kühn-Institut, Eurofins Agroscience Services, RIFCON GmbH, BioChem agrar Labor für biologische und chemische Analytik GmbH and apic.ai, provides key insights into the evolving landscape of bee risk assessment in light of the recently revised EFSA Bee Guidance document. Learn how advances in automated bee counters are changing the way we understand bee behavior and environmental stressors. From tracking pesticide exposure to monitoring bee colony dynamics, these cutting-edge technologies provide accurate data collection and analysis. Learn more about the challenges and opportunities these innovations bring, as well as their potential impact on future risk assessment practices. With improved accuracy and efficiency, background mortality and sublethal effects can be better visualized. Read the full article here https://lnkd.in/efJwjXQ8 and stay informed! #BeeResearch #EnvironmentalScience #BeeHealth #Sustainability #Stakeholders #Innovation #RiskAssessment #OpenAccess

Access to talent & the sustainability skills gap is a key barrier to the scaling of the circular bioeconomy. The year is the European Year of Skills & bioeconomy week 2023 is the perfect forum to discuss this topic, current & future supports develop the talent required to grow sustainable businesses in the circular bioeconomy. Join us online, 10:30am Oct 18th - details ⬇️ #education #training #circularity #skills

Congratulations Poornima Parameswaran, Ph.D and Trace Genomics, and Lars Dyrud and EarthOptics on your multi-year collaboration! As previously announced, Trace Genomics and EarthOptics are partnering to deliver research-grade soil carbon insights. Customers, including farmers, ranchers, and CPG firms, will benefit from Trace Genomics’ unmatched TraceCARBON data with EarthOptics’ sensor data to power enhanced carbon measurement and mapping for EarthOptics’ SoilMapper platform. Understanding soil carbon dynamics is critical to our food systems (e.g., optimization of yields and production costs) and to broader climate impacts (e.g., soil's high carbon-sequestration potential). Partnerships such as these are essential to building a healthy and environmentally responsible food system. We are thrilled to be partners with Trace Genomics and EarthOptics as they provide advanced analytics to improve soil health, create a more robust food supply, and help reduce carbon footprints. S2G's Jinchen Zou shares more about the collaboration in this article: https://lnkd.in/g6ZpeVfA #TraceGenomics #EarthOptics Todd Martin Cristina Rohr #soil #carbon #soilhealth #soilanalysis #carbonsequestration #carbonmarkets #climatetech #farming #agtech #agriculture

An insightful few days at the Agri-TechE REAP Conference last week. We see great value in attending events like #REAP23 so that we don’t miss out on the amazing business ideas and opportunities that have the potential to add value to our/your business. It allows your mind to be opened to what is going on in the wider industry, as this eventually this can filter down to the mainstream industry. It’s allows us to be ahead of the curve. Farms Director John Barrett came back today to fill us in on his week away. Here are a few snippets of the new innovations and ideas that captured his attention for the possible future: - Co-Founder of PES Technologies J. Bailey introduced a new innovation - a portable sensor system to measure soil health, microbiology, as well as all nutrients and organic matter content, launching in 2024: https://lnkd.in/egPkRMzh - CEO & founder of Agtelligence Nima E. presented 'FarmScore' - a project that uses satellite imagery to assess land for carbon, high quality hedges and habitats, SFI, and BNG. AI is then used to interpret data. This system is free to farmers: https://lnkd.in/gSdQiU_N - Plenty Sense are helping farmers improve nitrogen use efficiency by measuring nitrogen availability through the soil profile: https://plentysense.io/ Sentry. On your farm, by your side.