The Modern Acre

This episode is presented by DPH Biologicals. Learn more at DPHBio.com Dane Hague is the CEO and co-founder of MyLand, a soil health company. MyLand’s innovative and patented technology and unique Soil as a Service approach allows farmers to easily and rapidly implement regenerative agriculture practices and improve their soil health by harnessing the land’s own native ecosystem, because No Two Farms are Alike. MyLand uses live, native microalgae to improve soil health more rapidly. Through their technology and service, MyLand helps tackle two of the world’s biggest challenges: food security and climate disruption.  Connect with MyLand Website | LinkedIn Follow our Fitness Challenge on Twitter!

This episode is presented by DPH Biologicals. Learn more at DPHBio.com Anthony Howcroft is the CEO of SWARM Engineering. SWARM is a Software-as-a-Service platform that uses next generation cognitive computing to tackle challenges in the agri-food supply chain to save costs, reduce waste, and deliver environmental benefits. The SWARM platform is structured around a multi-agent approach which utilizes a curated market of algorithms to optimize key processes such as load planning, inbound and outbound logistics, demand/supply planning, maximizing yield, and pricing optimization. SWARM provides an easy way for business users to define problems, and rapidly match them to advanced solutions without any software coding, knowledge of advanced AI, or machine learning. Anthony has more than 25 years’ experience in technology, in a mix of corporate and startup roles that cover software engineering, sales and marketing. He was co-founder and VP Sales of DATAllegro, the data warehouse appliance vendor acquired by Microsoft for $260M in 2008. He subsequently ran Microsoft’s Big Data team in EMEA for 5 years, showing triple digit growth each year. After a 3-year stint mentoring CEOs in California, he launched SWARM. He has a Creative Writing Diploma from the University of Oxford and has lectured on the use of narrative in business. His non-fiction book Questions: A User’s Guide was published in October 2020, achieving Amazon bestseller status, and the research behind the book is being used to enhance the approach of the SWARM Challenge Modeler product. Connect with SWARM Website | LinkedIn Giveaway! Rate & Review the podcast and send proof to tyler@themodernacre.co. The first 5 entries will win Anthony's book Questions

This episode is presented by DPH Biologicals. Learn more at DPHBio.com Brenda Tjaden, founder of Prairie Routes, led this Co-op members call talking about how to monetize and model regenerative agriculture. This is jam packed with info and member Q&A. Subscribe to Brenda's Substack

This episode is presented by DPH Biologicals. Learn more at DPHBio.com Maria Cho is the CEO of Triplebar, a synthetic biology company based in California. It is a venture-backed startup with funding from The Production Board, a VC firm with a focus on sustainability, especially in the food and agriculture industries. Triplebar Bio works at the interface of biological and engineering sciences to engineer and discover microbes that produce a wide range of molecules across the food, agriculture, and pharmaceutical industries. Maria is a veteran business leader with more than 15 years building industry-leading teams and a biologics expert with unique range of commercial experience, from therapeutics to cosmetics to CRO/CMO. Connect with Triplebar Website | LinkedIn

This episode is presented by DPH Biologicals. Learn more at DPHBio.com This month, Tim and Tyler talk with Ariel about her latest Topsoil edition - "Where the crops go: A framework for demand 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 currently, Mineral. Connect with Ariel Topsoil Newsletter | LinkedIn Links Podcast with Justin Mares

This episode is presented by DPH Biologicals. Learn more at DPHBio.com Check out Tim's LinkedIn post on our experience at Nuss Farms with regenerative agriculture. Stephen Hohenrieder is the Founder and CEO of Grounded Capital which invests long-term private financial capital with a systems-based, holistic approach to achieve Impact across Five Areas of Focus: Places, Energy, People, Food and Nature. Stephen leads day-to-day operations and portfolio strategy for the firm, he is also focused on certain private equity and private credit holdings where he contributes his experience investing in regenerative food and agriculture over the past decade. Stephen has spent the past twenty-five years investing on behalf of family offices and their related entities, serving as the CEO and CIO of individual family offices, building a registered investment advisor to serve multiple families, as a general partner of two private equity firms, and through his work at Grounded Capital. Connect with Grounded Capital Website | LinkedIn

This episode is presented by DPH Biologicals. Learn more at DPHBio.com Tim and Tyler dial up the ag takes on this edition of Acre Insights, including the state of indoor farming, the latest greenwashing by CPG's, and Kiss the Ground's new film on regenerative ag. But first, Tyler shares the details of going viral on his family's vacation to Europe. Links Europe Vlogs

This episode is presented by DPH Biologicals. Learn more at DPHBio.com Derek Azevedo is the Executive Vice President of Bowles Farming Company. Prior to joining Bowles in early 2017, Derek spent 12 years working with farmers throughout the Central Valley as a business development representative for the world’s largest tomato processor. Bowles Farming Company is a family owned and operated farming operation located near Los Banos in the Central Valley of California. The farm is currently being managed by the 6th generation of the Bowles & Lawrence families. They produce primarily annual crops with a focus on tomatoes (processing and fresh), melons, Extra Long Staple cotton, alfalfa and much more. Connect with Bowles Website | LinkedIn

This episode is presented by DPH Biologicals. Learn more at DPHBio.com In April 2021, Mick Messman was named President and Chief Executive Officer of DPH Biologicals, bringing twenty-five years of experience in crop protection, seed treatment and biologicals after serving in commercial leadership roles at two leading multi-nationals and emerging agtech companies. Today, Mick is leading DPH Biologicals to deliver more value to partners and growers through collaborative relationships and access to its trusted biological platform.​ DPH Biologicals aims to become the industry’s most trusted biologicals provider, based one of the industry’s most trusted technologies that has delivered unmatched results to improve soil structure while increasing nutrient uptake across a wide range of crops, soil types and growing environments. For more than three decades, we have delivered value to the row and specialty crop, turf and ornamental markets. With unique applicability across broad soil types, our technology platform, TerraTrove™, built on SP-1 Classic™ formulation, has been refined across millions of acres to make it the most complete biofertility solution available. We are committed to building upon the DPH Biologicals heritage to help meet the needs of a growing population and address global concerns of climate change, food security and clean water. Connect with DPH Website | LinkedIn | CropLife Article

Peter Martin is an Advisory Partner at Pinion and Matt Powell is a Global Innovation Leader at Pinion, CEO of Robot Accounts, and Co-Founder of AgWorld. Pinion, formerly named KCoe Isom, is a ‘U.S. Top 100’ accounting firm and global leader in food and agriculture consulting. With roots dating back to 1932, the firm has expanded upon traditional accounting services to deliver increased value and growth for clients through comprehensive policy-to-plate strategies, and specialized advisory in the areas of sustainability, government affairs, farm programs, land management, financial management, succession planning, and business strategy. Robot Accounts provides AI powered automated accounting and financial data standardization, workflow and integration. Connect with Pinion Website | LinkedIn