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 TractorZoom - https://tractorzoom.com Guillermo on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-mcmahon-0440954b/ Join the Co-op - https://themodernacre.supercast.com Modern Acre Newsletter - https://themodernacre.substack.com

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. — This episode is presented by Corteva Agriscience. Learn more HERE. — Links WiseConn - https://wiseconn.com Guillermo on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gvalenzu/ Join the Co-op - https://themodernacre.supercast.com Modern Acre Newsletter - https://themodernacre.substack.com

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

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 LandScan - https://landscan.ai Leaf - https://withleaf.io Lumo - https://lumo.ag Maui Nui - https://mauinuivenison.com Podast: https://themodernacre.com/338 Make Hay - https://www.gomakehay.com/home — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Learn more HERE. Check out Matt Woolf's episode on the California ag market HERE. — Links Join the Co-op - https://themodernacre.supercast.com Modern Acre Newsletter - https://themodernacre.substack.com

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 portfolio. In this capacity, Kevin oversees the teams that manage, operate and support clients’ row crop properties in the United States and Canada.  In his expanded role as Interim North American Regional Operation Lead (“NARO”) and Chief Operation Officer (“COO”) of the Western U.S. Permanent Crops, Kevin will be responsible for leadership of the MAS leadership team and the commercial enterprise, as well as overseeing the manufacturing of the returns in our tree nut and tree fruit platforms. Prior to joining the firm in 2020, Kevin was president of E. Ritter Agribusiness, Inc., a fifth-generation family owned vertically integrated agricultural business, where he led the management of the family’s agricultural land and business portfolio. — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Learn more HERE. Check out Matt Woolf's episode on the California ag market HERE. — Links Manulife - https://www.manulifeim.com/timberland-agriculture/global/en Kevin on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-wright-087b6b31/ Join the Co-op - https://themodernacre.supercast.com Modern Acre Newsletter - https://themodernacre.substack.com — Disclosures The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers, are subject to change as market and other conditions warrant, and do not constitute investment advice or a recommendation regarding any specific product or security. There is no guarantee that the investment strategy discussed will be successful or achieve any particular level of results. Any economic or market performance information is historical and is not indicative of future results, and no forecasts are guaranteed. Investing involves risks, including the potential loss of principal. Financial markets are volatile and can fluctuate significantly in response to company, industry, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. The information provided does not take into account the suitability, investment objectives, financial situation, or particular needs of any specific person. All overviews and commentary are intended to be general in nature and for current interest. While helpful, these overviews are no substitute for professional tax, investment or legal advice. Clients and prospects should seek professional advice for their particular situation. Neither Manulife Investment Management, nor any of its affiliates or representatives (collectively “Manulife Investment Management”) is providing tax, investment or legal advice.

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 Awba, the leading agriculture group in Myanmar, based in Yangon. He has also held various commercial leadership roles around the world with large agribusiness Syngenta with Global HQ, regional and country positions.   Ewan started his career in the finance world, driving cross-border M&A and corporate advisory engagements for blue-chip companies seeking to enter the Chinese market. This included target screening, valuation, due diligence and deal-making, concluding with a number of successful foreign acquisitions of Chinese companies. — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Learn more HERE. Check out Matt Woolf's episode on the California ag market HERE. — Links Indigo - https://www.indigoag.com Ewan on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elamont/ Join the Co-op - https://themodernacre.supercast.com Modern Acre Newsletter - https://themodernacre.substack.com

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-norton-tools-for-nutrition-fitness Tim's Pick: https://paulgraham.com/foundermode.html News: https://agfundernews.com/fbn-and-adm-launch-a-new-company-to-connect-grain-buyers-with-more-regeneratively-grown-goods Join the Co-op - https://themodernacre.supercast.com

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, resulting in several billion dollars of new product revenues. As part of Boeing Phantom Works, Carter led Boeing’s technology planning process, involving all aspects of internal and external technology development and manufacturing research. This eventually led to his role in founding and managing Boeing Ventures. After Boeing, he was President of Gridlogix, initially a small 4-person startup that grew over 3 years, exiting successfully to Johnson Controls in October 2008. Gridlogix became Johnson Controls Panopics system. Before leading iSelect, Carter was Senior Managing Director at Progress Partners, an energy and technology investment banking firm. He was a Managing Partner at Open Innovation Ventures and a Director at Clayton Capital Partners. Carter is the past President and Founder of the MIT Corporate Venturing Consortium and Co-founder of the MIT Entrepreneurship Society. He has an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  He also writes about innovation at the substack Creative Destruction. — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Learn more HERE. Check out Matt Woolf's episode on the California ag market HERE. — Links iSelect Fund - https://www.iselectfund.com Carter on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carter/ Carter's Substack - https://creativedestruction.substack.com Join the Co-op - https://themodernacre.supercast.com

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 HERE. Check out Matt Woolf's episode on the California ag market HERE. — Links More on Terrain and American Ag Credit - https://themodernacre.com/aacwebsite Matt on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-woolf-829626246/ Jill on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-jelacich-36490380/ Join the Co-op - https://themodernacre.supercast.com

Jack Richardson is kicking off a new and improved version of The 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 tandem with the contributing to the monthly newsletter, Jack will join us on the podcast every month to break down his latest research and dig into the strategy behind the topic he's covering. This month we dig into understanding the produce section in the grocery store. Check out the newsletter here. — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Learn more HERE. Check out Matt Woolf's episode on the California ag market HERE. — Links Jack on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-richardson-18527684/ Join the Co-op - https://themodernacre.supercast.com Subscribe to the Newsletter - https://themodernacre.substack.com