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Jan 2, 2024 • 49min

324: Agribusiness M&A Integration with Joe Mosher, Founder of Mosher Consulting Group

Joe Mosher is the Founder and Principal of Mosher Consulting Group and host of The Pacesetter Pod. Mosher Consulting Group helps food and agribusiness companies grow their businesses, deliver profitable results, and set their people up for future success. For more than 15 years, Joe has supported executives in executing their strategies and realizing value from their M&A activities. He is focused on the small to middle market food and agribusiness sector. Links: Joe on LinkedIn Mosher Consulting Group Join the Co-op   Sponsor: This episode is presented by Local Line. Learn more HERE. Check out our interview with Cole.
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Dec 28, 2023 • 44min

323: Growth Mindset in Legacy Agribusiness with Matt Nicoletti, Director of Business Development at Penny Newman Grain Company

Matt Nicoletti is the Director of Business Development at Penny Newman Grain Company. From its beginning in 1878 as a mercantile store in Fresno, CA, Penny Newman Grain has grown to become a leading merchant in the international market for grain and feed by-products. They are supply chain experts and develop unique logistical solutions to deliver a maximum return for producers whilst minimizing input costs for end-users. Their newest division, Farm Products, offers a portfolio of innovative crop fertility inputs that help growers improve their profitability through regenerative methods. Penny Newman’s Farm Products Division was born out of a recognition that optimum crop fertility and resilience can be accomplished through alternative methods to those being offered to growers today. Links: Penny Newman Website Acre Awards Part 1 Acre Awards Part 2 Join the Co-op Sponsor: This episode is presented by Local Line. Learn more HERE. Check out our interview with Cole.
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Dec 22, 2023 • 26min

The 2023 Acre Awards - Part 2

Tune in for our end of year award, recap, and predictions show! Part 2: Biggest Change for 2024 Podcast Recap and Goals Nuss Farms Recap and Goals Boring Business of the Year 2023 Obsession 2024 Predictions Ag Business Ideas Links: Edward Silva on Future of Ag podcast Seana Day and Mark Brooks on AgTech investing Sponsor: This episode is presented by Local Line. Learn more HERE. Check out our interview with Cole.
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Dec 22, 2023 • 21min

The 2023 Acre Awards - Part 1

Tune in for our end of year award, recap, and predictions show! Part 1: Favorite Episode of the Year Business We'd Invest $10,000 In Ag Person of the Year Favorite Business Person Craziest Person We're Following Favorite Content Links: Kevin Schwartz on the podcast The Climate Corporation Agtonomy Maui Nui Ohalo Brent Beshore Andrew Wilkinson David Senra Founders Podcast Reg Zeller Jesse Itzler Jeremy Giffon on Invest Like the Best Sponsor: This episode is presented by Local Line. Learn more HERE. Check out our interview with Cole.
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Dec 19, 2023 • 43min

320: Lundberg Family Farm's Brita and Bryce Lundberg on Regen Ag, Marketing, and Growing a Family Business

Lundberg Family Farms is a leading grower of organic rice and maker of best-selling packaged rice and rice snacks. We talk with Brita Lundberg, Communications Manager and Bryce Lundberg, VP of Agriculture regarding the company’s origin story, regenerative ag efforts, approach to marketing, and how they continue to innovate and grow the family business. Links: Lundberg Website Join the Co-op Sponsor: This episode is presented by Local Line. Learn more HERE. Check out our interview with Cole.
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Dec 12, 2023 • 44min

319: Realistic AgTech Valuations, Cold Plasma Tech & Going Broad and Narrow with Dan White, Co-Founder and CEO of Clean Crop

Dan White is the Co-Founder and CEO of Clean Crop Technologies, an agtech startup that uses electricity to fight food waste and food safety risk. Clean Crop's proprietary 'Clean Current' technology combines electricity and food-grade gasses to remove contaminants from seeds and foods to increase crop yields, reduce food waste, and increase food safety. Links: Dan on LinkedIn Clean Crop Website Join the Co-op Sponsor: This episode is presented by Local Line. Learn more HERE. Check out our interview with Cole.
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Dec 5, 2023 • 49min

318: Lessons from Steve Jobs, Bill Gates & Michael Dell and Building a New Autonomy Platform for Ag

Tim Bucher is the CEO and Founder of Agtonomy, a hybrid autonomy and tele-assist platform for agriculture vehicles. They partner with established equipment manufacturers to transform tractors and agriculture machines into autonomous and remote-controlled equipment that is accessible to local farmers. Tim is a lifelong farmer who also spent the bulk of his career in the tech industry in Silicon Valley. He worked for a number of successful startups and founders, including Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Michael Dell. We dig into his background and the story of founding and scaling Agtonomy. Links: Tim on LinkedIn Agtonomy Website Join the Co-op Sponsor: This episode is presented by Local Line. Learn more HERE. Check out our interview with Cole.
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Dec 1, 2023 • 24min

317: Understanding the Farm Team - Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

This month, Tim and Tyler talk with Ariel about her latest Topsoil edition - "Farming is a team sport - A framework for roles on the farm." 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. Links: Join the Co-op Subscribe to Topsoil Sponsor: This episode is presented by Local Line. Learn more HERE. Check out our interview with Cole.
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Nov 28, 2023 • 35min

316: Entrepreneur Bill Camarillo on Building a Compost Business Before It Was Cool

Bill Camarillo is the President and CEO of Agromin. Agromin, with facilities throughout California, manufactures earth-friendly soil products for farmers, government entities, landscapers and gardeners. Agromin is the organics recycler for over 200 California communities, making it one of the largest organics recyclers in the state. Bill shares his story of getting into the compost industry, growing Agromin, leaning into the regenerative ag and climate smart ag movements, and much more! Links: Bill on LinkedIn Agromin Website Rate & Review the NEW Spotify Feed Become a Premium Subscriber Sponsor: This episode is presented by MyLand. Learn more at MyLand.ag. Check out our interview with Dane.
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Nov 21, 2023 • 35min

315: Implementing Regenerative Ag FOR Farmers and Landowners with Kevin Wolz, CEO of Canopy Farm Management

Kevin Wolz formerly led the Savanna Institute as its Co-Executive Director. In 2022, he joined Canopy Farm Management as its Chief Executive Officer. Canopy is a business launched by the Savanna Institute and Grantham Environmental Trust to expand agroforestry services in the Midwest. While CEO of Canopy, Kevin continues his contributions to Savanna Institute’s mission as a lead scientist. Kevin’s academic background has blended biology, agroecology, and engineering, with a focus spanning a wide range of methods and applications – from biogeochemical cycling and ecological monitoring to biophysical modeling and economic analyses. He was the founding Chair of the Institute’s Board of Directors. Kevin enjoys experimenting and learning on his own two agroforestry farms on long-term-leased land in Champaign County, IL. Links: Kevin on LinkedIn Canopy Farm Management Rate & Review the NEW Spotify Feed Become a Premium Subscriber Sponsor: This episode is presented by MyLand. Learn more at MyLand.ag. Check out our interview with Dane.

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