Today’s guest is a scientist, researcher, and the founder of Dynamite Ag – a sales and consulting company founded in 2012. Growing up in a Christian household, Dr. Curtis Livesay was told not to do drugs, to research about it. This pursuit of knowledge led him to acquire a Ph.D. in interpersonal communication and research methods. It is also the heart of his company – to do great research and disseminate good and useful information.

On today’s episode, Dr. Curtis shares his knowledge, experience, and viewpoints about a variety of topics such as critical agronomic problems, lies fed to farmers, and specific ways to deal with particular agronomic concerns.

“Don’t just try something different, but pay attention to where you put it.” – Dr. Curtis Livesay

This Week on The Future of Agriculture Podcast:

• How Dr. Curtis found his niche and how he finds the people he works with
• Difference between plant recoverable and plant available
• How farmers should balance the economics of farming with environmental stewardship
• Yield contest over profitability contest
• What volunteer corn is, why it’s a problem and what farmers can do about it

Check Out Dr. Curtis Livesay Across the Net:

• Dynamite Ag on Facebook

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On today’s episode of Future of Agriculture Podcast, my guest is an engineer by who was born in Nebraska and grew up as a city kid in Omaha. Russ Conser eventually fell in-love with energy which started his decades-long career in Shell Oil where he learned more about oil, gas, and carbon. You may be surprised to hear that the knowledge and experience Russ gained in this industry eventually led him to his present venture in the field of agriculture.

Russ Conser is the CEO of Standard Soil, a company that uses adaptive multi-paddock grazing to grow grass-fed beef at scale. He spent the last 15 years in innovation and investing in pioneering startups that produce revolutionary and edgy outputs and results. A writer, speaker, investor, and game-changer, Russ talks about Standard Soil’s business model, its difference from other tech startups, the positive environmental impact it brings, and a lot more.

“I tend to think of agriculture really as the biological solar energy business in the world of farmers and ranchers.” – Russ Conser

This Week on The Future of Agriculture Podcast:

• Russ elaborates the difference between traditional grazing and multi-paddock grazing.
• He shares the effects of multi-paddock grazing that are advantageous not only to the business itself, but also in the quality of the nutrient produced in the soil.
• Together with the overall environmental impact of multi-paddock grazing, Russ talks about what the organic-rich soils can do for everyone.
• He gives some tips on how they handle moving paddocks frequently, how they manage the grazing during wintertime, and how to know the right square footage of paddocks per cow.
• Russ emphasizes that the methods by which these things are produced usually cause concern with broader environmental issues.
• He introduces the “cocktail mix” producers use to create a superior product.
• Forward-looking, Russ talks about the significance of multi-paddock grazing to the US beef industry 20 years from now.

Additional Resources Mentioned in Today’s Episode

• TED Talk by Allan Savory

Check Out Russ Conser Across the Net:

• Standard Soil Website
• Standard Soil on Twitter
• Standard Soil on Facebook
• The Grassfed Exchange

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AgTech has experienced quite a boom over the years. There is no question that innovation can boost tremendous improvements in the Agriculture industry. And like me, many Agriculture professionals and business owners are curious and eagerly awaiting the next big thing from AgTech.

Louisa Burwood-Taylor is currently at the heart of the AgTech industry as the Chief Editor of AgFunderNews.com. She was originally a financial journalist and was privileged to shift to AgTech just when the industry started gaining significant progress.

In today’s show, Louisa shares her experience in AgTech, along with invaluable entrepreneurial advice, insight and a glimpse of what is to come in the industry.

“Agriculture is the least digitized industry in the world, which is pretty concerning because it is one of the most essential industries in our daily lives.”

This Week on The Future of Agriculture Podcast:

• The Agriculture industry is currently experiencing an Intersection between food, technology, and entrepreneurship.
• Women are making great strides in the Agriculture industry and it makes sense to have more of their voice in the corporate scene, because they influence more than half of the food choices in the family).
• Consumer demand and changes are really going to impact how farmers plant, what they plant, and how they grow it.
• There's a huge potential for robotics to revolutionize farming, but it has not yet raised much funding because the technology is not quite there yet and it can be quite expensive.
• Louisa shares the “hot” areas for AgTech where there are a lot of start-ups and tech innovation hubs.
• She discusses what accelerators do and their role in AgTech.
• Entrepreneurs are demonstrating more enthusiasm with AgTech this year.
• It may take some time before AgTech finds another unicorn, because the investors have pulled back over the last few years.

Resources Mentioned

• How Consumer Preferences and the Role of Women are Informing Food & Ag Innovation
• The Climate Corporation
• Memphis Meats
• Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology
• Research Triangle Park
• Volcani Center
• Swiim
• Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies

Reach out with Damian Mason:

• Louisa Burwood-Taylor on Twitter
• Louisa Burwood-Taylor on LinkedIn
• com
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• AgFunder on Twitter
• AgFunder on Google+

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