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Pattern Ag predicts next season’s risks to avoid costly crop protection and fertility mistakes by detecting the most damaging pests and pathogens in your field. By analyzing soil biology, Pattern Ag can predict key field agronomic outcomes with 90% confidence before the season starts. This accuracy and advanced timing unlocks farm profitability by enabling precise product placement for your key agronomic inputs. Overall, the company envisions a future where conventional agricultural inputs are enhanced and eventually replaced by precision microbiome…Continue Reading ››

EarthOptics is a soil data measurement and mapping company. The companies technologies create accurate, real-time data maps – including compaction, carbon, moisture, nutrients and more – that give you all the insights you need to unlock the full potential of soil. Unlike conventional testing, EarthOptics is able to deliver comprehensive insights with significantly fewer samples – and at much lower cost. EarthOptics proprietary sensor technology and data analytics make intelligent soil data accessible on a large scale, for increased agricultural…Continue Reading ››

Kevin Van Trump and Carter Williams sit down with Chad Brommer and Daniel Pepitone at Harpe Bioherbicide to discuss thoughts on current investments with Benson Hill, soybean demand moving forward, new ethanol opportunities, acres being converted to solar, Kevin’s favorite commodity trades right now, a natural way to eliminate resistant weeds, why growers will need this technology, when the product will hit the market, the biggest moments in company history to date, opportunities for growers to try the product, and closing…Continue Reading ››

Kevin Van Trump and Carter Williams sit down with Trevor McKeeman, CEO at HitchPin, to discuss introduction to Your Outsourced Ag CTO, iSelect’s most exciting current investments, HitchPin’s first ever customer, providing producers with technology to build their own storefront, thinking about locational as well as transactional businesses, listings for over $1 million on the platform, some of the biggest concerns in the ag supply chain, and why hay is gaining the most traction with HitchPin. There are also lots of other…Continue Reading ››

Johnny Hunter II is a 3rd generation rice and soybean farmer from Southeast Missouri. In addition, he is currently the President and CEO of Castor River Farms. His family roots on the farm in Dexter, MO started all the way back in 1954, but Johnny began his regenerative farming journey in 2012 and continues to innovate his practices today. Beyond production agriculture, Johnny and his family own and operate their own rice mill as well.  At the facility they mill,…Continue Reading ››

Kevin Van Trump & Jordan Van Trump sit down with Dave Stark, President of Agriculture at Holganix; Mitch Eviston, CEO at Meristem; Bodie Kitchel, National Director of Agronomy at Biodyne; and Todd Loechler with The Van Trump Report to discuss everything happening in biologicals right now and what the space looks like moving forward. Together we cover a lot of great topics and get into a great conversation about tons of questions growers are asking surrounding the topic of biologicals…Continue Reading ››

Kevin Van Trump & Jordan Van Trump sit down with Tom Williamson, Owner at Transportation Consultants Co; Mike Wood, President at Cline Wood Agency; Nate Asplund, President at Columbia Strategic Consulting Group; and Todd Loechler with The Van Trump Report to discuss everything happening in transportation right now and what the space looks like moving forward. Together we cover a lot of great topics and get into a great conversation about all the issues surrounding transportation right now in the…Continue Reading ››

Kevin Van Trump & Jordan Van Trump sit down with Justin Ohlde, Owner at Ohlde Dairy; Nathan Kells, Owner at Circle Bar Heifer Ranch; and Todd Loechler with The Van Trump Report to discuss everything surrounding the future of the dairy industry and if we see market share being taken from alternative options like almond, soy, and oats moving forward. Keep in mind, we initially had a few beef guys scheduled to be on the call, but had some last-minute cancelations.…Continue Reading ››

Kevin Van Trump & Jordan Van Trump sit down with Rick Clark, Owner at Clark Land and Cattle; Mitchell Hora, Founder & CEO at Continuum Ag; Ray Archuleta, Founder of Soil Health Academy; Cristian Barcan, VP of Sustainability & Industry Affairs at Rabo AgriFinance; Melissa Nelson, Owner at Field Scientist at Performance Crop Research & Co-Owner at South Bend Industrial Hemp; and Todd Loechler with The Van Trump Report to discuss everything surrounding regenerative agriculture, reducing input costs, and the…Continue Reading ››

Kevin Van Trump & Jordan Van Trump sit down with Matt Crisp with Benson Hill, Gil Shalev with Equi-nom, Steve McKaskle with McKaskle Family Farm & Braggadocio Rice Mill, and Todd Loechler with The Van Trump Report to discuss everything surrounding where producers can start to find premiums and specialty crops becoming more popular on the marketplace moving forward. Overall, we covered a lot of great topics in this discussion and even brought up a very interesting subject about the…Continue Reading ››