Upstream Ag Professional

This week’s audio edition covers the following:

• Corteva, Hexagon Bio Form Multi-Million Dollar JV to Power Next-Generation of Nature Inspired Solutions
• GROWMARK Expands St. Louis Manufacturing With Biologicals Production Plant

This week's Upstream Ag Professional Audio Edition breaks down the John Deere 2025 Investor Day, including:

• Leap Ambitions KPIs
• AI Efforts
• New product uptake
  • See & Spray
  • Harvest Automation
  • Autonomy

This week's Upstream Ag Professional audio edition covers:

1. Provivi, Syngenta strike major Brazil deal on pheromone pest control
2. FMC at Goldman Sachs Industrials and Materials Conference 2025
3. Harvest Loss Technology
4. 2025 Crop Life 100 Report: Highlights and Analysis

This week's audio edition covers the following:

1. Highlights of multiple stories
2. Retailers Need to Take a Stand

This week's Upstream Ag Professional audio edition covers:

1. Q3 2025 Crop Protection and Seed Results Highlights
2. ICLs New Ambition: Global Specialty Nutrition Dominance
3. Microsoft and Land O’Lakes Collaborate on AI
4. Syngenta opens Cropwise digital platform to developers to co-innovate and tackle agriculture’s technology divide

This week’s audio edition covers the following:

1. Q3 2025 Agribusiness Results Highlights from Corteva, Nutrien, TELUS, Mosaic and CNH
2. John Deere Customers Use See & Spray™ Technology Across Five Million Acres in 2025

Inside Ag Retail Excellence with Brad Oelmann, CEO of Farrell Growth Group

In the first episode of the Upstream Ag Insights interview series, Shane Thomas sits down with Brad Oelmann, CEO of Farrell Growth Group, to unpack what defines top-performing ag retail businesses today.

Brad brings decades of experience across the crop input value chain — from his early days at American Cyanamid and UAP, to leading United Suppliers through its merger with Land O’Lakes, and now advising retailers through Farrell Growth Group.

This conversation dives into:

- How Farrell benchmarks ag retail performance and what the strongest operators do differently

- Financial and strategic indicators that define a thriving ag retail business

- The evolving dynamics of crop protection, fertilizer, and seed margins

- How leading retailers are adapting through cost-to-serve models, offer design, and service unbundling

- The future of ag retail amid consolidation, new technologies, and changing farmer expectations

Whether you’re in retail, manufacturing, or agtech, this discussion offers a grounded, data-driven look at where the ag retail business is heading and what it takes to stay ahead.

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Inside Ag Retail Excellence with Brad Oelmann, CEO of Farrell Growth Group

In the first episode of the Upstream Ag Insights interview series, Shane Thomas sits down with Brad Oelmann, CEO of Farrell Growth Group, to unpack what defines top-performing ag retail businesses today.

Brad brings decades of experience across the crop input value chain — from his early days at American Cyanamid and UAP, to leading United Suppliers through its merger with Land O’Lakes, and now advising retailers through Farrell Growth Group.

This conversation dives into:

- How Farrell benchmarks ag retail performance and what the strongest operators do differently

- Financial and strategic indicators that define a thriving ag retail business

- The evolving dynamics of crop protection, fertilizer, and seed margins

- How leading retailers are adapting through cost-to-serve models, offer design, and service unbundling

- The future of ag retail amid consolidation, new technologies, and changing farmer expectations

Whether you’re in retail, manufacturing, or agtech, this discussion offers a grounded look at where the ag retail business is heading and what it takes to stay ahead.

For a full transcript, and detailed key takeaways, become an Upstream Ag Professional member at www.upstream.ag

This week’s audio edition covers the following:

1. FMC Q3 2025 Results
2. The Four Forces Reshaping the Crop Protection Industry and What Comes Next

This week's audio edition covers the following:

1. Better, Not Less: How AgZen Is Partnering with Corteva and Reframing Precision Spraying
2. A Look at Valmont Industries and Lindsay Corporation Technology Revenue and Tech Investments
3. Carbon Robotics Raise and Lawsuit