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By the numbers: The state of the world’s soil in 2022
According to NRCS, Iowa has lost an average of 6.8 inches of its topsoil since 1850. Estimates suggest that at this rate, there are only about 60 harvests left before the gold is completely gone.
Deere’s investment in InnerPlant is about changing Big Ag
The idea is to eventually merge InnerPlant’s “living plant sensors” with John Deere’s machinery.
Brazil, U.S. can expect a ‘healthier supply’ of fertilizers than last year, Rabobank says
Globally, input prices for ag commodities soared to all-time highs this year as supply chain chaos brought about by war, the pandemic, and climate change proliferated.
Soaring input costs are accelerating ag tech adoption, McKinsey survey finds
The research surveyed 1,300 U.S. crop farmers, 80% of whom cite input costs as the biggest risk to profitability.
Solinftec unveils a new weed-killing robot to reduce farms’ needs for chemical inputs
Spot-spray weed-killing robots offer a more sustainable, cost-effective product for farms that face soaring input costs, supply chain hiccups, and an inflationary economic environment.
Peptyde Bio targets high costs, chemical-resistant pests with new bio-fungicide platform
Tom Laurita, interim CEO of Peptyde Bio, says the company’s technology that finds and designs anti-microbial peptides for bio-fungicides could be a game-changer in combatting pests and crop disease.