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• Agmatix is trying to consolidate agronomic field trial data, through digitalisation, to make this data more available, to agricultural researchers, agronomists and farmers.
• Agmatix has two main activities. First, the digitalisation of agricultural R&D, focusing on agronomic insights and especially field trial data, and second, interpreting and applying those data, to develop prescriptions for agronomists to share with farmers.
• Both activities rely heavily on the use of smart algorithms, under the company’s Axiom platform.
• Regarding the digitalisation of field trials, Agmatix has first had to standardise crop research data, including agricultural taxonomy, such as crop names (corn or maize?), as well as units of measurement (bushels or tonnes?); and research protocols and methods, such as soil depth in soil sampling trials.
• With its standardised approach in place, it has gone on to digitalise more than 50 million field trials to date, covering more than 150 crops.
• Research groups and agricultural companies can use this digitalised platform to organise their own field trials, using the standardised format to share results more easily, for example in collaborative projects. Agmatix says it has developed an open platform for plant nutrition, with various partners, based on more than 2,000 sources of field trials. The link is here: https://cropnutrientdata.net/
• The second main activity of the company is to translate these insights from aggregated field trials into digital prescriptions, via its Crop Advisor decision support tool for agronomists.
• Agmatix can use its ingested field trial data to develop models, to understand for example the risk factors governing eruption of a particular disease, which agronomists can then use in their work with farmers.
• The standardised field trial data can help agronomists to deliver prescriptions according to local circumstances and practices, for example how to balance chemical inputs and farm practice to deliver a particular yield in a particular way, for example with the smallest carbon footprint.
• By working with agronomists and farmers, Agmatix can also ground-truth its algorithms, and so improve their accuracy.

This week The Dirt looks at a high-yielding corn grower in Virginia and what the fertilizer he is doing there! Mike Howell talks to Heath Cutrell and Fenton Eure about ESN, equipment, tissue-testing and more.

To discover the latest crop nutrition research visit nutrien-eKonomics.com

Kick off The Dirt Season 2 with a stimulating discussion. Dr. Brian Arnall joins Mike Howell to look at ongoing research into the ways biostimulants can improve nitrogen fixing in the soil, reduce nitrogen use, phosphorus, glucose and the challenges and opportunities this technology may offer.

To discover the latest crop nutrition research visit nutrien-eKonomics.com

On this episode, we learn about the work of Case IH Research Agronomist Alison Bryan. We also talk farm labor reform with Stephanie Katzman, of New York-based Katzman Produce, No-Till November with Mindi Rambo of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and end-of-the-year farm planning with Pinion Ag Business Advisor Thomas Eatherly In our “Meat Monitor” segment, we hear from newly elected U.S. meat Export Federation Chair Dean Meyer, and in “Bushels and Cents,” Ray Bohacz discusses Mass Airflow Sensor wire cleaning. The episode also features singer/songwriter/producer Curt Ryle.

Timestamps

Soil Test Pro advertisement: 0:00

Intro and news: 0:30

Goatlifeclothing.com advertisement: 6:29

Alison Bryan, Case IH: 6:48

Stephanie Katzman, Katzman Produce: 15:15

Mindi Rambo, NRCS-Idaho: 17:16

Thomas Eatherly, Pinion Ag: 18:42

Dean Meyer, U.S. Meat Export Federation: 22:13

Ray Bohacz, “Bushels and Cents”: 24:21

Curt Ryle: 25:57

Dr. Norman Borlaug was an American agronomist who specialized in wheat breeding. Known as the Father of the Green Revolution, he helped other hunger fighters save hundreds of thousands of lives in Mexico, India, Pakistan, and other countries throughout his long and varied career. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 and founded the World Food Prize to celebrate other food fighters worldwide. This episode we speak with his granddaughter and colleague Julie Borlaug and fellow colleagues Dr. Ronnie Coffman and Dr. Ed Runge to discuss the “Man who Fed the World.”

Listen to learn:

• What are the three major improvements Dr. Borlaug contributed to wheat breeding
• What role sports played in Dr. Borlaug’s life
• What was the Green Revolution
• What obstacles still remain in the realm of hunger fighting

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If you would like to reach out to Julie, you can find her here:
julie@inari.com
https://twitter.com/JulieBorlaug
https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-borlaug-3b7b6710/

If you would like to reach out to Ronnie, you can find him here:
wrc2@cornell.edu

If you would like to reach out to Ed, you can find him here:
e-runge@tamu.edu

Resources

CEU Quiz: https://www.certifiedcropadviser.org/education/classroom/classes/873

Leon Hesser’s book, The Man Who Fed the World: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/man-who-fed-the-world-leon-hesser/1100451132

Roger Thurow’s book, The Last Hunger Season: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-last-hunger-season-roger-thurow/1110792507

Roger Thurow’s book, Enough: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/enough-roger-thurow/1116903601?ean=9781586488185

Noel Veitmeyer’s book, Our Daily Bread: https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Bread-Essential-Norman-Borlaug/dp/0578095556

Charles C. Mann’s book, The Wizard and The Prophet: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-wizard-and-the-prophet-charles-c-mann/1126242716?ean=9780345802842

PBS Special, The Man Who Tried to Feed the World: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/man-who-tried-to-feed-the-world/

Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation: https://www.normanborlaug.org/

Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture: https://borlaug.tamu.edu/

Borlaug Global Rust Initiative: https://www.globalrust.org/

Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Twitter: @globalrust, https://twitter.com/globalrust

Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Facebook: @globalrust: https://www.facebook.com/globalrust

World Food Prize: https://www.worldfoodprize.org/

The Rockefeller Foundation: https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/

University of Minnesota: https://twin-cities.umn.edu/

Texas A&M University: https://www.tamu.edu/

Cornell Global Development Department Twitter: @CornellGlobal, https://twitter.com/CornellGlobal

Cornell Global Development Department Facebook: @CornellGlobal, https://www.facebook.com/CornellGlobalDevelopment/

Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: https://cals.cornell.edu/

Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Twitter: @CornellCALS, https://twitter.com/CornellCALS

Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Facebook: @CornellCALS, https://www.facebook.com/CornellCALS

Cornell University: https://www.cornell.edu/

Cornell University Twitter: @Cornell, https://twitter.com/Cornell

Cornell University Facebook: @Cornell, https://www.facebook.com/Cornell

Iowa State University: https://www.iastate.edu/

CIMMYT: https://www.cimmyt.org/

USDA: https://www.usda.gov/

Alliance for Science: https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/

Global Youth Institute: https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/youth_programs/global_youth_institute/

World Food Program: https://www.wfpusa.org/ 

World Food Programme: https://www.wfp.org/  

Peace Corps: https://www.peacecorps.gov/

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/

Alliance to End Hunger: https://alliancetoendhunger.org/

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The FBN Podcast enters a hiatus for now in order to deliver content in new formats through other social channels. Dr. Darin Lickfeldt explains the move in response to farmer feedback and highlights other ways to get advice from the FBN Agronomy team.

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In this week's episode, Darin and Wade outline common desiccant applications and some things for you to consider when using a harvest aid on your crops. Listen to their discussion for more information on:

In the first agronomy update on The FBN Podcast, Dr. Darin Lickfeldt, Head of Agronomy at FBN, and his team make their introductions, share their background and expertise, and offer a preview of the experience, tips and agronomic updates they'll bring to farmers every other week.

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