Videos

Primient’s Jim Stutelberg on a fast-growing bioeconomy, the important role of the farmer + partnerships with Sustainea, acquisition of Primient Covation

From seed selection to input purchases and beyond, farmers are responsible for a litany of data points that require decisions on their operations each season. Having tools to enable confident, informed decisions isn’t just a “nice to have” in modern production agriculture, it’s imperative. We are joined by Beck’s Hybrids’ Jim Schwartz, Director of Research, Agronomy and Practical Farm Research, to talk about the launch of their new platform – SeedIQ – its capabilities and the dealer, and farmer, mindset heading into a growing season.

Highlights include:

What PFR (Practical Farm Research) does to help farmers grow their operations and how it’s different than other research projects within companies

Conversations with growers heading into the planting season; what those entail, how they are preparing and their sentiment given the current headwinds being faced

The power of certainty being tied to decision-making and how Jim has seen expectations shift over the years when it comes to seed performance, agronomic support and digital tools

The balance of innovation adoption and risk management

“Innovation that matters” and what that means to the Beck’s team, their definition of innovation and its implications beyond ROI

Launching SeedIQ, what the platform does and how it better serves dealers and farmers

The gaps Jim and the team identified that led them to develop the SeedIQ platform

Dealer and grower response to the launch of the tool heading into a growing season

What’s ahead for Beck’s this planting season that has Jim excited

AgriNovus’ Karis Witte on Field Atlas, the next wave of agbioscience talent + experiential learning as workforce development’s secret ingredient

Indigo Ag’s PJ Smith on the convergence of agbioscience, sustainability + data, the launch of Nemora + farmers shaping innovation priorities

FoodHealth Co.’s Sam Citro-Alexander on the launch of FoodHealth Score, connecting the value chain + driving better health outcomes through food

Primient’s Jim Stutelberg on a fast-growing bioeconomy, the important role of the farmer + partnerships with Sustainea, acquisition of Primient Covation

The future of the agbioscience workforce will look different than it does today – as it does than it did ten years ago. At the heart of its change and evolution are college students and young professionals pursuing new fields of studying, from business to biology, and asking themselves one critical question: how do I apply what I’m learning today to my future in the working world? This week we are joined by AgriNovus’ Career Success Manager, Karis Witte, to dive into the organization’s career exploration platform, Field Atlas, exposing young talent to the agbioscience industry and connecting their hearts and minds to a future that matters.

Highlights include:

The story of Field Atlas and who it aims to serve

Biggest headwinds agbioscience companies are facing when it comes to finding talent and buildling a workforce of the future

Who Field Atlas is designed for and what makes it different than other talent programs and platforms

The brand’s growth into experiential programming and how exposure has created a new dimension of industry recruitment for agbioscience companies

Field Atlas as a brand “for students, by students” that is enabled by a network of campus Ambassadors

The feedback Karis gets about the impact of Field Atlas – from students, colleges, universities and companies

The Company Tours available to students and how that program has created new impact on students with no prior background in agbioscience

Launching the Agbioscience Mentorship Program (AMP) and creating new, meaningful connection for late college students and young professionals that are looking to advance their careers

How Karis sees Field Atlas evolving as it grows in the coming years

What’s ahead in 2026

Nutrition 101’s Rick Shipley on food upcycling into livestock nutrition, servicing the value chain + turning waste into solutions

FoodHealth Co.’s Sam Citro-Alexander on the launch of FoodHealth Score, connecting the value chain + driving better health outcomes through food

Primient’s Jim Stutelberg on a fast-growing bioeconomy, the important role of the farmer + partnerships with Sustainea, acquisition of Primient Covation

For farmers looking ahead to a fresh growing season, decisions for their operations require clarity and a certainty around impact and ROI – from inputs to innovation adoption. This week, we are joined by PJ Smith, Senior Global Product Manager at Indigo Ag, to get into soil health’s impact on our food system; and how strengthening agriculture today helps reduce risk and protect food security for the future.

Highlights include:

The work Indigo Ag is leading and problems their team solves through innovation

Conversations with farmers right now as they look ahead to the growing season, their concerns and how they are making decisions based on their needs

Indigo Ag’s unique intersection of ag, sustainability and data

Balancing opportunities that data can provide with a hesitant mindset that can sometimes linger around a farmer’s data, technology adoption or participation in emerging technologies

Benchmarks and measures of success the Indigo Ag team has in front of them over the next 3-5 years

Indigo Ag’s launch of Nemora to fight soybean cyst nematode, the leading cause of soybean loss in the U.S

How in-field experience with farmers shapes R&D priorities for Indigo Ag

PJ’s thoughts on their biggest room for growth

Farmers as a part of the solution to climate and sustainability challenges over the next decade and where he sees shifts and changes coming in the market

What’s ahead for Indigo Ag in 2026

Traction Ag’s Hannah Parsons on farmer-led fintech, driving yield through better decisions + partnerships with impact

Nutrition 101’s Rick Shipley on food upcycling into livestock nutrition, servicing the value chain + turning waste into solutions

Traction Ag’s Hannah Parsons on farmer-led fintech, driving yield through better decisions + partnerships with impact