This week, we’re breaking down the freshest announcements from the agribusiness, agtech, and broader policy and tech worlds to share insights and ask “so what?” 

Sarah is joined this week by Shane Thomas, author of Upstream Ag Insights to tackle:

• How governments are (and aren’t) stepping into the agtech ecosystem to kickstart critical innovations
• What risk is posed by technology, especially hardware, that’s made in a foreign (and potentially adversarial) country– like drones from China in the US
• Whether or not there is an “AgTech Funding Drought” in 2024, and what risks and opportunities might result 

Useful Links:

• New Zealand’s BioLumic Gets Funds to Fatten Up Ryegrass
• Solinftec’s CEO Linkedin Post on autonomous refilling, the Solix Ag Robotics platform and SwarmFarm’s dock and refill announcement 
• AgTech Navigator’s piece on Drones as Trojan Horses featuring Guardian Ag
• The latest from McKinsey and PitchBook on the “agtech capital drought”
• The “996” work culture at Traba
• Upstream Ag Insights

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