AgTech360 Podcast

Through partnership with NC State and the Center of Excellence for Regulatory Science in Agriculture (CERSA), we have created a podcast that takes a 360° view into emerging agriculture technologies by creating dialogue among stakeholders in academia, industry, growers, producers, Extension specialists, the overall agriculture sustainability community, and other important stakeholders.
Join us with host, Adrian Percy, as we present this information in an engaging format encompassing multiple viewpoints and more as we explore AgTech together.

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NEW EPISODES

Revolutionizing Row Crops with ZeaKal

May 31, 2023
19 minutes
On the last episode of this season of AgTech360, host Adrian Percy is joined by Han Chen, CEO and co-founder of ZeaKal. They discuss the challenges facing the volume-first row crop industry as well as opportunities to improve its nutrition and sustainability. ZeaKal is using its photosynthesis-enhancing crop technology to reharmonize the supply chain by building customized solutions, half a million acres at a time.

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Previous episodes

Electrocuting Weeds with Crop.Zone

January 11, 2023
13 minutes
Dirk Vandenhirtz, CEO of Crop.Zone talks about electrocuting weeds. Growers in several countries are seeing the benefits of this new technology on their fields and in their pockets. Herbicide resistance is no longer an issue with this novel approach to weed management.

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Voices of the Valley Episode with Adrian Percy

Voices of the Valley brought on our very own Adrian Percy to talk about what he sees in the future of agriculture. Dr. Percy talked about his experience in ag, the intense scrutiny biological products are under, and hardware systems to play in tandem with the products that our industry is developing. Dr. Percy also highlights NC’s crop diversity and NC State’s innovation in agriculture and tells us about how climate change will affect our industry in the coming years.

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Innovative Beehive Monitoring Technology with Apis Protect

November 11, 2021
18 minutes

CEO , Fiona Edwards Murphy, speaks about Apis Protect, an Ireland headquartered company that uses a combination of IoT (Internet of Things) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies to remotely extract and interpret data from beehives while keeping that data safe.

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Post-Harvest Grain Monitoring and Transportation Monitoring with TeleSense

October 22, 2021
17 minutes

Naeem Zafar, Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Offer of TeleSense talks about an integral part of food production – the step after harvest and before shelving. TeleSense provides remote solutions for grain storage and transportation monitoring.  

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Investing in Innovative Ag and Food Tech Start-Ups with Radicle Growth

September 15, 2021
22 minutes

Ever wonder how the new technology that we talk about gets funded? In this episode we talk to Kirk Haney, the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Radicle Growth. Radicle Growth carefully selects innovative ag and food tech start-ups for investment, ensuring that powerful, disruptive technologies reach their full potential.

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Towards Eradicating Malaria: Repurposing Agriculture Agtech for Public Health with the IVCC

July 20, 2021
21 minutes

Dr. Nick Hamon, CEO at Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) shares how his company repurposes chemistry that may have traditionally been used in agriculture and applies it to the public health sector while keeping in mind the constraints of return on investment, funding sources, resistance management, efficacy, and overall safety. His company is working toward total eradication of Malaria.

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Reimagining Livestock AgriTech with Cainthus

May 21, 2021
13 minutes

Aidan Connolly, Chief Executive Officer at Cainthus and President of AgriTech Capital, gives his perspective on livestock agtech importance, and how seemingly simple tech can be revolutionary.

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Rethinking the Drivers of Innovation in AgTech with Finistere

May 7, 2021
19 minutes
Ingrid Fung, Investment Director at Finistere Ventures, talks diversity in agriculture, consumer-driven Ag Tech, pharmaceutical inspiration in the Ag Tech space, and what she is most excited about moving forward with sustainable ag.

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Keep Calm and CRISPR On with Rodolphe Barrangou

April 2, 2021
22 minutes
Rodolphe Barrangou, a Distinguished Professor at NC State, talks about the advancements and importance of CRISPR, and where the future of this technology may lead. This episode is filled with great examples of what CRISPR is and its capabilities.

The Plant Sciences Initiative at NC State

February 10, 2021
20 minutes

Dean Richard Linton, of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at NC State, talks about the Plant Sciences Initiative and plans for future and current partnerships along with unique approaches to moving forward.

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Communicating Agriculture with Bayer Crop Science

Beth Roden, Global Head of Communications at Bayer Crop Science, talks about the challenges and opportunities of communicating about agriculture and new technologies.

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Small Molecule Chemistry and Biotechnology with Oerth Bio

John Dombrosky of Oerth Bio, a AgTech start-up in RTP, talks about leveraging their proprietary PROTAC® protein degraders that work by harnessing the plant’s own protein disposal system to degrade and remove unwanted proteins.

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Pollinator Health and Regulatory Science with CERSA

Danesha Seth Carley, Director of CERSA, talks with Adrian Percy about the goals for the future of regulatory science and her experience in pollinator health.

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Photobiology with Biolumic

Adrian Percy talks with Jason Wargent, Chief Science officer at Biolumic about photobiology and UV treatments for seeds and seedlings.

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