|
 |
|
|
|||
|
 |
|
Jan. 18, 2021 Source: blog by Joseph L. Murphy, Iowa Soybean Association To view the complete report, click here. Autonomous robots that plant thousands of acres and a global community absent China's threat - sound crazy? Not according to two speakers at the 14th Land Investment Expo held this week in Des Moines. About 800 audience members, including those in-person and virtual, heard from 23 speakers on topics ranging from the farm economy to geopolitical forces impacting the globe. Robert Saik, a professional agriculture consultant, serial entrepreneur and author of the book "FOOD 5.0: How We Feed the Future," painted a picture of a changing agriculture system in the United States and around the globe. Saik has founded more than 15 companies in the areas of farming, ag retail and distribution. His most recent company, AGvisorPRO, mixes his experience and training in soil chemistry, plant physiology, and crop nutrition, with his knowledge in data management, farm automation, and precision agriculture. AGvisorPro is a social and connectivity platform that solves problems by pairing questions from farmers with experts worldwide. Infinite sustainability He told attendees of the conference that farms and farmers would soon be judged on a sustainability index. The index will give a holistic metric used by consumers, companies and farmers as they do business. "As long as we have human beings, agriculture needs to be infinitely sustainable," Saik said. Tweet |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
