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Investors Rewind 10 Years of AgTech: Supervillains, Heroes and Unexpected Truths

World Agri-Tech

The last 10 years have also shown that, despite being a 15,000 year-old industry, agriculture is still vulnerable to fads and fashion. Kiersten Stead, Managing Partner, DCVC BIO: “ Farmers don’t like “paying by acre”, incentives are perverse. Policy support has also been crucial, as have creative financing mechanisms.

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Conservation Programs Offer Solutions to Climate Threats, But Are Vastly Underfunded 

Modern Farmer

In an age of mechanized and industrialized agriculture, they face many challenges in operating a sustainable cattle farm—and there’s federal assistance to help with that. There’s another $300 million to quantify greenhouse gas sequestration. billion more for EQIP and $3.25

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