Croptastic the InnerPlant Podcast
Croptastic the InnerPlant Podcast
InnerPlant
Croptastic explores the global future of agriculture and food with guests from the technology, agricultural, and food supply chain industries. The podcast hosted by InnerPlant CEO and co-founder Shely Aronov.
Croptastic S6, Ep. 65: The 2026 Soybean Season from the Retailer's POV
InnerPlant’s Reza Bloomer, Director of Business Development, and SciMax Team Lead for NEW Cooperative, Peter Bixel, join the show to discuss how the 2026 soybean season is shaping up and what role data plays in critical management decisions that impact yield.
Jul 15
36 min
Croptastic S6, Ep. 64: What to Expect from the 2026 CropVoice Season
Join InnerPlant’s Gary Schaefer, Chief Commercial Officer, and Ariel Patton, Director of Product, as they talk about what to expect from the 2026 CropVoice season and give a sneak peek behind the scenes of the only plant-powered disease detection tool. 2025 case study examining the world’s first detection of an active fungal infection in real time in Northeastern Nebraska. https://youtu.be/Qu7fQXx_DP4
Jul 1
37 min
Croptastic S5, Ep. 59: Field Day 2030 - from 2025 to 2030, presented by Gary Schaefer
In August of 2025, InnerPlant hosted a technology demonstration field day in Perry, IA, that took guests through the 2030 growing season with a walking tour featuring demonstrations representing a different day in the future season. Each stop on the tour showcased a specific aspect of how InnerPlant's technology will shape the future of agriculture. This special Croptastic series of episodes is designed to tell the story of that day and share the demonstrations with a wider audience. ...
Oct 22, 2025
15 min
Croptastic S5, Ep. 60: Field Day 2030 - satellite detection, presented by Brandon Rasmussen
In August of 2025, InnerPlant hosted a technology demonstration field day in Perry, IA, that took guests through the 2030 growing season with a walking tour featuring demonstrations representing a different day in the future season. Each stop on the tour showcased a specific aspect of how InnerPlant's technology will shape the future of agriculture. This special Croptastic series of episodes is designed to tell the story of that day and share the demonstrations with a wider audience. ...
Oct 22, 2025
7 min
Croptastic S5, Ep. 58: Field Day 2030 - Welcome, Shely Aronov
In August of 2025, InnerPlant hosted a technology demonstration field day in Perry, IA, that took guests through the 2030 growing season with a walking tour featuring demonstrations representing a different day in the future season. Each stop on the tour showcased a specific aspect of how InnerPlant's technology will shape the future of agriculture. This special Croptastic series of episodes is designed to tell the story of that day and share the demonstrations with a wider audience. ...
Oct 22, 2025
9 min
Croptastic S5, Ep. 57: Michael Grunwald
Shely is joined in this episode by New York Times bestselling author, Michael Grunwald, whose new book "We Are Eating the Earth" publishes on July 1, 2025. Michael shares the idea behind his book and chats with Shely about finding a pragmatic balance between climate and real-world human behavior as it relates to agriculture and food. "We Are Eating the Earth" is available for pre-order now: https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Eating-Earth-Climate/dp/1982160071
Jun 25, 2025
38 min
Croptastic S5, Ep. 56: CropVoice Field Day Planning Road Trip
InnerPlant is planning three field days to show off our CropVoice product that's currently deployed across the Midwest. The events will take place in three sites this summer, July 28 in Stewardson, IL, July 30 in Perry, IA, and Aug. 1, in York, NE. We’re also planning another field day on Aug. 5, in Perry, IA. For that event, we’ll give guests a tour through the growing season in the year 2030 and show them how InnerPlant’s technology will evolve into the future alongside our current commerci...
Jun 25, 2025
7 min
Croptastic S5, Ep. 55: Wine and Diamonds - Part II
This is the second of two special episodes featuring Virginia farmer and "King of Corn," who broke the 600-bushel corn barrier, David Hula. He joins the conversation about a conceptual framework examining the value of agricultural inputs using the examples of how wine and diamonds are valued and sold. The idea was introduced in Part I by Dan Northrup, a veteran agricultural research scientist with experience at companies including Booz Allen Hamilton and Benson Hill. His current r...
Jun 11, 2025
41 min
Croptastic S5, Ep. 54: Wine and Diamonds - Part I
This is the first of two special episodes discussing a conceptual framework examining the value of agricultural inputs using the examples of how wine and diamonds are valued and sold. The idea was brought to the team by Dan Northrup, a veteran agricultural research scientist with experience at companies including Booz Allen Hamilton and Benson Hill. His current role is Principal, Science and Technology, at Galvanize Climate Solutions. InnerPlant's Director of Product and creator of the "Topso...
Jun 4, 2025
41 min
Croptastic S5, Ep. 53: Ron Adner
Shely is joined in this episode by Ron Adner, the Nathaniel D'1906 and Martha E. Leverone Memorial Professor of Business Administration at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and author of "The Wide Lens," and "Winning the Right Game." Ron chats with Shely about the complexities of bringing innovation to market and how it might impact the future of agriculture. "The Wide Lens" is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Wide-Lens-New-Strategy-Innovation/dp/1591844606 "...
May 7, 2025
43 min
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