ASH CLOUD

Government policy to address today's food system challenges with Robert Bonnie former Undersecretary of Agriculture, USDA

Managing and mitigating risk runs through my whole conversation with Robert Bonnie. Since the Dust Bowl, USDA policy, the Farm Bill and especially crop insurance have giv

Beef sustainability, methane, and efficiency with Tom McDonald, US Roundtable for Sustainable Beef

Beef sustainability frequently gets framed as something imposed on the ranchers and the industry from outside—regulatory requirements, consumer pressure, climate obligati

Feed efficiency on pasture: The next frontier with Matt Beck, Texas A&M

The beef industry has spent decades optimizing feed efficiency in one place: the feedlot. Genetics have been selected for finishing performance, cattle are placed on feed

Why telling people to eat less meat will never work - and what we can do instead with Bruce Friedrich, The Good Food Institute

Meat consumption has risen every single year that the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has been measuring. Despite warnings about climate impacts spanning

Regenerative agriculture with Anastasia Volkova, Regrow Ag

Forty leading global food and agriculture companies recently declared their commitment to regenerative agriculture. This unprecedented industry alignment signals that the

Feed efficiency and methane emissions with Ermias Kebreab, UC Davis

The poultry and swine industries have transformed feed efficiency over the past two decades. Through systematic improvement in nutrition, enzyme utilization, and animal g

Artificial Intelligence, the need for reliable data, and where it will have the greatest impacts on agriculture with Aidan Connolly, Agritech Capital

Artificial intelligence is advancing at an astonishing pace—improvements measured in five-thousand-fold increases from week to week according to AI researchers at Singula

Building a company that leverages biological complexity to improve livestock productivity with a reduced climate impact - Tom Williams Number 8 Bio

“I’m yet to meet a grazier that doesn’t want a 5-15% feed conversation ratio improvement.” says Tom Williams, CEO of Number 8 Bio.  Producers motivated by not losing 10%

Building resilient agrifood systems across conflict zones and climate stressed regions with Bram Govaerts, CIMMYT

The green revolution resulted in unprecedented improvements in the efficiency and productivity of food production. Recent decades of increasingly globalized free trade ha

Leading US beef sustainability with Steve Wooten, Beatty Canyon Ranch

The journey toward sustainable beef production in the United States began before the term "sustainability" entered common usage.  Today we are joined by Steve Wooten, a

Data driven livestock production for feed efficiency with Andrew Freshwater Clear Creek Pastoral Co.

Feed efficiency remains one of the biggest gray areas and least understood aspects of livestock production. Yet understanding how much grass a cow consumes to produce a c

Cow feed efficiency, the greatest area of untapped potential for beef production, with Matt Wilson West Virginia University

Feed efficiency, despite its importance from both an environmental sustainability and farm profitability perspective, remains one of the biggest gray areas and least unde

Investing in regenerative agriculture, the food system, and metabolic health with Carter Williams - iSelect Fund

There is a huge amount we can learn from understanding the connections between soil health, food production, and human metabolic health. Over the last 50-60 years, modern

Breeding for profitable, efficient, locally adapted and sustainable cattle with Troy Rowan University of Tennessee

Currently beef cattle production faces a profitability challenge driven by rising feed costs and efficiency gaps. For cow-calf operations, particularly where producers op

Low cost, locally produced zero emissions nitrogen fertilizer with Frere Byrne PlasmaLeap Technologies

Over the last century our food systems have become increasingly reliant on synthetic nitrogen. This nitrogen fertilizer is mostly made through the energy intensive haber-

Addressing the Climate, Agriculture, Landscape and Food Security Nexus through policy with Tobias Gräs Danish Agriculture and Food Council

Denmark made headlines in 2024 as the first country to implement a carbon tax on livestock emissions. The country's ambitious 70% emissions reduction target by 2030

Animal health as a climate solution with Nick Wheelhouse, Edinburgh Napier Univeristy

Animal Health as a Climate and Food Security Solution In this episode of the Ash Cloud podcast, we explore an often-overlooked opportunity in the fight against climate c

Global food security, innovation, and the investment gap with Maximo Torero UNFAO

The cost living is an increasing global challenge. Food inflation in 2023 was 13.6%, however food prices increased by up to 30% in many low income countries. Currently 60

Creating a carbon neutral beef operation with Robert Mackenzie, Mackas Australian Black Angus Beef

"Sustainability means leaving the land in a better place, preparing the next generation for a turbulent future in agriculture... and it's probably also a license to

Building a profitable animal biotech company with Mike Seely, Native Microbials

AgriFoodTech Venture Capital investment is down by roughly 90% from the high of 2021 with the lack of exits or creation of profitiable agtech companies resulting from the