Practical conversations at agriculture's innovation edge.
Agbioscience is an interview-led look at agriculture, life sciences, and farm-facing technology. Episodes connect soil health, drones, bioinnovation, workforce development, and regional investment to the decisions farmers, founders, and industry partners actually face.
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Agbioscience treats agricultural innovation as a working system, not a buzzword. The show sits at the intersection of farming, life sciences, food, animal health, plant science, and agtech. Its center of gravity is Indiana, where Agrinovis, universities, startups, major companies, and farm businesses appear as parts of the same regional ecosystem. That local focus gives the conversations texture. Recent episodes move from Fischer Farms and regenerative agriculture to American Autonomy and drone software, then into Velocity, Field Atlas, Beck's Hybrids, Ourobio, and Primient. The range is wide, but the questions stay practical. What does the technology cost? How does a farmer adopt it? Which partnerships make it scale? Where does research become commercialization? The show is comfortable with technical detail, especially when it can be tied back to outcomes such as soil improvement, efficiency, workforce development, or better on-farm decisions. It also pays attention to the people pipeline. Field Atlas, student ambassadors, high-wage jobs, and startup cohorts are treated as part of the same innovation story as drones, seed research, and bio-based materials. The pacing is steady. Guests are usually given room to explain the context behind a product, program, or strategy, while the conversation periodically returns to the business implication. That makes the show useful for listeners who want more than headline-level agtech coverage. It is not a farm comedy show, a policy rant, or a pure science program. It is closer to an industry briefing in conversational form. The strongest episodes show how a farm, startup, accelerator, university, or manufacturer changes when new tools meet real constraints. Agbioscience works best for people who care about agriculture as both a production system and an economic engine.
Made for: Agbioscience suits farmers, agribusiness professionals, founders, students, investors, and regional economic-development listeners who want grounded context on agricultural innovation. It is especially useful for people tracking how new tools move from research or startup promise into farm and market use.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by connecting technical ideas to operational consequences: cost, adoption, risk, partnerships, talent, and commercialization. Its Indiana ecosystem lens gives broad agtech themes a concrete place to land.
This weekly podcast dives into agbioscience, where agriculture, life sciences and cutting-edge technology converge. Agbioscience is an in-depth conversation with leaders and entrepreneurs across food, animal health, plant science and agtech. This one-of-a-kind podcast offers updates on the latest advancements and future trends from those at the forefront of agbioscience innovation.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It connects agricultural technology with the financial judgment, operational constraints, and adoption decisions that determine whether innovation reaches the farm.
Agbioscience keeps asking a practical question: what changes when agricultural innovation meets an operating budget? Eric Pfeiffer's interviews connect new technology to the decisions surrounding adoption, risk, and return.
A new farm tool meets the question you actually need answered: will it pay?
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A practical cattle-farm review of soil strategy, grazing, and beef fulfillment.
Fisher Farms makes regenerative agriculture feel less like a talking point and more like a business decision made in muddy boots. Dave Fisher, the farm's owner, lays out how moving acreage toward summer annual crops and grazing young calves on annual ryegrass can help…
Mariah Scott makes drone adoption a story about disciplined collaboration in a U.S. industry still taking shape.
American Autonomy CEO Mariah Scott treats drone adoption as more than a hardware story. For her, it is a test of whether a new U.S. industry can mature through specialization: software that is simple to fly and connects with existing tools, while manufacturers concentrate on…
A grounded March roundup on Indiana's agbioscience push, from research funding to talent and startup growth.
Indiana's agbioscience economy gets a March check-in focused on research, commercialization, capital and talent. The episode moves from new Aeropoint research connected to the 2026 Velocity Accelerator to a $123 million initiative, including almost $70 million from the Lilly…
Practical research proves its value when it answers a farmer's question and can shape what happens on the farm.
Jim Schwartz, Director of Agronomy and Research for Beck's Hybrids, frames practical research as work that has to matter in a farmer's real decision-making.
Field Atlas turns career exploration into a campus experience through digital tools, company tours, and peer ambassadors.
Ag Bioscience's Karis Witte frames workforce development as something that begins well before a job listing appears. Field Atlas brings biology, chemistry, and computer science students into agbioscience through a digital platform, company tours, networking with professionals,…
A grounded look at how decision science can support agricultural forecasting while GDM's AgReliant deal remains conditional.
GDM's proposed acquisition of AgReliant Genetics gives this AgBioScience episode a focused business question: how seed companies can make innovation dependable for farmers.
A grounded farm management episode about making innovation answer to cash flow, profitability, and the farm's future.
This PlayNext review frames farm economics as a pressure test for management: preparing for technology change, weathering another stretch of $4 corn and $10 beans, and deciding whether a purchase can earn its keep.
Farm business talk with coffee-shop honesty.
Dwight Raab, Advisor for Farm Business Farm Management, discusses how Midwest farmers can navigate market volatility and high costs through data-driven decisions.
Megan DeVelvis guest hosts an interview with Dave Pugh, CFO of AgReliant Genetics, about the pending acquisition by GDM.
Thousands of pounds move with individual customers attached.
Mariah Scott sees a do-over.
Christy Wright recaps March news including Velocity launch, Indiana's $1B One Health investment, and key ag deals.
Tayo Sanders discusses agbioscience innovation opportunities and the launch of AgriNovus' Velocity accelerator program.
Alec Brewer discusses Ourobio's journey in bioinnovation, focusing on creating a circular economy through biomaterials from dairy waste.
Jim Schwartz, Director of Agronomy and Research at Beck's Hybrids, explains how Practical Farm Research—launched by Sonny Beck in 1964 when he foresaw declining public agronomic funding—publishes 65,000 research books annually free to any farmer, including competitors' customers.
AgriNovus career success manager Karis Witte joins Ag Bioscience podcast hosts Christy Wright and Eric Pfeiffer to discuss Field Atlas, a six-year-old program connecting non-agriculture students to ag bioscience careers through digital resources, company tours, campus ambassadors, and a new mentorship program.
Jim Stutelberg discusses Primient's role in the growing bioeconomy, emphasizing strategic partnerships and the importance of farmers.
Interview with Traction Ag's COO Hannah Parsons about farmer-led fintech, partnerships, and driving yield through better decisions.
Dwight Raab from Farm Business Farm Management discusses balancing innovation with financial management for Midwest farmers using data-driven decisions.
AgFunder News editor Jennifer Marston discusses the current state of venture capital in ag tech, the down market, and positive trends in funding and innovation.
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