Author: Pam Marrone
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Pam’s Reflection
This week was the Salinas Biologicals Summit with 400 people attending. It was a continuation of the conversation from 2023 about how to increase adoption. The Mixing Bowl unveiled its 2024 map of biologicals. This year the focus was on biopesticides/biocontrol companies https://www.mixingbowlhub.com/landscape/2024-crop-biocontrol-landscape. In contrast, last year was the full map of all companies in…
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Its been quite a year (2023) for biologicals!
It’s been quite a year (2023) for biologicals! As we get into the first quarter of 2024, now is worth a look back and look forward. For biologicals, 2023 was a boom or bust year where we saw great success or big failure. On the fundraising success side, some notable deals include New Leaf Symbiotics,…
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Pam’s Reflection : Biologicals are a Powerful Tool to Reduce Carbon Footprint
As the BAW Digest readers undoubtedly know, biologicals (Biopesticides/biocontrol, biostimulants, biofertilizers/bionutrients) have been experiencing double digit growth. The growth is driven by consumer demands on the food supply chain for sustainability and transparency, increased return on investment, restrictions on chemicals, the high cost of chemical fertilizers, and resistance and residue management. Various reports estimate that…
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Pam’s Refelction: Back to Basics
May-Jun At the June Biological Summit in Salinas, California, The Mixing Bowl revealed a map of the universe of biologicals companies. Though the map has 1200 companies but is not complete, as it is already very crowded and more could not be added. Many companies operate in multiple categories, increasing the complexity.Clearly the industry is…