Upstream Ag Professional - February 23rd 2025

Welcome to the 82nd Edition of Upstream Ag Professional!

Index

1. Agribusiness FY 2024 Earnings Results Week of February 17th: Nutrien, TELUS Ag & Consumer Goods, CF Industries, Valmont and Citi Bank Conference Transcript Highlights from Ag Equipment Companies

2. 6 Ways I Would Use GenAI If I Were Still an Agronomist

3. POC to OMG! The Realities of Deploying GenAI at the Farm Gate

4. Jord BioScience Raises $7 million Series B: The Performance Enhancing Enabler

5. EPA’s Final Herbicide Strategy Sets A New Trajectory For Applications: What companies can help?

   1. New Precision Spray Report Coming Soon!

6. Quantum Computing and Agriculture

7. Biostimulants and Advanced Fertility Insights

   1. Acadian Plant Health Launches Abiotic Stress Management Portfolio of Biostimulants

   2. Bioscience in practice: Shedding the snake oil rep of biostimulants

   3. Biostimulant Products for 2025 Benchmarking Study

   4. How Advances in Micronutrient Technology Are Helping Meet Increased Demand

8. The Case For Being Harder on Yourself

9. Other Interesting Ag Articles (7 this week)

1. Q4 2024 Earnings Results: Nutrien, TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods, Valmont, CF Industries and Citi Bank Event Ag Equipment Company Commentary - Upstream Ag Professional

Highlights

TELUS Agriculture and Consumer Goods

TELUS Ag and Consumer Goods business segment grew 16% in the quarter and 12.4% for 2024. On their earnings call they stated that they have had “eight consecutive quarters of records sales.” They also stated in their MD&A that they had “higher agriculture and consumer goods margins” in 2024.

It’s also interesting to consider the Agriculture & Consumer Goods segments separately.

A quote from their MD&A:

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