Shane Thomas

Calgary, Canada

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Upstream Ag Insights - May 19th 2025

2 weeks ago | upstream.ag | Shane Thomas

Welcome to the 263rd edition of Upstream Ag Insights— the most trusted resource for strategic insights by over 20,000 agribusiness leaders. Below you’ll find critical ag industry news, strategic frameworks, and detailed analysis designed to give you a competitive edge and satiate your curiosity.
Upstream Ag Professional - May 11th 2025

4 weeks ago | upstream.ag | Shane Thomas

Subscribe to Upstream Ag Professional to read the rest. Become a paying member of Upstream Ag to get access to this post and other subscriber-only content.
Upstream Ag Insights - April 7th 2025

2 months ago | upstream.ag | Shane Thomas

Welcome to the 258th edition of Upstream Ag Insights—the most trusted resource for strategic insights by over 20,000 agribusiness leaders. Upstream Ag Insights is written by agribusiness professionals, for agribusiness professionals. Below you’ll find critical industry news, strategic frameworks, and detailed analysis designed to give you a competitive edge and satiate your curiosity.
Upstream Ag Professional - March 2nd 2025

Mar 2, 2025 | upstream.ag | Shane Thomas

Welcome to the 83rd Edition of Upstream Ag Professional First off, thank you for your patience during this week’s transition to the new platform. There were some emails that went out that looked phishy, some saying subscriptions ended and some with broken links to log in, so thank you for bearing with me.
Important Notice Regarding Upstream Ag Professional

Feb 25, 2025 | upstream.ag | Shane Thomas

Hi Everyone,This is a notice to let you know I’m switching Upstream Ag Professional to a new and improved platform beginning today. Important: Since Upstream is moving to a new platform you might get a notification/email from Substack that your subscription has ended. This is not true and you can ignore it. Everything will continue as normal. No action is needed on your end. Professional Edition #83 will arrive in your inbox Sunday as usual…Just with a slightly different look.
Upstream Ag Professional - February 23rd 2025

Feb 23, 2025 | upstream.ag | Shane Thomas

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Jord BioScience Raises $7 million Series B: Biological Performance Enhancement

Feb 22, 2025 | upstream.ag | Shane Thomas

Jord BioScience, a leading science and analytics company providing customizable microbial solutions for agriculture, announced the closing of its Series B round. This funding round will accelerate Jord BioScience's development and commercialization of innovative microbial technologies to deliver next-generation crop inputs.
6 Ways I Would Use GenAI If I Were Still an Agronomist in Ag Retail

Feb 22, 2025 | upstream.ag | Shane Thomas

GenAI has the potential to enhance how agronomists operate, but often discussions focus on enterprise-level solutions with substantial budgets. Many wanting to take advantage of these tools do not have direct influence on those investments. There is ample room to improve utilization of GenAi tools by individuals working in agriculture.
Q4 2024 Earnings Results: Nutrien, TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods, Valmont, CF Industries and Citi Bank Event Commentary

Feb 22, 2025 | upstream.ag | Shane Thomas

Nutrien TELUS Agriculture & Consumer GoodsValmont CF IndustriesCiti’s 2025 Global Industrial Tech and Mobility Conference HighlightsAGCO CommentaryCNH Industrial CommentaryJohn Deere CommentaryAggregate Revenue — $25.97 billion (down 11% YoY)Net Earnings — $700 million (down 45% YoY)Adjusted EBITDA — $5.4 billion (down 12% YoY)Nutrien faced some challenges with lower potash and nitrogen selling prices impacting overall earnings. Retail was a bright spot when it came to margin growth. 1.
Quantum Computing and Agriculture: Could Microsoft's Announcement Have Ag Based Implications?

Feb 22, 2025 | upstream.ag | Shane Thomas

This week, Microsoft announced an advancement in quantum computing with the introduction of Majorana 1, the world's first quantum chip powered by a topological core architecture. The advancement leverages a new class of materials called topoconductors, enabling the creation and control of Majorana particles to produce more reliable and scalable qubits—the fundamental units of quantum information.