# BTG Pactual TIG, Conservation International, Queensland Investment Corporation, BASF, Nutrien, Elite Agro Holding, LuLu Retail, eternal.ag, Grão Direto, Barchart, Halter, and Ever.Ag. Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/agtech-digest-6718128/btg-pactual-tig-conservation-international-queensland-investment-corporation-basf-nutrien-elite-agro-holding-lulu-retail-eternal-ag-gr-o-direto-barchart-halter-and-ever-ag Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/agtech-digest-6718128/btg-pactual-tig-conservation-international-queensland-investment-corporation-basf-nutrien-elite-agro-holding-lulu-retail-eternal-ag-gr-o-direto-barchart-halter-and-ever-ag.md Podcast: [AgTech Digest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/agtech-digest-6718128) Published: 2026-05-01T14:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://agtech-digest.captivate.fm/episode/btg-pactual-tig-conservation-international-queensland-investment-corporation-basf-nutrien-elite-agro-holding-lulu-retail-eternal-ag-gro-direto-barchart-halter-and-everag Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/14a454bb-e76b-46e1-9d80-a08b6f362bc1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/agtech-digest-6718128/episodes/btg-pactual-tig-conservation-international-queensland-investment-corporation-basf-nutrien-elite-agro-holding-lulu-retail-eternal-ag-gr-o-direto-barchart-halter-and-ever-ag Duration seconds: 457 ## Resource 📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring an analysis of 2025 precision ag funding that reveals a market split between late-stage winners and mid-stage pressure, BTG Pactual TIG's record $1.24 billion Latin American reforestation fund, Halter's world-first satellite-connected cattle collars, Ever.Ag's Everett agentic AI decision engine, and eternal.ag's upgradable autonomous greenhouse harvester. Let's get started! Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines: Analysis: Precision ag funding in 2025 reached $668M across 37 rounds — but just four late-stage deals captured 47% of all capital, squeezing mid-stage companies hardest Conservation: BTG Pactual TIG closes the world's largest Latin American reforestation fund at $1.24B, targeting 660,000 acres in Brazil's Cerrado, advised by Conservation International Government: Queensland Government launches $30M Sowing the Seeds of Farming Innovation Fund, managed with Queensland Investment Corporation to back commercially viable agricultural innovation Crop & Digital: BASF and Nutrien partner to connect xarvio digital tools with agronomic expertise, helping US farmers access low-carbon biofuel markets Supply Chain: Elite Agro Holding signs MOU with LuLu Retail for farm-to-retail fresh produce distribution across the GCC; Grão Direto and Barchart partner to distribute Brazil physical grain price data globally via Grainsights Livestock Tech: Halter launches world-first direct-to-satellite smart cattle collars, expanding US beef cattle market coverage by 2.5x to anywhere with sky visibility AI & CEA: Ever.Ag unveils Everett, an agentic AI decision engine for agricultural supply chains launching first for dairy processing; eterna… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/agtech-digest-6718128/episodes/btg-pactual-tig-conservation-international-queensland-investment-corporation-basf-nutrien-elite-agro-holding-lulu-retail-eternal-ag-gr-o-direto-barchart-halter-and-ever-ag/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/agtech-digest-6718128/btg-pactual-tig-conservation-international-queensland-investment-corporation-basf-nutrien-elite-agro-holding-lulu-retail-eternal-ag-gr-o-direto-barchart-halter-and-ever-ag.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.