{"podcast":{"title":"AgTech Digest","slug":"agtech-digest-6718128","podcast_index_feed_id":6718128,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/agtech-digest/","website_url":"https://agtechdigest.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/bfca4074-28a1-429a-b064-280e07cf30ed/_tMEDGWaIMcuiVCfnqMoxie-.jpg","author":"AgTech Media Group","episode_count":117,"summary":"Do you struggle to stay up-to-date with the latest news from the world of AgTech? Every week join us for the latest stories from the world of CEA and Vertical Farming. Each episode provides you with your weekly dose of AgTech news, ensuring you stay up to date with latest news from this fast-paced and exciting industry. Subscribe and Follow AgTech Digest wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T02:21:33.278208+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agtech-digest-6718128"},"episode":{"title":"URUS Group, EIB, BNP Paribas, Resurrect Bio, Corteva, Infinite Acres, FAO","slug":"urus-group-eib-bnp-paribas-resurrect-bio-corteva-infinite-acres-fao","published_at":"2026-05-22T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agtech-digest-6718128/urus-group-eib-bnp-paribas-resurrect-bio-corteva-infinite-acres-fao","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agtech-digest-6718128","url":"https://agtech-digest.captivate.fm/episode/urus-group-eib-bnp-paribas-resurrect-bio-corteva-infinite-acres-fao","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/5b521fd9-7a3b-40af-bce2-98783ece63e1.mp3","summary":"📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring Oman's rise as the MENA region's most active agricultural market, Egypt's $15 billion New Delta — the largest horizontal agricultural expansion in history — the FAO's food crisis warning tied to the Strait of Hormuz, URUS Group acquiring AgriWebb for global beef data, and CEA's strategic shift from leafy greens into berries and non-food applications. Let's get started! Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines: Analysis: The Omani Advantage: Oman emerges as MENA's most active agricultural market in 2026, backed by $240M in infrastructure and a five-year FAO roadmap following the Strait of Hormuz closure CEA: Beyond Salad: CEA's reset is shifting capital toward berries and non-food applications — cosmetic botanicals, pharmaceutical crops, and industrial materials like natural rubber and cotton M&A: URUS Group acquires AgriWebb to extend data-driven cattle management into beef, spanning 25 million animals across VAS and AgriWebb platforms — closing Q3 2026 Mega Project: Egypt inaugurates $15B New Delta — the largest horizontal agricultural expansion in modern history, targeting 2.2 million feddans of desert with the world's largest wastewater treatment plant Food Security: FAO warns Strait of Hormuz closure could trigger a global food crisis within 6 to 12 months as the Food Price Index rises for a third consecutive month Finance: EIB and BNP Paribas sign 200M euro deal for European agricultural SMEs; Resurrect Bio closes oversubscribed $10.3M Series A led by Corteva Catalyst Innovation: Infinite Acres launches GroLoop agentic farm management for CEA; BioWorks launches TotalNema Ax botanical nematicide with 83% root-knot nematode c…","meta_description":"📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring Oman's rise as the MENA r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":806,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/agtech-digest-6718128/episodes/urus-group-eib-bnp-paribas-resurrect-bio-corteva-infinite-acres-fao/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agtech-digest-6718128/urus-group-eib-bnp-paribas-resurrect-bio-corteva-infinite-acres-fao.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}