Upstream Ag Insights

Why AI Won’t Fix Ag Retail Inventory Alone

AI can improve ag retail inventory, but lasting gains require better processes, aligned incentives, reliable data, and intelligence embedded directly into everyday decisions and workflows.

Overcoming"Pilots to Nowhere" for AgTech Startups and Agribusinesses

Successful agtech partnerships require aligned incentives, clear commercial commitments, and shared accountability. Startups must avoid restrictive deals, while incumbents must move decisively and support commercialization.

Koch Agronomic Services and Phospholutions Bring Growers a More Efficient Phosphate Fertilizer

Koch Agronomic Services will distribute Phospholutions’ RhizoSorb granular phosphate in the U.S., expanding retail access while creating potential longer-term manufacturing and product differentiation opportunities.

What's Happening in Crop Protection Patent Filings

A first look at Upstream’s crop protection patent database: 322 filings, company and claim-type breakdowns, and three trends — PPO systems, lifecycle IP, and scaffolds.

Upstream Ag Insights October 2026 Patent Analysis

This month's filings show how AgZen, BASF, Raven and Kubota are shaping precision spraying and pollination, fungicide resistance management and next-gen tractor power.

Upstream Ag Insights October Recap

October's biggest agribusiness stories: the $100 billion nitrogen budget fight, Syngenta's IPO, the FTC case, biological deals and Q3 earnings from BASF, FMC and more. Here's what matters for agribusiness leaders.