414. Indigo Ag’s PJ Smith on the convergence of agbioscience, sustainability + data, the launch of Nemora + farmers shaping innovation priorities

For farmers looking ahead to a fresh growing season, decisions for their operations require clarity and a certainty around impact and ROI – from inputs to innovation adoption. This week, we are joined by PJ Smith, Senior Global Product Manager at Indigo Ag, to get into soil health’s impact on our food system; and how strengthening agriculture today helps reduce risk and protect food security for the future. 

Highlights include:  

• The work Indigo Ag is leading and problems their team solves through innovation 
• Conversations with farmers right now as they look ahead to the growing season, their concerns and how they are making decisions based on their needs 
• Indigo Ag’s unique intersection of ag, sustainability and data  
• Balancing opportunities that data can provide with a hesitant mindset that can sometimes linger around a farmer’s data, technology adoption or participation in emerging technologies 
• Benchmarks and measures of success the Indigo Ag team has in front of them over the next 3-5 years 
• Indigo Ag’s launch of Nemora to fight soybean cyst nematode, the leading cause of soybean loss in the U.S 
• How in-field experience with farmers shapes R&D priorities for Indigo Ag 
• PJ’s thoughts on their biggest room for growth 
• Farmers as a part of the solution to climate and sustainability challenges over the next decade and where he sees shifts and changes coming in the market 
• What’s ahead for Indigo Ag in 2026