![]() ![]() "It's, hey, Dad, what do we need to do or what can we do differently than we're doing today to make sure that this resource is around for my grandkids?" Skye said, adding, " it starts from a conversation that it's much less of an indictment and much more about what can we do to come up with win-win strategies to help you keep making money and in some cases, make more money, and do a better job to steward the resources that you're responsible for." In practice, some methods Skye advises includes using less synthetic fertilizer or chemicals to deal with pests and weeds, and stimulating microbial action in the soil itself through a variety of different biological products. And so that in some ways put me at almost a DNA level at the cutting edge of interest, if you will, on the sustainability ideas and movements," Skye said.Īcknowledging that 'sustainability' can be a loaded term for farmers, Skye's approach to defining it leads back to his family farm. "I have the advantage of having all of my upbringing years, which was 30 years ago, now being tied to organic production. ![]() Skye's father was an early adopter of sustainable agriculture as a sizeable organic alfalfa grower, which Skye contributes to his passion for helping farmers integrate sustainability. Sustainable farming has become a broad term with many good and misunderstood associations for farmers. Integrating Sustainability and Technology to Increase a Farm’s Value "When you're involved in a lot of the nuances of agriculture like I am, it's hard to manage the labor issues or the environmental issues, water issues, export, trade, those types of things, there's just a litany of challenges that seem to be never-ending, but with those challenges, there's certainly plenty of opportunities that you can capitalize on," Skye said. Add in regulations on water and tax policies that change frequently, and Skye's team stays busy helping farmers. These have made it difficult to react to for agricultural producers. With small and large farms having to manage a wide range of regulations, Skye shared his perspective on the most pressing issues, saying, “I think that some of the most shocking or toughest to navigate regulatory issues have been labor, and navigating the various nuances that have come up in the labor industry, particularly in permanent crops and dealing with apples and cherries.” Skye added that new regulatory categories are also increasing, “but then also, I didn't think 15 years ago that we'd be regulated on air emissions, for example,” Skye said. ![]() Labor, Water, Emissions, Tax Policies: Reacting to Regulatory Risks for Farmers It's hard to manage the labor or the environmental issues, water issues, export, trade, there's just a litany of challenges that seem to be never-ending, but with those challenges, there's certainly plenty of opportunities that you can capitalize on," Skye said.Īfter leaving the family farm to work on Wall Street, Skye wanted to start a business to help farms, like his parent's, navigate complex industry regulations, implement sustainable farming practices, and maximize their value by implementing new technology. "We live in an ever-changing regulatory environment that is often hard to navigate. Growing up as the oldest of seven children on their family farm, the risk profile of what it means to be in production agriculture was ingrained in Skye at an early age. In the latest episode of the Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted podcast, Skye Root, Founder of Root Agricultural Advisory, joined Wade Foster, an environmental and natural resource attorney for Stoel Rives LLP, to discuss how Skye's family roots in farming led him to create a company helping farmers navigate regulatory risks, embrace sustainability, integrate cutting edge agricultural technology, and his perspective on the current market for farmland investing.įrom Family Farm to Helping the Agricultural Industry Navigate New Challenges Integrating Sustainability and Technology to Increase a Farm’s Value.In the latest episode of the Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast, Skye Root, Founder of Root Agricultural Advisory, joined Wade Foster, an environmental and natural resource attorney for Stoel Rives LLP, to discuss how Skye's family roots in farming led him to create a company helping farmers navigate regulatory risks, embrace sustainability, integrate cutting edge agricultural technology, and his perspective on the current market for farmland investing. ![]()
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