Without question, agriculture has both an exciting and challenging job ahead if we are to feed everyone on our planet. We’ve all heard the numbers; they’re big and getting closer. The latest one, according to the United Nations, is that on November 15 the world population will reach the 8 billion mark. It was just a little over a decade ago – October 2011, to be exact – that world population topped 7 billion. That growth equates to a need in agriculture production like never before. In fact, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that 60 percent more food will need to be produced by 2050.
 
The required skills and talent pool needed to meet the increased production is just as daunting as the population data. To achieve this level of productivity and to create the farm of the future, we’ll need all hands on deck. It will take a deep and diverse pool of talents, skills, and perspectives – thinkers, doers and innovators.
 
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