Connecting the Dots: How Capital, Data, and Market Demand Are Reshaping Agriculture

Climate-smart agriculture is gaining momentum — but turning ambition into action requires capital, credible data, and coordination across an entire value chain. This panel brings together corporate buyers, leading researchers, and industry practitioners to explore how sustainability requirements, reporting frameworks, measurement tools, and market incentives are reshaping agriculture from the ground up. As companies face increasing pressure to disclose climate impacts and progress toward their goals, sustainability reporting is becoming a key driver of how agricultural practices are measured, verified, and rewarded. From dairy giants setting net-zero procurement standards to nationally recognized soil health scientists building the carbon monitoring frameworks that make verification possible, panelists will offer a ground-level view of what's actually working — and where the gaps remain. The conversation will examine how corporate reporting requirements, supply chain data systems, and scientific measurement approaches are influencing on-the-ground decisions, and how different actors in the value chain are aligning around regenerative transition. Together, the panel will explore what it will take to build transparent, credible reporting systems that accelerate climate-smart agriculture at scale. Speakers: Adam Wylie (Leprino)Corinne Walsh (CSU)Ryan Bridges (JBS)Moderated by Ramsay Huntley (Tenmile Strategies)