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Agriculture & Bioscience

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Takeaways from the 2023 Ag Startup Engine Unconference

Ag Startup Engine, a fund for agtech startups, hosted its 2023 Unconference event in Des Moines touching on the themes of data, artificial intelligence and sustainable agriculture.

Speakers from this year’s event shared their thoughts …
By Business Record Staff | Oct 19, 2023
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Applications open for 2024 Iowa Biotech Showcase pitch competition

The Iowa Biotechnology Association has opened applications for the 2024 Iowa Biotech Showcase pitch competition, which awards one biotech startup with $10,000 and a one-year membership to IowaBio. The 2024 showcase will focus on embracing …
By Business Record Staff | Oct 12, 2023
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New ISU feed mill and grain science complex now open

Iowa State University held a grand opening on Sept. 8 for the Kent Feed Mill and Grain Science Complex, located on 10 acres of university farmland. The grain storage and feed milling complex can produce …
By Business Record Staff | Sep 28, 2023
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Hank Harris receives national biotech leadership award

Hank Harris, co-founder of Genvax Technologies, and professor emeritus at Iowa State University, is the 2023 recipient of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization’s (BIO) George Washington Carver Award for Leadership in Agriculture and Environmental Biotechnology. The …
By Business Record Staff | Sep 21, 2023
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Iowa ag department announces grant opportunity for the development of livestock vaccines

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced Sept. 14 the formation of the Livestock Protection Innovation Grant Program. The program will provide grant funding to assist Iowa-based companies in the development of safe and effective …
By Business Record Staff | Sep 21, 2023
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SoilSerdem receives $1M National Science Foundation Phase II SBIR award

SoilSerdem, an Ames-based startup, won a $1 million National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research Phase II award through BioConnect Iowa’s America’s Seed Fund Outreach Program. According to a news release, America’s Seed Fund (powered …
By Business Record Staff | Sep 14, 2023
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Cultivation Corridor launches Israeli Cultivo cohort

Seven companies from Israel are participating in a new cohort of Cultivo Virtual Academy hosted by America’s Cultivation Corridor, which launched on July 6. The program provides participants with mentorship, interaction with Iowa’s agricultural leaders, …
By Business Record Staff | Jul 13, 2023
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IBI Scientific announces expansion of Dubuque facility

IBI Scientific, a Dubuque-based manufacturer and international provider of life science research equipment and reagents, has launched its new specialty and custom blending department, allowing it to offer private-labeled, custom-blended chemicals. IBI expanded its Dubuque …
By Business Record Staff | Jul 13, 2023
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ISU veterinary lab using grant to study high-capacity testing technology

The Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Lab was recently awarded a nearly $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to help refine the use of high-volume testing …
By Business Record Staff | Jun 22, 2023
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Colorbiotics, Reed receive 2023 innovationIOWA awards

The Business Record announces today the recipients of the 2023 innovationIOWA awards.

Ames-based manufacturer Colorbiotics has been selected as the winner of the Corteva Agriscience innovationLEADER of the Year Award. Jeff Reed, owner of several …
By Business Record Staff | Jun 8, 2023