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ISU report identifies new ag/bioprocessing technologies for Cedar Rapids

Iowa State University, in cooperation with the City of Cedar Rapids, has released a report identifying new, emerging technologies that could be a starting point for increased economic activity, jobs and start-up companies in the …

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SynderBio top company at biotech showcase; Robert Riley Jr. receives leadership award

From left: IowaBio Executive Director Joe Hrdlicka; SynderBio co-founder Dr. Sarah Vigmostad; and IowaBio Associate Director Melissa Moyer. Contributed photo

A cancer diagnostics company and a long-time entrepreneur and community leader both received top honors …

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PowerPollen offers farmers new avenue of boosting crop traits

While other emerging companies traveled from California, Kentucky or Missouri, PowerPollen just made a quick trip across town to join the two-day Partnering for Growth biotechnology showcase, hosted by IowaBio.

Through three years of research, …

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Nanotechnology drives gene detection system ExpresSeed

What do you get when a chemist pokes his head into a physicist’s Iowa laboratory? 

Something very, very small. 

Two Central Iowa professors and a college-based venture capital incubator are behind the nanotechnology introduced in …

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Des Moines to host BIO World Congress in 2019

The 2019 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology is headed to Des Moines. The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) says the industry convention will be held July 8-11, 2019, and will host executives, investors, policy makers …

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New tool aids conservation on farms

The National Farmers Union and the Natural Resources Conservation Service have developed a free tool to help farmers and ranchers improve soil conservation. The Resource Stewardship Evaluation Tool uses an evaluation to point landowners toward …

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The story behind Premium Standard Farms’ innovation, getting kicked out of Iowa

Successful Farming tells the story of Premium Standard Farms, which sought to modernize hog confinements in Iowa decades ago but was chased off to Missouri after working on a development near Ledges State Park.…

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Farms look to save labor with technology

Successful Farming reports that farms are turning to technology at a time when laborers can be hard to find. In the Corn Belt, that can mean bigger rigs with more automation — though some startups …

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Startup looking to end agriculture downtime

Agriculture and its related industries pump $112.2 billion a year into Iowa’s economy — accounting for one-third of the dollars driving Iowa’s economy — and create one out of every five jobs in the state. …

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