In a company release, NewLink Genetics Corporation announced its co-founder, Charles J. Link, Jr, M.D. has chosen to retire as company chairman, CEO and chief scientific officer, and will also resign from the board, effective August 3, 2019. Link co-founded NewLink...
EnGeniousAg, LLC is developing field-based nutrient sensors for crops, soils and water to improve agronomic management practices. A $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture will allow the company to develop...
(L-R) EnGeniousAg Operations Manager Xinran Wang, Co-founder and Chief Agronomist Michael J. Castellano, Ph.D. and Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Liang Dong, Ph.D. are part of the team developing an in-planta sensor for monitoring nitrate...
The following article originally appeared on July 22, 2019 via the Ames Tribune. By David Mullen, Staff Writer dmullen@amestrib.com A two-decade relationship between a giant agricultural company and Iowa State University just got stronger. The John Deere Technology...
The following article originally appeared on July 19, 2019 via Silicon Prairie News. Tractor Zoom raised 1.5 million in the beginning of July in a round led by investors Inova Memphis and Ag Startup Engine, according to SEC filings this month. Kyle McMahon, Tractor...
AMES, Iowa, July 8, 2019 – The Ag Startup Engine (ASE) has made a follow-on investment in Des Moines based agricultural technology startup Tractor Zoom. The investment comes in a year after the their initial investment. Tractor Zoom is an online marketplace...
