EnGeniousAg Awarded $100,000 USDA Grant to Develop Soil and Water Sensors to Measure Nitrate Concentrations for Improved Nitrogen Management
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...
EnGeniousAg Awarded Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation to Develop Low-Cost In-Planta Nitrate Sensor
(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...
A new chapter in the relationship between John Deere and Iowa State begins
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...
Tractor Zoom raises new round
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...
