Market Watch July 26, 2018

Iowa Agtech: ‘Building the Right Connections Between the Right People at the Right Time’

By Matt Hopkins
Senior Online Editor | Meister Media Worldwide

Iowa agriculture is now worth more than $15 billion according to the USDA, writes Jake Slobe on ClayandMilk.com.

For entrepreneurs and investors willing to look outside of Silicon Valley, Iowa’s agricultural technology — often called “agtech” — ecosystem offers valuable and lucrative opportunities. With a top agriculturally-focused university producing talent and multiple accelerators helping entrepreneurs commercialize their ideas, early stage agtech companies are finding success in Iowa.

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Read more at ClayandMilk.com.

MORE BY MATT HOPKINS

Matt Hopkins is Senior Online Editor for the Agribusiness Group at Meister Media Worldwide including such brands as CropLife, CropLife IRON, AgriBusiness Global, PrecisionAg, and Cotton Grower. He is responsible for managing an array of online products including newsletters, websites, video, and social media. Hopkins joined Meister Media in 1994 as an editor for Greenhouse Grower before transitioning to Business Manager of its MeisterPro division. He holds a Communications degree from Cleveland State University.
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