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Agriculture & Food Regional

The teams that appeared at this event.

2026-03-10 Illinois Conference Center Champaign, Illinois

  1. C16 Biosciences 1 Produces fermentation-derived oils that outperform traditional commodities on stability and sustainability while supplying global brands at commercial scale.
    David Heller
  2. American Prime Sustainable Solutions From space to field, American Prime turns satellite and AI intelligence into real-time agricultural decisions, powering autonomous action, scalable operations and measurable outcomes across every acre.
  3. Dmr International INC. Provides a drop-in antimicrobial pellet solution that upgrades stormwater and wastewater treatment performance without new infrastructure or hazardous chemicals.
  4. Explain Ag Builds science-based enterprise software that embeds predictive agronomic intelligence into customer systems to drive scalable sales growth and durable competitive advantage.
  5. Farmland Stock Exchange Connects retiring landowners with tenant farmers to solve farmland succession and access challenges, leveraging deep Illinois roots and strategic farmer-investors to secure first-mover advantage and trusted deal flow.
  6. GigaCrop, Inc. Engineers enhanced photosynthesis seed traits that bypass biological yield limits to double crop productivity and improve drought resilience across major crops.
  7. LegacyAcres Digitizes farm succession planning with expert-built logic and strategic distribution partnerships that help farm families transition ownership with clarity and confidence.
  8. Soil1 LLC Delivers sub-$1, instant soil health testing that empowers farmers to make real-time regenerative and carbon-smart decisions without relying on costly lab analysis.
  9. SpecVision Turns equipment photos into verified specifications in minutes, delivering 75% lower assessment costs while building the industry’s first compounding equipment data layer.
  10. TerraForce, Inc. Deploys farm-scale robotic fruit harvesters that match human labor costs while delivering faster, safer and compliance-free picking and packing.

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