Farmers throughout the region are invited to join Northwest Missouri State University and its School of Agricultural Sciences in collaboration with BioSTL for an “Innovation Day” program featuring innovators in the ag industry.
The program is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, at Northwest’s Agricultural Learning Center, located at 22893 U.S. Highway 71 in Maryville.
BioSTL, a St. Louis nonprofit launched in 2001, offers a comprehensive set of programs aimed at solving challenges in agriculture, medicine, health care and technology. For agriculture professionals, BioSTL’s Early Adopter Grower Innovation Community (EAGIC) program provides a pathway for innovation to reach farmers, using domestic and global networks to find solutions that meet the needs of farmers.
The program will feature a variety of agriculture professionals and innovators representing businesses and start-ups specializing in purchasing, technology, equipment and crop health. The attending innovators include representatives of The Growers App, AgroScout, Renaissance Ag, EarthScout and GroundWork BioAg.
Source: nwmissouri.edu
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