US Innovation Market Guide on Agriculture Technology

Abstract

Harnessing the potential of the AgTech is critical for the successful transformation of the global agriculture market, including in Europe and the US. Are you working on AgTech? Then this guide can guide you to further develop your business in the US!

The US Innovation Market Guide on Agriculture Technology enables you to understand the US leading regions on agriculture technology from the innovation and market perspectives. From the innovation perspective, it gives you clear guidance on US innovation ecosystems including the major US AgTech innovation hubs, innovation facilitators and leading industry-related RDI centers.

From the market perspective, the Guide provides an extensive overview of the US agriculture market and advises you on how to understand the different segments within the market, including the market opportunities and barriers. This guide is also useful to expand your network of contacts of important stakeholder of AgTech in the US. It presents an extensive list of innovation and market associations as well as most relevant, leading events related to agriculture technology.

Finally, this Guide will provide you with an overview of the US governmental funding system related to agriculture technology, in the context of both federal and state initiatives. On the Federal level, an overview of key programmes and opportunities is given, including those that come from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Commerce, etc.

Therefore, this guide works perfectly as a handy guide for you to grow your business and develop your network on AgTech in the US!

This guide was published in May 2020 and updated in August 2023 and is available in English. This guide has 79 pages and 6 Annex pages

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations (page 12)

In this section the list of Abrreviations used in this report are presented

1 Introduction (page 15)

The US Innovation Market Guide on Agriculture Technology enables you to understand the US leading regions on agriculture technology from the innovation and market perspective

2 US innovation ecosystem (page 20)

2.1. Innovation Hubs (page 20)
2.2. Innovation facilitators (page 28)
2.3. Industry related RDI centers (page 34)

3 US market landscape (page 41)

3.1. Market overview (page 42)
3.2. Leading regions (page 43)
3.3. Market considerations (page 50)
   3.3.1. Opportunities (page 50)
   3.3.2. Barriers (page 51)
   3.3.2. Other market considerations (page 52)

4 Recognized networks and events (page 54)

4.1. Innovation / market networks and associations (page 55)
4.2. Innovation and market events (page 60)

5 US innovation initiatives and programs (page 63)

5.1. Federal initiatives/programs (page 64)
   5.1.1. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (page 65)
   5.1.2. Manufacturing USA (page 68)
   5.1.3. Department of Commerce (page 69)
   5.1.4. National Science Foundation (NSF) (page 70)
   5.1.5. Small Business Administration (SBA) (page 75)
5.2. State initiatives/programs (page 76)
   5.2.1. California: California Climate Smart Agriculture Programs (page 76)
   5.2.2. Minnesota: Agricultural Growth, Research and Innovation (Agri) Program (page 77)

6 Observations (page 78)

Annex 1: Summary of the US Federal and State Funding Initiatives and Programs (page 80)