Radicle Growth, a company-building platform investing in early-stage agriculture and food technologies, is delighted to announce, “The Radicle Corn Value Chain Challenge sponsored by U.S. Corn Farmers.”

“We review about 1,000 technologies from around the world every year and make two or three investments,” said Kirk Haney, managing partner of Radicle Growth. “In partnership with U.S. corn farmers, we’re excited to think about what new technologies can we identify anywhere in the world and bring them to the U.S. to help U.S. corn farmers not only find new uses of corn, but also improve the sustainability scores for corn growing.”

Iowa Corn Promotion Board President Stan Nelson welcomed the new opportunity.

“You are hearing from folks that understand our oversupply issues, and they understand and know what a 20 percent stocks to use ratio means,” Nelson said. “But I feel it. I feel the burdensome supply and my two daughters that are farming with their families, they feel the burdensome supply, and U.S. corn farmers feel the burdensome supply. That’s why we’re investing our checkoff dollars into the Radicle Corn Value Chain Challenge.”

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is one of several groups supporting the effort.

“Our growers are really excited to help support the Radicle Challenge and to really leverage both state and national resources to optimize the opportunity in this value chain,” said Sarah McKay, NCGA Director of Market Development.

Potential companies can apply now at https://radicle.vc/the-radicle-corn-value-chain-sponsored-by-us-corn-farmers/.

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