AgriNovus Indiana released new research identifying critical challenges shaping the future of the state’s agbioscience economy. These challenges will inform the 2026 Velocity Accelerator. Conducted by Arrowpoint Labs, the study—Advancing Innovation: Priority Areas for Indiana’s Agbioscience Future—updates the sector’s economic impact, incorporates insights from industry leaders and defines key problem areas for innovators to solve.
According to the study, priority innovation areas include:
- BioInnovation – Developing technology that unlocks powerful markets for bio-based products, including focuses on gene editing for operational simplicity, mid-scale biomanufacturing and fermentation infrastructure, and agricultural waste stream biorefinery transformations.
- Farmer-Focused Innovation – Leveraging technology to assist farmers with some of the most critical issues facing their operations; including farm data intelligence and interoperability, regulatory navigation and compliance automation, and human-out-of-loop automation for labor-intensive operations.
- Food is Health – Developing and accelerating innovation that increases food and nutrition access and enables food as a driver of health, giving opportunities across the agricultural and health care value chains to positively impact healthier lives, communities and environment.
Additional details, including information on the Velocity Accelerator, are available at www.AgriNovusIndiana.com
