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The Poultry Exchange offers an online marketplace for chicken meat
Most chicken meat is sold by contract, but about 10-20% is sold on the spot market, a labor-intensive process that requires a lot of phone calls. “There’s a sense of drudgery,” said Janette Barnard, Founder & CEO of The Poultry Exchange. “Less than 10% of the volume takes 40% of the time.” And the buyers…
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Rodeo Analytics brings new technology to the equine industry
After years of observing his wife compete in barrel racing, Alex Adams grew fond of the passion and hard work behind equine culture. “She was always looking for a way to improve her performance,” said Adams, founder and CEO of Rodeo Analytics. “She couldn’t find too much that would help her besides trainers and clinics.…
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Mycity.dog launches the first FURshion Week in Omaha
Hundreds of people and their furry friends gathered at Midtown Crossing in Omaha Saturday for the first ever FURshion Week in Omaha and the country. The event included 25 vendors, live music, door prizes and of course, a fashion show just for dogs. 18 dogs took the stage dressed in outfits made by 7 local…
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Rex Animal Health wants to be the primary platform for animal health data [VIDEO]
Amado Guloy, CEO of Rex Animal Health, is on a mission to bring the power of analytics to animal welfare. “We’re really making animal health and agriculture more data-driven,” said Guloy. The company is building an industry platform that can be used for a variety of purposes. Academic researchers, pharmaceutical companies, commodity traders, as well as…
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7 questions with Omaha.dog’s Leah Thrasher and Jeannie North
Leah Thrasher and Jeannie North are the co-founders behind Omaha.dog, a website that offers a comprehensive list of dog friendly businesses in the Omaha metro area. SPN caught up with the ladies (and their dogs, Riloh and Rue) at The Exchange in downtown Omaha. SPN: So how did you guys get started with Omaha.dog? JN:…
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Integrated Animal Health helps bring game-changing animal health products to market
Integrated Animal Health connects emerging technologies with the livestock industry’s established companies and distributors. With a focus on working with developers of new technologies, Integrated Animal Health strives to produce alternatives to antibiotics, hormone therapies, pesticides, and other animal healthcare products. With the increasing government regulation of what goes into food and food products, in addition to growing consumer demand for…
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Furency gives your pet a voice on social media
Why should humans get all the credit for the great content animals create for social media? That adorable video of the bird whistling along to the radio? The great gif of a cat chasing a laser? Every heart-melting photo of puppies snuggling in the sun? None of those Instagram hearts or Facebook likes comes with a…
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Swineguard protects piglets from being crushed to death
Matt Rooda was working as an assistant farm manager at Schneider Pork Farms in Waterloo, Iowa, when he realized that in order to increase pork production, he needed to stop piglet deaths. “I walked in one day, and there was a mom that laid on nine of her babies,” Rooda said. “I was super frustrated,…
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Can 3D printing save the world’s oceans? Tethon 3D hopes to find out
Nebraska’s Tethon 3D and a Massachusetts oyster farmer are testing ceramic platforms that can reboot oyster populations in Cape Cod. The partnership began when Patrick Woodbury, founder of the Woodbury Shellfish Company in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, found Karen Linder from Omaha-based Tethon 3D online. Out of that conversation, Tethon 3D agreed to fabricate Woodbury’s design. The two companies hope that…
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Rodeo Analytics wants to shake up barrel racing
Technology and sports fit together like a hand in a well oiled baseball mit. From athlete wearables to instant replay, new technology has revolutionized the way sports like football, baseball and basketball are played and watched. When we asked Alex Adams of Rodeo Analytics if there was a place for technology in rodeo, the answer…