Innovate Animal Ag is an industry think tank accelerating transformative technologies in animal agriculture.
What We Do
New technologies are poised to transform animal agriculture, but separating what’s real, what works, and what’s worth adopting is a challenge for every company. With a team deeply rooted in Silicon Valley’s tech ecosystem, we identify, validate, and deploy technologies with the potential to reshape the industry. Our goal is a more efficient and productive food supply that also advances animal welfare, sustainability, and public health.
Research
We publish original research designed to help producers understand new technologies and track industry trends.
Grantmaking
We directly support innovation through grants for academic studies, commercial trials, and student scholarships.
Incubation
We bridge the gap between proof of concept and commercial deployment through launching new companies.
Our Research
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In-Ovo Sexing
Egg producers can now hatch only females, solving the problem of male chick culling.
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Swine Immunocastration
An alternative approach to eliminating boar taint with strong economic benefits.
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In-Ovo Sexing: Market Penetration and Forecast
An analysis of the scale at which in-ovo sexing has been rolled out around the world.
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In-Ovo Sexing Brazilian Consumer Survey
A consumer survey reveals strong Brazilian market demand for in-ovo sexing.
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The Hatchability Crisis
After decades of improvement, U.S. broiler hatchability began a sustained decline.
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On-Farm Hatching
Bypassing chick transport reduces the need for antibiotics and improves welfare.
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American Views on Technology in Animal Agriculture
Americans want practical solutions for animal welfare.
Project Spotlight: Bulwark Biologics
For decades, autogenous vaccines have been made the same way: chemicals like formaldehyde inactivate the bacteria — but they also damage the surface proteins your birds' immune systems need to recognize the real threat. The result is a vaccine that teaches your flock to fight a damaged version of a pathogen, not the one it will actually face in your barns. Bulwark Biologics uses electron-beam technology to inactivate bacteria while leaving those critical proteins intact, so your birds learn to respond to the real thing.
Bulwark is our model in action. We identified electron-beam vaccination as a technology that could give producers better protection against whatever pathogens they're up against, funded the academic trials to validate it, and spun the work out into an independent company. Bulwark is now advancing through the USDA CVB approval process and standing up commercial trials with integrator partners.
Project Spotlight: HPAI Dashboard
Avian influenza has become the most disruptive force in poultry and egg production — wiping out flocks and pushing prices to record highs. But keeping track of it usually involves piecing together scattered government reports. Our HPAI Dashboard pulls it all into one place: a continuously updated view of H5N1 detections across commercial poultry, wild birds, dairy herds, and other mammals, alongside the wholesale egg prices the industry watches most closely.
Built using modern AI tools with official USDA data, the HPAI Dashboard gives producers, buyers, and policymakers a single real-time picture of where the virus is spreading and what it's costing — the kind of clarity that's hard to come by in the middle of a fast-moving outbreak.
A companion report, HPAI's Cost to Americans, digs deeper into the economic toll of HPAI, and our Egg and Pork Industry Chartbooks similarly use modern AI tools to present the data that’s most relevant to business leaders in the industry.
