Research
We publish original research designed to help producers understand new technologies and track industry trends.
Accelerating transformative technologies in animal ag
Discover how we workTechnology is moving fast. Good decisions need evidence.
Innovate Animal Ag is a nonprofit think tank. 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.
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
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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On-Farm Hatching
Bypassing chick transport reduces antibiotics use and improves welfare.
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The Hatchability Crisis
After decades of improvement, U.S. broiler hatchability began a sustained decline.
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In-Ovo Sexing: Market Penetration and Forecast
How far in-ovo sexing has scaled worldwide — and where it goes next.
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In-Ovo Sexing: US Consumer Survey
What American shoppers say about in-ovo sexing and chick culling.
Learn moreProject Spotlight: Bulwark Biologics
Autogenous poultry vaccines are usually made by inactivating bacteria with chemicals such as formaldehyde, which can also damage the surface proteins a bird's immune system needs to recognize. Electron-beam inactivation is designed to kill the bacteria while preserving those proteins.
We identified electron-beam vaccination as a promising technology and funded academic research at the University of Arkansas to test it. We then spun the work out into Bulwark Biologics, an independent company that is now working through the USDA Center for Veterinary Biologics approval process.
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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, Broiler and Pork Industry Chartbooks similarly use modern AI tools to present the data that’s most relevant to business leaders in the industry.
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