Purdue grows its spinout

Agsoil Analytics, an agtech commercialising technology to improve crop management and yields, has been launched by Purdue University.

Agsoil’s mapping technology can be used to predict soil properties such as organic carbon content, clay content, water table locations, nutrient potential, and more. It can also be used to analyse the highest and lowest yielding areas and how much water a farmer can expect soil to store after rainfall.

The latest spinout comes after a strong year of commercialisation results for Purdue, which launched 20 spinouts in the 2014-2015 period.

Phillip Owens, co-founder of Agsoil, said: “What makes our technology unique is that it’s less expensive to produce because it’s utilising legacy information for the original version of the map, as well as related processes that we’ve understood for a very long time. Once we’ve made our original map we also will use very directed point sampling for collecting more soil analysis so that we can continue to add more information to the maps and improve them over time. Annually, we will guide producers where to sample to make sure we capitalize on all the information. We make sure every dollar spent on samples and understanding the field is incorporated within the platform.”