Program Director

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Innovate Animal Ag accelerates transformative technologies in animal agriculture. We identify, validate, and deploy technologies with the potential to reshape the industry, aiming for a more efficient and productive food supply that advances animal welfare, sustainability, and public health.

About the organization

With a team deeply rooted in Silicon Valley’s tech ecosystem, we focus on three core areas:

• Research: We publish original research to help producers understand new technologies and track industry trends.
• Grantmaking: We support innovation through grants for academic studies, commercial trials, and student scholarships.
• Incubation: We bridge the gap between proof of concept and commercial deployment by launching new companies.

Key initiatives

• Egg sexing: Hatch only female chicks, solving the problem of male chick culling.
• Swine immunocastration: An alternative approach to eliminating boar taint with strong economic benefits.
• In-ovo sexing: Market penetration and forecast analysis for global adoption.
• On-farm hatching: Bypassing chick transport to reduce antibiotic use and improve welfare.
• Consumer insights: Surveys revealing market demand for technologies like in-ovo sexing in Brazil and American views on animal agriculture.
• Hatchability crisis: Addressing the sustained decline in U.S. broiler hatchability after decades of improvement.