Women in Midwest AgTech Previewing Spur AgConverge 2026 Conference

Center for Agricultural Profitability · Oct 12, 2026

Spur AgConverge runs Nov. 17-18 at Raising Nebraska in Grand Island, bringing farmers, startups, researchers and investors together to test new agricultural technology against real operational challenges. Ishani Lal, economic analyst with the Center for Agricultural Profitability, and Alexa Davis, soil and water programs coordinator with the Nebraska Department of Water, Energy and Environment, discuss the conference’s Farm Tech Adoption Challenge, where farmers judge the startups instead of investors, and research showing Nebraska drew about $76 million in agtech investment from 2021 to…