Nov 20, 2025

Nebraska Ag Expo calling all local agriculturalists to attend three-day event

Posted Nov 20, 2025 10:46 AM
Sandhills Global Event Center. Courtesy photo
Sandhills Global Event Center. Courtesy photo

Salina Post

LINCOLN, NE - The Nebraska Ag Expo, a trailblazer in advancing agricultural innovation and host of Innovation Hub – a dynamic center for groundbreaking technologies and forward-thinking ag solutions – has invited 6 companies to compete for cash prizes during the Startup Showcase at Innovation After Hours.

The expo will take place on December 9-11 at the Sandhills Global Event Center (4100 N 84th St.)

The times will be Tuesday-Wednesday (9:00 am - 4:00 pm).

Thursday (9:00 am - 3:00 pm).

Many people in the Saline County/Salina area have attended this expo in the past.

Innovation After Hours is an exclusive evening event showcasing talented innovation and technology entrepreneurs for venture capitalists. Attendees will connect with startups, investors, and executives from innovative ag companies, as well as partners from across the country and beyond.

Company (Headquarters) – Description (website)

• Agriwater (Tennessee) – Agriwater transforms livestock, dairy, hog, and feedlot manure into profit with a patent-pending mobile water treatment system. (agriwater.tech)

• DARO (Nebraska) – DARO provides whole-herd, non-invasive molecular pathogen and genomic strain surveillance, enabling early disease detection and outbreak prevention in livestock. (usedaro.com)

• Landoption (Nebraska) – Landoption makes land recruitment more efficient for conservation, renewable energy, and agricultural programs by leveraging trusted networks, reducing costs and time, and ultimately enabling more competitive offers to landowners. (landoption.com)

• Oaken (Indiana) – Oaken is a cloud-based software platform that streamlines farmland lease management and landowner relationships for agribusinesses. (oaken.ag)

• Picketa Systems (Canada) – Picketa Systems offers real-time plant analysis for precision nutrient management. (picketa.com)

• Senseen (California) – Senseen builds real-time, in-field diagnostic tools to help farmers make better decisions. (https://www.senseen.us/)

Innovation After Hours is presented by Farm Credit Services of America, Iowa Nebraska Equipment Dealers Association, Grit Road Partners, Invest Nebraska, The Combine, and Nebraska Innovation Campus.

For more details about the Nebraska Ag Expo visit: https://nebraskaagexpo.com