The American Farm Bureau just named Vulpes Agricultural as one of 10 semi-finalists in the 2022 Ag Innovation Challenge – landing the startup $10,000 and a chance at taking home $50,000 as the winner in January. 4ThEst8 readers first heard of this agricultural chemical company this spring when it presented at InvestMidwest.
Rick Shang, Vulpes Corp. CEO
“It’s a very, very important recognition that we offer valuable materials and valuable solutions to the farming community,” Vulpes Corp. CEO Rick Shang told the 4thEst8. “It’s particularly important because we come from a manufacturing R&D perspective… not fully understanding farmers needs or working with farmers… being able to get this award… I feel it’s very important exposure to build the kind of relationships so we can better serve our end users.”
Vulpes Agricultural is a division of Vulpes Corp. Vulpes Corp. is a chemical manufacturing and R&D startup developing innovative chemical manufacturing processes for the purposes of reshoring chemical plants back to the United States from China. It was founded in August of 2019, and quickly set up three divisions: Vulpes Agricultural, Vulpes Industrial and Vulpes Pharmaceutical. The company has five employees in St. Louis. In addition to developing manufacturing processes they’re developing novel chemicals.
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Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge
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