Why Scoular Keeps Growing from the Center of the U.S.
For more than 130 years, Scoular has helped shape global agricultural supply chains. Today, the Omaha-based company operates around the world while continuing to grow from the center of the United States. Its longtime presence in Omaha illustrates the advantages available across the AgWorks Corridor. Spanning 11 counties in the greater Lincoln–Omaha region of Nebraska […]
Case Study: Why Global Agribusiness Scoular Keeps Growing from the AgWorks Corridor
For nearly 135 years, Scoular has used its Omaha base to connect agricultural producers and suppliers with customers around the world. Scoular shows how an agricultural company can remain close to the industries it serves while operating at a global scale. The privately held company buys, stores and processes grain, oilseeds and other ingredients used […]
How Conagra Taps Talent and Innovation in AgWorks Corridor
For food companies, the right location connects more than production inputs. It has all the right pieces: specialized workforce, research capabilities, industry relationships and talent pipeline needed to understand changing consumer preferences and turn ideas into market-ready products. Those connections are central to AgWorks Corridor, an 11-county business ecosystem spanning the greater Lincoln–Omaha region in […]
Merck Animal Health Taps Specialized Talent and Global Distribution in the AgWorks Corridor
From pets at home to livestock across the globe, animal health products move through the AgWorks Corridor every day. Merck Animal Health operates two important facilites in the AgWorks Corridor: a major manufacturing site in Elkhorn and a global distribution center in Omaha. Together, the facilities play critical roles in the company’s worldwide supply chain. […]
Nebraska Innovation Campus and The Combine Help Ag Businesses Build, Test and Grow
A promising idea is only the beginning. Turning that idea into a viable business can require research expertise, development space, funding, industry connections, testing opportunities and access to talent. Nebraska Innovation Campus and The Combine bring those resources together in Lincoln, giving companies a place to develop new technologies within one of the country’s most productive and diverse agricultural regions. They also […]
Case Study: How Vireo Turned University Research into U.S.-Based Production
Vireo combined university research, commercialization support, domestic manufacturing and central market access to bring innovative health products from the AgWorks Corridor to more than 60,000 retailers. Vireo shows what can happen when research and production exist within the same connected business ecosystem of the AgWorks Corridor. Working with University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers and […]
How Lincoln Premium Poultry Built a National-Scale Operation in Nebraska
After a four-state search, Costco chose Fremont for the partnership, infrastructure and workforce needed to support its first fully integrated poultry operation. Lincoln Premium Poultry is proof that a complex food-processing project needs more than an available site. It takes coordinated infrastructure, responsive partners and a workforce capable of delivering at high volume. The AgWorks […]
How Conagra Taps Talent and Innovation in AgWorks Corridor
For food companies, the right location connects more than production inputs. It has all the right pieces: specialized workforce, research capabilities, industry relationships and talent pipeline needed to understand changing consumer preferences and turn ideas into market-ready products. Those connections are central to AgWorks Corridor, an 11-county business ecosystem spanning the greater Lincoln–Omaha region in […]
Built for What Comes Next in Agriculture
The business case for AgWorks Corridor in the words of companies building here AgWorks Corridor is a connected, 11-county business ecosystem spanning the greater Lincoln–Omaha region in Nebraska and Iowa. In the AgWorks Corridor, research, specialized talent, infrastructure, inputs and distribution come together to support agriculture-related companies from startup through commercialization and full-scale production. The […]
The AgWorks Advantage: A Connected Environment for Agricultural Growth
How inputs, research, talent, infrastructure and market access come together across one region. For agriculture companies, a location decision is rarely about a single site. It is about whether the surrounding environment can provide the inputs, people, infrastructure and connections required to move an operation forward. AgWorks Corridor brings all the pieces together across one […]