SwineTech® is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and was founded in 2015. We are dedicated to empowering pork producers worldwide with human-centered automation to provide high-quality, individualized care for every pig. We value and incorporate authenticity, ownership, and innovation in all aspects of our work.

ReEnvision Ag was formed in January of 2020 with a clear vision for the future. Currently, the business is in the Startup phase and completing product prototype and development. After farming for 7 years, founder Jayson Ryner saw opportunities for innovation in the Ag Sector. After consulting with Brook Behmler at the NIACC John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, Jayson enrolled in the University of Iowa Venture School. Through Venture School, ReEnvision Ag went through Lean Business Startup training to evaluate and develop the innovative idea of a new style of corn planter.

Our source of competitive advantage lies in the intellectual property of our SeedSpike™ planting system. The entire row crop planting industry is monolithic as they all use a set of double disc openers to create a seed trench. ReEnvision Ag and our planter system hold the only provisional patent on a system of placing the seeds using a cone-shaped dibble to plant the seeds in a precise location at an exact spacing. This system widens the planting window, optimizes planting depth and spacing, and minimizes soil contact compared to currently used technology.

John lives in Austin, TX, and has a BBA in accounting and a JD from the University of Texas Law School. John’s leadership experience includes responsibilities for 1,000 employees, $400 million in revenues, 9 years of NASDAQ public reporting, complex supply chain logistics, development of 20+ private label consumer products, and real estate and intellectual property management in all 50 states and 18 foreign nations. A 2012 acquisition successfully converted cafeteria food wastes to jet fuel for DARPA at lab scale. John assembled and led an engineering team that successfully designed and constructed a demonstration-scale facility for methane arrested anaerobic digestion (MAAD) to convert biomass into short chain fatty acids (SCFA) and derivatives. This process is now featured by NREL for producing Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). John and the current BioXRG engineering team all have prior experience in plant development. This experience subsequently led the team to high-yield utilization of MAAD processes for conversion of food waste into bio-based fertilizers. John was previously a major real estate developer in the Austin, TX, area developing over 2,000 acres on Lake Austin and buildings in the CBD. The Downtown Austin Alliance awarded him its first Visionary Award. He was named an Ernst & Young Central Texas Retail Entrepreneur of the Year. He served as Treasurer for Ann Richard’s first statewide campaign and as Chair of the United Negro College Fund drive for Central Texas. He is a founding donor for the Austin Children’s Museum Dell Discovery Center, donated 30-acres on Lake Austin to found the Riverbend Church and several other philanthropic activities in Austin.