Improve Weed Management – Stop the weeds when seeds

Global Neighbor (GNI) was awarded a Phase 1 to develop a design that makes weed seedscollected by a combine at harvest non-viable saving the farmer money and reducing environmentalimpact. The work plan was to start with the technique developed under a DoD SBIR that madetumble weed seeds non-viable alter that recipe and engineer a solution to go on a combine. Oursuccessful completion of Phase 1 showed our solution will make greater than 95% of commonweed seeds non-viable.The growing number of herbicide resistant weeds and the shrinking chemical weed control optionsare alarming farmers seed companies herbicide manufacturers and government regulators acrossthe globe. This growing problem has critical implications for agriculture the environment andUSDA's goal to encourage regenerative farming practices.For our Phase 2 proposal we would construct and field the prototype designed in Phase 1 debugthat design and make adjustments and then design and field the weed seed destroyer (WDSD)product that we start selling at the conclusion of Phase 2. With professional investors poised tomake an investment in GNI after being de-risked by the USDA Phase 2 award we will swiftlyintroduce the WDSD helping farmers to realize improved profitability and decreasing the threat ofnew herbicide resistance evolving. GNI's Phase 2 proposal transforms our earlier scientificdiscovery of making tumble weeds seeds non-viable into a product that we have validated has largecommercial potential with the added environmental benefit of reduced herbicide usage to growAmerica's row crops.