https://grownewsus.com/GrowNewsUS: a digital journal on American AgriTech, clean energy, heartland startups, advanced manufacturing, markets and grants, written with momentum and labelled with care.en-ushttps://grownewsus.com/stories/colorado-drone-fleet-replaces-chemical-spraying.htmlhttps://grownewsus.com/stories/colorado-drone-fleet-replaces-chemical-spraying.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 04:15:00 -0500Startup ScaleIn this illustrative launch-edition report, a Colorado scaleup says its spray drones apply biological inputs across roughly 300,000 organic acres, replacing much conventional ground and aerial spraying.https://grownewsus.com/stories/ironprairie-storage-grid-battery-enclosures-case-study.htmlhttps://grownewsus.com/stories/ironprairie-storage-grid-battery-enclosures-case-study.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 18:04:00 -0500Startup ScaleIn this illustrative case study, a fictional Indianapolis scaleup redesigned battery casings around regional steel and local molding, and reports freight waits falling from months to days.https://grownewsus.com/stories/snowline-greens-cold-climate-greenhouses-case-study.htmlhttps://grownewsus.com/stories/snowline-greens-cold-climate-greenhouses-case-study.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 17:17:00 -0500Startup ScaleIn this illustrative case study, a fictional Montana grower borrows waste heat from a neighboring data center and stores it in water, and reports that winter heating costs fell by about 88 percent.https://grownewsus.com/stories/heartland-building-physical-reality-essay.htmlhttps://grownewsus.com/stories/heartland-building-physical-reality-essay.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -0500Startup ScaleA guest essay argues that US venture capital long favored bits over atoms, and that the heartland is now where scalable, physical enterprise is being rebuilt.