Zane Zents

Lead Software Engineer at @Grain_Weevil. Helping to save future generations from grain bin injuries!

[Lemelson-MIT Program @LemelsonMIT]

Huge congratulations to 2021 LMIT #StudentPrize winners, Ben Johnson and Zane Zents!

Their invention, the @Grain_Weevil won @FarmBureau's $50k Ag Innovation Challenge!! Well done!!

[American Farm Bureau @FarmBureau]

Congratulations to @NEFarmBureau's Grain Weevil for being named Farm Bureau's 2022 Ag Innovation Challenge Winner and People's Choice winner
@AlfaFarmers' Caravan Tech LLC in the #AgInnovationChallenge. Applications are now open for the 2023 contest: https://t.co/8zBNeiPE3I

[NTV's Grow @NTVsGrow]

Congrats to @Grain_Weevil for winning Farm Bureau's national Ag Innovation Challenge! Inspiration from Hamilton County farmers now has earned them $50,000 and a chance to network and further develop their grain bin robot.
https://t.co/BYxaJiA8iv

[Margaret Oldham @mwo4bac]

Wow! Big congratulations to @Grain_Weevil for winning the top prize at the AFBF Innovation Challenge! So exciting to see this team that @AgLaunch farmers have invested time and money in to save lives and manage quality in grain bins. #aginnovation #farmsafety #AFBF2022

[Zane Zents @GrainWeevilZane]

@Grain_Weevil is this year's winner of the American Farm Bureau's Ag Innovation Challenge!!

[Zane Zents @GrainWeevilZane]

Thanks to @FarmBureau for the opportunity to share our idea on how to keep farmers safe and out of the grain bin. We are extremely grateful for the support we've received from those following the project and the sponsors who made this award possible

[The Combine @NebraskaCombine]

JUST IN! 🎉🎉

Congratulations to the winner of the @FarmBureau Ag Innovation Challenge @Grain_Weevil and the runner-up Birds Eye Robotics!

[American Farm Bureau @FarmBureau]

Meet the #AgInnovationChallenge Final 4.

👉@NEFarmBureau's Grain Weevil Corporation
👉@NEFarmBureau's Marble Technologies
👉 @PAFarmBureau's StemPunk
👉@NEFarmBureau's Birds Eye Robotics

Who will rise to the challenge? Watch Sunday at 11 am ET: https://t.co/28rkLcT1J8

[Grain Weevil @Grain_Weevil]

We are excited to be a part of the @FarmBureau Ag Innovation Challenge. Please enjoy our 2021 highlight video the go vote for us in the People's Choice award: https://t.co/lWXQtTGEZ6

[The Combine @NebraskaCombine]

Snapshots of Marble Technologies, Grain Weevil, and Birds Eye Robotics pitching this morning at the @FarmBureau Ag Innovation Challenge in Atlanta, Georgia!

[Lemelson-MIT Program @LemelsonMIT]

2021 #StudentPrize winners Benjamin Johnson (@johnson35ben) and Zane Zents (@GrainWeevilZane) are working to improve farmer safety and increase efficiency in grain bins. Read about their “Grain Weevil” robot here: https://t.co/1HcDeAD0rT

[Freethink @freethinkmedia]

A robot that could save dozens of farmers and their kids from being buried in grain every year, the @Grain_Weevil, is being developed by University of Nebraska at Omaha (@UNOmaha) students Ben Johnson (@johnson35ben) and Zane Zents (@GrainWeevilZane). https://t.co/jtwdtW85Nx

[Lemelson-MIT Program @LemelsonMIT]

Congratulations to the 2021 “Eat it!” #StudentPrize undergraduate team winners, Benjamin Johnson and Zane Zents from @UNOmaha and @NebEngineering! Their @Grain_Weevil robot helps farmers safely and efficiently manage grain extraction from grain bins. https://t.co/8KluKQmJ2M.

[Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources @UNL_IANR]

“We’re trying to keep farmers safe. We’re trying to keep our neighbors — our communities — from getting hurt,” said Zane Zents, a computer engineering major. “I think they saw that passion, they saw the message and they let us succeed.” #UNL›› https://t.co/WJ7QcDzxy7

[Zane Zents @GrainWeevilZane]

We're extremely excited to be a part of this prestigious prize. This will go along way to help farmers in Nebraska and around the world!!

[Lemelson-MIT Program @LemelsonMIT]

#WorldIPDay is the perfect time to announce the 2021 #StudentPrize winners! This year’s cohort have inventions that address pregnancy complications, market losses in agriculture, obstacles impeding smooth patient recoveries, & more. Congrats to winners! https://t.co/zqcygHCbDJ.

[Grain Weevil @Grain_Weevil]

Can't wait for the Tuck Virtual Summit on AgTech May 4-6! https://t.co/iKwYHBqueb via @eventable