Weevil

Members of the Grain Weevil team pictured at the Farm Bureau conference in Atlanta are, from left Zane Zents, Ben Johnson, Chad Johnson and Jeremy Heeg.

Members of the Grain Weevil team pictured at the Farm Bureau conference in Atlanta are, from left Zane Zents, Ben Johnson, Chad Johnson and Jeremy Heeg.

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News Staff
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Ag Innovation prize earns Grain Weevil nationwide exposure The $50,000 ag innovation prize was a nice bonus, though co-founders of a product designed to improve on-farm safety say the exposure for and positive feedback to their Grain Weevil concept last week in Georgia is perhaps even more valuable.
Ben Johnson, left, and Zane Zents show the latest model of the Grain Weevil, which earned them a prestigious MIT prize.

Ben Johnson, left, and Zane Zents show the latest model of the Grain Weevil, which earned them a prestigious MIT prize.

Grain Weevil earns prestigious MIT prize

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
The Grain Weevil robot introduced last year by local inventors earned national acclaim this week as one of seven recipients of the 2021 Lemelson-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Student Prize.