NHarvestX 2026: 7 Agtech Startups Share Results of NH Field Trials
Seven agtech startups presented six months of field-trial results with NongHyup units, from peanut-sprout soy milk to an AI agent that advises on bee pollination.
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Accelerator Sopoong Connect held the showcase for NHarvestX 2026, the advanced course of the NH Agtech Youth Startup Campus, on the 10th at Ondream Society in Seoul's Jung-gu. About 70 people attended, including officials from the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, the Korea Agriculture Technology Promotion Agency, NongHyup affiliates and investors.
Seven pairings, from farm machinery to travel
NHarvestX is an open-innovation program that links technology needs at NongHyup affiliates with agtech startups and tests the results in the field. Sopoong Connect, the operator, designed the trial tasks and supported collaboration between the startups and NongHyup business units.
Banseok Industry, a maker of peanut harvesting machinery, worked with Gochang Daesung NongHyup on a soy milk drink containing peanut-sprout extract. AI breeding firm Robus tested an integrated breeding-data solution with seed company Nongwoo Bio. Physical-AI company Alt2 trialed a solution combining hardware and cloud AI at Taean NongHyup. Farmconnect tested a service in which an AI agent advises on bee-pollination farming with Nongso NongHyup, and Power2Farms applied a low-cost smart-farm environment-control solution with Namwonju NongHyup.
Two projects went beyond agriculture. Green Continue worked with NH Grain and NongHyup Economic Holding on plant-based leather made from cellulose extracted from farm by-products. Forparents trialed a domestic travel service for active seniors in their 50s and 60s with NH Distribution.
What comes next
Each company presented its results and proposed follow-up cooperation to NongHyup, including technology adoption, product purchases and expanded trials. Table meetings with NongHyup officials and investors followed, with Q&A sessions for each company.
Sopoong Connect CEO Choi Kyung-hee said the accelerator will keep widening follow-up cooperation opportunities between participating companies and NongHyup. Sopoong Connect was founded in 2025, led by staff from Sopoong Ventures' early-stage investment and value-up teams.
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