AgSimple.com, a website developed by AimsBio Inc., that delivers online sales on new farm technology, products, seeds, and gear to its farmer members officially launches in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota on Feb 6, 2012.

Every year new farm technology is released that can help farmers become more efficient, more productive, and ultimately more profitable. AgSimple finds this new technology and offers it for sale every Monday morning one product at a time. The sale lasts for one week and is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Farmer membership is completely free and can be achieved by signing up on AgSimple’s website or facebook page.

AgSimple.com is a simple way for agricultural producers to save money on the things they need while also learning about and finding new products. It is also simple way for merchants to target new customers with a specific message or product. The customer saves money and the merchant finds a new customer – all through one location-based e-commerce system.

During its first week after launch, AgSimple will offer 20% savings on a pick-up truck rail system from Ultimate Rails that allows your truck to haul more and look great doing it. More sales on new farm gear will be offered each week.

About AgSimple.com

AgSimple.com offers a weekly sale on the best new farm technology, products, seeds, and gear. You can find these sales online at www.agsimple.com. To learn how to feature your product, technology, or business on the site and to reach new customers go to http://www.agsimple.com/seller-sign-up/ to sign up.

AimsBio expands its agricultural analytics testing platform to include Midwest Vineyard Testing service to the rapidly growing Midwestern vineyard industry.

“It has been a goal of mine to get into the viticulture industry since my time in viticulture and vineyard management in Europe and New Zealand,” said Colin Shepherd, AimsBio’s President and CEO.  ”This service is designed to complement the rapidly growing vineyard industry in the Midwest, an industry that has grown by hundreds of vineyards and thousands of acres in just the past few years.”

The Midwest Vineyard Testing service offers a full-service vineyard analytics platform that includes site visits, soil analysis, tissues sampling, disease testing through third-party labs, and extensive reports.  The service is offered in the Midwestern states that include Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana.

AimsBio increases analytical service capabilities with the addition of a soil testing service.  This service is available in high-throughput format and can be performed to measure pH, Organic Matter, Lime Requirement, Phosphorus, Potassium.

AimsBio expands service capabilities with addition of analytical services.  The additions made to the service offering at AimsBio include Germination tests, GMO analysis, and Mycotoxin tests are designed to enhance the firm’s seed analysis footprint.

The Germination tests can be performed warm of cold and on almost any seed sample.

GMO Analysis by test strip or ELISA can be performed on R Roundup Ready®, Neomycin Phosphotransferase II, mBt-Cry3A, Bt-Cry3Bb1 and Bt-Cry1Ab, Bt-Cry3Bb1, Bt-Cry3A, Bt-Cry34Ab1, Bt-Cry2A, Bt-Cry1F, Bt-Cry1Ab/1Ac events.

Mycotoxin tests can be performed on Aflatoxin, Deoxynivalenol (DON), Fumonisins, T-2 Toxins, Ochratoxins, Zearalenone, Patulin, Ergot Alkaloids, Other Mycotoxins among onthers.

All of your analytical services are available in high-throughput format for large sample numbers.

AimsBio, a analytics service provider and biotechnology company, announced today the development of high-throughput analytics specifically for the measurement for extractable and resistant starch.

“Adding a high-throughput extractable starch analytics platform allows us to enter fully into the biofuel development market,” said Dr. Colin Shepherd, AimsBio’s president and chief executive officer.  “In the near future, we will be releasing more high-throughput analytics that broaden our portfolio specifically in the biofuel market.”

Extractable starch analytics are used to develop crops with preferable starch biology to be used primarily in the biofuel industry and to determine nutritional value.

AimsBio has announced the expansion of its amino acid analytics service to include all of the essential amino acids.  This service utilizes one of the industries only bioassays for amino acids.  This advantage means a sample can be analyzed for any combination of essential amino acids and the analytics service can be tailor designed for specific client needs.

AimsBio, a bio-analytics service provider and biotechnology company, announced today the addition of high-throughput seed oil analysis to its list of service capabilities. This analysis service is well suited to the plant breeding industry, especially for soybean breeders that are screening large numbers of samples for fatty acids.

“This new analytics service will propel us into the soybean breeding market and complements much of the analytics we offer very well,” said Colin Shepherd, AimsBio’s president and chief executive officer.  “As we grow, we will be releasing new bio-analytics for many crops and we will be focusing on nutrient and biofuel applications.”

New soybean lines are constantly being created at many bioscience companies and research institutions.  AimsBio’s high-throughput bio-analytics are a cost effective way to analyze large numbers of samples.  Please contact AimsBio at info@aimsbio.com for more information.

AimsBio, a analytics service provider and biotechnology company, announced today the participation in the 2007 John Pappajohn business plan competition in Des Moines.  AimsBio was selected as one of the nine finalists to compete in the competition that was held in late August.

“It was a great experience to compete in this competition and I was happy to be selected as one of the nine finalists which I consider a real honor, especially given the total number and quality of the business plans submitted this year,” said Colin Shepherd, AimsBio’s president and chief executive officer.  “I’m thankful to John Pappajohn for holding the competition and stimulating entrepreneurship in Iowa.  Making it this far, I believe, validates the work we are doing at AimsBio and encourages me that we are advancing on the right track.”

Please contact AimsBio at info@aimsbio.com for more information.