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Lincoln, NE
RealmFive announced today that it has been named a recipient of a 2026 AE50 Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for its FlowGrade automated grain grading system. The AE50 Awards recognize the top 50 innovations each year that demonstrate exceptional engineering advancement, innovation, and impact across agricultural, food, and biological systems.
FlowGrade is the industry’s first end-to-end, in-line automated grain grading system designed to remove manual steps from the grading and sampling process at grain receiving facilities. The system integrates automated probing, sample handling, grading, and data capture directly into scale operations, enabling grain facilities to operate more efficiently while improving consistency, traceability, and throughput.
FlowGrade was developed to address long-standing labor constraints and operational bottlenecks at grain elevators, cooperatives, and processors. By automating the grading workflow and integrating directly with scale and transaction systems, FlowGrade reduces reliance on skilled labor in the scale house and creates a foundation for lights-out grain receiving operations.
“FlowGrade represents a fundamental shift in how grain grading is performed,” said Steve Tippery, CEO at RealmFive. “Rather than optimizing individual steps, we focused on automating the entire grading process as part of the receiving workflow. Being recognized by ASABE with an AE50 Award validates both the engineering behind the system and its real-world impact on grain operations.”
FlowGrade is designed as a modular system that can be deployed as a standalone automated grading solution or integrated into broader site automation strategies through RealmFive’s SMARTSITES platform. The system supports continuous operation, standardized data capture, and API integrations with scale, ERP, and merchandising systems, enabling operators to improve accuracy while increasing receiving capacity.
The AE50 Awards are evaluated and selected by a panel of engineering experts from ASABE and represent one of the most respected recognitions for agricultural technology innovation worldwide.
About RealmFive
RealmFive enables autonomous operations for distributedagribusinesses. Headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, the company buildspurpose-built hardware and the SMARTSITES platform to deliver facilities thatmanage themselves. Solutions across grain and agronomy help cooperatives, agretailers, grain companies, and processors manage more sites withoutproportional headcount increases. One partner, complete accountability. Made inNebraska, built for ag.
