We’re back on July 28th for a full day focused on how artificial intelligence can support real work on real farms. If you spend your time exploring AI, using it, questioning it, or building it, you will want to be at the Grand Farm Innovation Campus during Elevate 2026.

Elevate is Grand Farm’s annual summit focused on how artificial intelligence is transforming agriculture across the Upper Midwest, from predictive analytics and automation to robotics, sensing, and real-time on-farm decision systems. Through expert keynotes, focused panels, hands-on demonstrations, and curated networking, Elevate gives attendees a place to collaborate, ask honest questions, validate needs, and help shape what comes next for AI-powered agriculture in the region.

NEW THIS YEAR: Join us for our public Grand Farm Field Day from 3:30 to 5:00 pm! Attendees can take field tours, learn about our 2026 trials, and explore the Innovation Campus in action.

Summit Goals

1. Align AI Innovation With Agricultural Stakeholders: Ensure AI tools and research reflect grower realities, regional conditions, and the top challenges identified in the newest Regional Agriculture Pain Point Report.
2. Lower Barriers to Adoption: Address cost, connectivity, data access, workforce readiness, interoperability, and ROI so AI becomes practical for farms of all sizes.
3. Build a Secure and Interoperable Data Ecosystem: Promote trust, transparency, and responsible data practices across AI-driven platforms.
4. Explore the Future of AI in Agriculture: Showcase emerging technologies, including robotics, autonomy, sensing systems, computer vision, digital phenotyping, and predictive modeling that support real decision making on farms across the Upper Midwest.

Greg Jarman – Emergent Connext