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Grand Farm field trials are a way for our ecosystem to come together and validate agricultural technologies in a real-world farm setting. These trials focus on applied innovation, offering a space for collaboration, data-driven insights, and practical solutions to the challenges growers face in the field.
ADM
Showcasing ADM’s pinto and black bean varieties in the nation’s top dry bean producing region.
Anheuser-Busch
Investigating how adding barley to a soybean-corn rotation impacts soil health in tiled and non-tiled fields.
CHS, Inc.
Demonstrating herbicide and adjuvant combinations on five different crop types.
KWS
Evaluating long-term crop rotation for sugar beet production while looking for new technologies to measure and track crop health, fertility, and weed control.
NDSU – Dr. Juan Osorno, Dept. of Plant Sciences, USDA-ARS Mandan
Comparing effects of growing dry beans under tiled and non-tiled drainage conditions and the effect of tile drainage on zinc availability, absorption, and mobilization.
NDSU – Dr. Ahmed Rabia, Dept. of Agriculture & Biosystems Engineering
Comparing weed control efficacy, herbicide savings, energy use, and yield among AI-guided laser weeding, conventional herbicide program, and no weeding.
NDSU – Dr. Rex Sun, Dept. of Agriculture & Biosystems Engineering
Investigating the use of hyperspectral imagery to detect herbicide susceptible and herbicide resistant weeds, and validating robots to manually remove weeds.
Pivot Bio
Demonstrating and evaluating the effects of their on-seed biological products ProveN on corn and ReturN on malt barley.
Sensor Sandbox
Creating a demonstration area for IoT technologies like weather stations, soil sensors, cameras, and pest and disease detection tools.
USDA ARS (Ames)
Trial to correlate seed images from stored corn accession seeds with emergence and vigor in the field.
USDA ARS (Fargo)
Evaluating Sclerotinia basal stalk rot resistance for experimental sunflower germplasm lines.
B-Earth
Evaluating the effectiveness of
B-Earth’s organic fertilizer on corn plant health and yield.
Crop Diagnostix
Testing their gene expression analysis technology to detect crop deficiencies before they become visible to help growers respond proactively with fewer inputs.
Greenfield Robotics
Testing robotic systems and crop effects while using robots to mulch a cover crop, plant soybeans into the mulched cover crop, and foliar feed with different types and rates.
Lilac Agriculture
Trialing their biological seed treatments on soybeans.
New West Genetics
Testing the performance of New West Genetics’ cereal hemp hybrids against non-hybrids in the Red River Valley.
ProGro Bio
Evaluating the corn and peanut yield performance of Rhizol, a natural soil inoculant developed as a broad-spectrum solution to stimulate plant growth, improve nutrient uptake, enhance root development, and activate soil defenses. .
Prospect Growth
Evaluating the performance of novel nanoparticle-based products: foliar iron fertilizer on soybeans to improve in-season treatment of IDC and an adjuvant on corn to enhance uptake of co-applied foliar zinc.
Reform Bio
Evaluation of biochar-based slow-release fertilizer, Nitrogen Reformed, versus urea.
Sentinel Ag
Testing the use of satellite and multispectral drone imagery to detect nutrient deficiencies.
Tidal Grow
Assessing the effectiveness of Tidal Grow nitrogen foliar fertilizer alignN on corn.
Donating a half-acre harvest of sweet corn to support Churches United’s food pantry and emergency shelter kitchen in the Fargo-Moorhead community.
Grand Farm has been a vital partner in advancing Bactelife, providing professional field trials, rich data, and invaluable connections. The Grand Farm team facilitated an incredible network of early adopters, researchers, and government support, helping us refine our product and connect with the broader agriculture community. Their work is unmatched in supporting innovation.
