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.
Meet our 2025 Startup Field Trials:
AquaSpy
Using Crophesy LS-N to track water and nitrate movement through the soil in real time in corn, aiming to improve decisions around nutrient management.
: Equipment/Sensor Technology
: Corn (ND), Cotton (GA)
Crop Diagnostix
Testing their RNA analysis technology to detect crop issues before they become visible to help growers respond proactively with fewer inputs.
📊: Equipment/Sensor Technology
🌱: Corn
Earnest Agriculture
Assessing how Earnest Ag’s seed treatment products from native prairie bacteria impact soybean production.
: Biologicals
: Soybeans (ND), Cotton (GA)
Imio
Testing Imio’s Re-Gen biological product designed to break down corn residue and boost soybean yield and phosphorus uptake.
: Biologicals
: Soybeans
Lilac Ag
Trialing their bioengineered bacterial seed treatments on corn and soybeans to reduce nitrogen fertilizer needs and reduce nitrogen runoff.
: Biologicals
: Corn, Soybeans
NDSU – Dr. Juan Osorno, Dept. of Plant Sciences, in conjunction with USDA-ARS Mandan
Comparing the performance of three dry bean types under tiled vs. non-tiled conditions and evaluating zinc soil availability and plant uptake.
: www.ag.ndsu.edu/plantsciences
: Breeding Research, Drain Trial
: Dry Beans
New West Genetics
Testing the performance of New West Genetics’ cereal hemp hybrids against non-hybrids in the Red River Valley.
: Breeding Research
: Hemp
Prospect Growth
Testing their foliar-applied micronutrient nanofertilizers against conventional products to validate improved nutrient delivery and safety to crop tissues.
: Crop nutrition
: Soybeans
Sound Agriculture
Demonstrating their Source and Blueprint products to boost nutrient and water uptake through activating soil microbes and extending the root zone.
: Crop Nutrition
: Corn
Explore the full-lineup of Field Trials:
ADM
Showcasing ADM’s pinto and black bean varieties in the nation’s top dry bean producing region.
🔗 : www.adm.com
📊 : Crop Demonstrations
🌱 : Dry Beans
Anheuser-Busch
Investigating how adding barley to a soybean-corn rotation impacts soil health in tiled and non-tiled fields, and collaborating with Pivot Bio to test ReturN on barley.
📊: Crop Rotation, Drain Tile
🌱 : Barley, Corn
CHS, Inc.
Demonstrating herbicide and adjuvant combinations on five crop types.
🔗 : www.chsinc.com
📊 : Crop Protection
🌱 : Wheat, Corn, Field Peas, Canola, Oat
Headwaters Tech Hub
Enabling rapid testing and validation of smart sensors and photonics.
📊: Equipment/Sensor Technology
🌱: Soybeans, Wheat
KWS Group
Evaluating long-term crop rotation for sugar beet production while looking for new technologies to measure and track crop health, fertility, and weed control.
🔗 : www.kws.com
📊 : Crop Rotation, Drain Tile
🌱 : Sugarbeets, Soybeans, Corn, Wheat, Rye
NDSU – Joe Mettler, Weed Science Department
Evaluating pre- and post-emergent herbicides to control water hemp in spring wheat.
📊: Crop Protection
🌱: Wheat
NDSU – Dr. Lindsay Malone, School of Natural Resource Sciences
Testing no-till planting technology through corn residue levels by assessing soybean performance and sustainability outcomes.
📊 : Equipment/Sensor Technology
🌱 : Soybeans
NDSU – Dr. Rex Sun, Dept. of Agriculture & Biosystems Engineering
Investigating the use of hyperspectral imagery to detect and robots to remove herbicide-resistant weeds.
📊: Equipment/Sensor Technology
🌱: Sugarbeets, Soybeans
Pivot Bio
Evaluating ProveN on corn – microbial seed treatment making atmospheric nitrogen available for plants to reduce fertilizer rates.
🔗 : www.pivotbio.com
📊 : Biologicals
🌱 : Corn
SB&B
Providing a full-scale corn field that partners can use to evaluate drone and satellite imagery for AgTech advancement.
🔗: www.sb-b.com
📊 : Equipment/Sensor Technology
🌱 : Corn
Sensor Sandbox
Grand Farm will create a Sensor Sandbox, an environment to demonstrate and showcase IoT sensor technology such as weather stations, soil moisture sensors, soil nutrient sensors, cameras, and disease & pest detection.
📊 Equipment/Sensor Technology
USDA ARS
Evaluating Sclerotinia basal stalk rot resistance for experimental sunflower germplasm lines.
📊 : Breeding Research
🌱 : Sunflowers
