Grant Funds for Grand Farm
The North Dakota Commerce Department is awarding a $10 million matching grant to Grand Farm. The announcement was made during the Autonomous Nation Conference in Fargo.
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Field Tested
Proseed is one of the companies with field trials at Grand Farm. “We have two corn blocks, a soybean block, and a sunflower block," said Karmen Hardy, agronomist. The corn plot is testing planting depths and various plant populations in…
Laser Scarecrow Trials at Grand Farm
Grand Farm held its inaugural field day for the season at Wheaton, North Dakota. KWS Business Development Manager Duane Bernhardson highlighted a trial for new technology in bird deterrents. “At the new Grand Farm location, the big draw is the…
Grand Farm Drives Innovation
Grand Farm held its inaugural field day at its new Innovation Campus near Wheatland, North Dakota. “Grand Farm works with partners to collaborate to drive innovation for ag tech," said Ann Nobriga, program operations field manager. "The plots are to…
New Leadership Positions Within Grand Farm
Brian Carroll, who is the Grand Farm co-founder and former director for the organization, is now the chief innovation officer for Grand Farm's parent organization Emerging Prairie. Dr. William Aderholdt, who has been serving as the director of Grand Farm's…
Importance of Financial Analysis
At the Cultivate Conference during a panel discussing the economic health of agriculture, AgCountry Sr. Vice President Mark Vetter said despite rising interest rates it’s still possible to take advantage of locking in variable rates when the time is right.…
Space Ag Conference
The Grand Farm will host their Space Ag Conference Wednesday, April 4th at the University of North Dakota. Grand Farm Ecosystem Director Andrew Jason says space research has a few different ties to agriculture including satellites and zero gravity research.…
KWS Awarded for Innovation in Agriculture
As part of its 1 Million Thanks awards program, Emerging Prairie presented KWS Seeds with its Grand Farm Champion Award. KWS has a partnership with Grand Farm to test technologies in a real-world environment.
Recapping Burgum Administration’s Sixth Year
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum will deliver his 2023 State of the State Address on January 3. The Governor’s Office has released a reflection of the past year. The accomplishments include the expansion of the soybean crush industry in the…
Hoeven Invites USDA Undersecretary to ND
During this past week’s Senate Agriculture Committee hearing, North Dakota Senator John Hoeven outlined the importance of research to Rural America. Hoeven invited USDA Undersecretary Chavonda Jacobs-Young to see the research being done by Grand Farm and North Dakota State…
