Grand Farm provides tech fix for farmers’ most pressing needs

Grand Farm program manager David Vinson ready to take BOPA Precision Agriculture robot, the Autonomous Nano Tractor, out for testing. The robot tractors, used precision weeding and spraying on small and medium-sized farms, are just one of dozens of agtech products being tested at Grand Farm. Photo, Michael Standaert, NDNC.
Grand Farm program manager David Vinson ready to take BOPA Precision Agriculture robot, the Autonomous Nano Tractor, out for testing. The robot tractors, used precision weeding and spraying on small and medium-sized farms, are just one of dozens of agtech products being tested at Grand Farm. Photo, Michael Standaert, NDNC.

Major focus currently on resistant weed control, other pain points

Robots that kill herbicide-resistant weeds with pinpoint precision. AI-enhanced drones that tell farmers exactly where to spray. Smart sprayers that identify and eliminate superweeds before they spread.

Those are among the technologies being tested at the 600-acre Grand Farm Innovation Campus near Casselton, where researchers, startu…