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.
  • William Aderholdt, co-founder and program manager at Grand Farm, discusses technologies being trialed at the testbed near Casselton. Photo, Michael Standaert, NDNC.
    William Aderholdt, co-founder and program manager at Grand Farm, discusses technologies being trialed at the testbed near Casselton. Photo, Michael Standaert, NDNC.
  • Grand Farm provides tech fi
    Grand Farm provides tech fi

    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…