AgriThority® Expands Services To Validate Impact of Crop Production Technologies for Sustainability and Regenerative Ag Goals

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For more information, contact:
Mary Jane Duff: +1 (816) 841-0922, mjduff@agrithority.com

AgriThority® Expands Services To Validate
Impact of Crop Production Technologies
for Sustainability and Regenerative Ag Goals

As interest and commitment to sustainability and regenerative agriculture continues to rise among the food, feed, fuel and fiber extended value chain, farmers must do the hard work. Farmers are faced with the challenge of what and how to measure the value when implementing regenerative ag practices to meet the demand for on-farm assessments.

To meet this growing need for proven sustainable and regenerative products and practices, AgriThority® is launching an independent scientific crop production validation program called AgriSparx™.

The AgriSparx™ validation program ranges from small or large plot testing to full scale on-farm locations. The program scientifically and statistically documents the impact of agricultural practices for sustainability, regenerative ag, or simply to improve productivity and profitability of crop production with the application of new technologies. For crop input providers, the potential for syndicated or shared trials with complementary inputs adds efficiency to both the companies and the farmers. The ultimate goal is to answer the farmers’ questions about products and best management practices that will meet sustainability or regenerative goals while delivering profit to their bottom line.

Spurred by burgeoning biologic technologies, AgriThority® is applying their in-depth experience with hundreds of biologic compounds to define benefits and validate cropping systems. Working collaboratively with best-in-class data capture and modeling platforms like ARVA Intelligence, AgMatix™ and FarmersEdge™, the AgriSparx™ research program evolves to meet needs of companies and their customers. Those may range from measuring or impacting scope 3 emissions, documenting carbon footprint, or proving in-field performance of innovative technologies.

Despite the variable methods of measuring carbon intensity, water and nitrogen use or soil health, farmers have to take into account all the related tangible costs and complexities impacting their business. AgriSparx™ will quantify value and help overcome barriers to adoption by farmers who are bombarded with standards, protocols, and expectations that impact their livelihood.

The expansion of scientific rigor in the fields to evaluate the efficacy and impact of these and many innovative crop inputs across diverse environments will provide valuable data and insights to drive grower adoption and promote environmentally friendly agriculture.

Key Benefits of AgriSparx™:

• Gain a competitive edge: Differentiate your products in the marketplace by demonstrating value and sustainability credentials.
• Build trust and credibility: Communicate the environmental benefits of your products to customers and stakeholders.
• Access new markets: Expand your reach and market share by meeting the demands of sustainability-conscious consumers and retailers.
• Increase profitability: Command premium prices and drive sales growth with sustainable product offerings.

Features of AgriSparx™:

• Syndicated Trials: Effectively pool resources with other companies to conduct cost-effective, multi-location trials.
• Focus on Innovations and biologicals: Specifically designed to address the unique challenges of evaluating biostimulants, biofertilizers, biopesticides, and other biological crop inputs.
• Rigorous Methodology: Employs robust experimental design, standardized protocols, and advanced analytics to ensure reliable and meaningful results.
• StatWerx® Data-Driven Insights: Generates comprehensive performance data on yield, stress tolerance, nutrient use efficiency, environmental impact, and economic viability across locations.
• Expert Guidance: Leverages AgriThority® extensive experience in biological product development to provide valuable support and guidance for productive data generation.
• Accelerated Commercialization: Helps companies bring their innovative or biological products to commercialization by providing the data and insights needed to build credibility and gain grower trust.

An example of AgriSparx™ multi-location field trial program is one designed to rigorously evaluate the efficacy and return on investment (ROI) of biostimulants in corn and soybean production. The primary goal is to measure the improvement of carbon intensity scores across diverse US growing regions. This program directly addresses the increasing demand for sustainable and environmentally friendly farming practices by providing a platform for the development and adoption of biological crop inputs. By quantifying the effects of biostimulants on yield, stress tolerance, nutrient use efficiency, and environmental impact (carbon intensity), AgriThority® delivers comprehensive and reliable data that optimizes corn and soybean production.

For more than 15 years, AgriThority® has led the industry in working with large and small companies through the development process to test and evaluate biocontrol and biostimulant crop input products. AgriThority® has evaluated more than 530 of these technologies creating “Intellectual Knowledge” that is differentiated in the industry. This Intellectual Knowledge uniquely qualifies AgriThority® to effectively benchmark new bio-technologies to other products in the same category, against traditional crop inputs, and current agronomic practices.

Through the AgriSparx™ program more regenerative or sustainable systems are evaluated and validated as effective for the farmer and for the entire value chain to consumers.