
Grand Farm will provide spaces and opportunities for agricultural technology companies and researchers to test ideas and find solutions for existing or emerging farm and ag industry challenges. “Working together will help accelerate technological innovation on the farm, the cooperative system and throughout agriculture.” “Collaboration is at the center of what Grand Farm is about, bringing together startup entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 companies including CHS, university researchers and farmers,” said David Black, enterprise strategy and chief information officer for CHS. Other Plug and Play founding partners include Bremer Bank, Microsoft Corp. The 130-acre Grand Farm Innovation site, located in Horace, North Dakota, US, features demonstration fields and research plots that eventually will surround an innovation center and collaboration spaces for agricultural startups and entrepreneurs.ĬHS involvement with Grand Farm began in early 2020, in conjunction with becoming a founding partner in Plug and Play Fargo, which supports ag tech startups and helps attract them to the region.
