USDA National Proving Grounds Network for AgTech (NPG-Ag)

A national initiative launched to rigorously evaluate existing and emerging tools under real-world agricultural production conditions in the United States, providing farmers, ranchers, and producers with practical and reliable information to inform their technology investment decisions. The network brings together public research (USDA-ARS), land-grant universities, and the private sector under a standardized process that spans from the introduction of technologies to their field performance evaluation, with an initial focus on weed control using computer vision and artificial intelligence, and with plans to expand into areas such as disease prevention, animal production, and water management.