Turn-key Breeding Programs and Production Services
Gray Research Production is a research farm designed and operated to meet the exacting demands of our customers and their unique breeding and production projects.
Nursery Services
From project conception, through breeding successive generations, to final go-to-market strategy, we’re here growing for you.
Special Projects
Whether it’s yield trials, herbicide efficacy tests or nitrogen studies, we like to say, “Special projects are our speciality.”
Corn & Soybean Production
Inbred or hybrid, 10,000 rows or 10, no project is too large—or too small.
Nursery Services
Every breeding program starts with an idea, and Gray Research Production helps bring yours to life.
Program Conception
As a breeder, you have a vision of the traits and qualities you want to produce in a new strain. From the infancy of your breeding program, we’re here to help you achieve those goals. Even if it takes years we’re here, growing for you.
Program Protocols
We grow according to strict project protocols. Rows planted by design. Pollination as specified. Disease inoculation per orders. And if you need advice or a quick recovery protocol, we’re ready with twenty years of field-tested experience.
Data Collection
Our end-to-end reporting services include production schedules, planting dates, germination rates, flowering dates, stand counts, environmental conditions, disease susceptibility, yield estimates and anything else you specify.
Special Projects
Nitrogen studies, yield trials, trait evaluation trials—whatever your challenge, we offer a 100% commitment to making your project a success.
Yield Trials
Increase Over Baseline Yield Data
- Crop A 9%
- Crop B 3%
- Crop C 14%
Herbicide Efficacy Trials
Compared to Control Plot
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Increase per Acre
Nitrogen Studies
Mature Leaf Total N%
- 3-4 Leaf 4.7%
- 8 Leaf 3.9%
- 12 Leaf 3%
- Tassel 2.6%
Recovery Protocols
Post-Pollination Inoculation
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Disease Improvement
Production Services
Gray Research Production provides full-service inbred and hybrid production for research, pilot and foundation level programs.
Research, Pilot and Foundation Production
Corn or soybean, inbred or hybrid, Gray Research Production connects all the pieces of the puzzle. From strict purity, isolation and pollen-control measures; to field inspections and maintenance; to coordinating phytosanitary certifications. We can focus on the details and see the big picture too.
Go-to-Market Services
Once we’ve achieved the goals of your program, we assist your go-to-market strategy providing rough processing, materials handling and cold storage seed bank services. We’ll even help coordinate your seed certification.
85 - 120 DRM Genetics
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