09 “Farming involves a great deal of risk—from weather to insects to disease—and often we lack real-time data to make well-informed decisions,” stated Brandon Hunnicutt, a large farm operator as owner and partner of Hunnicutt Farms in Giltner, Nebraska, via an InnerPlant press release. “CropVoice takes the guesswork out of soybean fungicide decisions by giving a warning of infection early enough to take action and protect yields.” The efforts of this real-time intelligence helps growers optimize timing, reduce input costs, and improve sustainability by minimizing off-target applications and resistance pressure. The World’s First Real-Time Detection Headquartered in Davis, California, InnerPlant is an agricultural biotechnology company that develops crops capable of signaling stress—such as disease or nutrient deficiencies—through optical markers, enabling real-time detection and actionable insights for growers. In 2025, the InnerPlant company achieved a historic milestone: the world’s first real-time detection of fungal infection in soybeans. The CropVoice network, deployed across Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota, identified infections in Yankton County, South Dakota, and northern Cedar County, Nebraska—weeks before symptoms appeared in the field. Alerts were sent directly to growers and agronomists, enabling proactive action. “This detection is the first time in the 10,000-year history of agriculture that an infection was detected in real-time and farmers notified of the threat,” pointed out Shely Aronov, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of InnerPlant to Precision Ag Digest. “The value of data that confirms an infection weeks before symptoms are visible in the field fundamentally changes how farmers manage disease and is key to driving the commercial demand we’re seeing to expand the reach of the CropVoice network.” The network covered 50,000 acres in 2025 and is scaling to over half a million acres in 2026 through partnerships with leading CropLife 100 retailers, making early detection accessible to more growers across the Midwest. From Alert to Action: A Farmer’s Perspective For agronomists and growers, timing is everything. CropVoice alerts provide confirmation that disease is present—not just probable—helping them make confident decisions. PHOTO: InnerPlant “CROPVOICE TAKES THE GUESSWORK OUT OF SOYBEAN FUNGICIDE DECISIONS BY GIVING A WARNING OF INFECTION EARLY ENOUGH TO TAKE ACTION AND PROTECT YIELDS.”
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