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Research Services Designed for Real-World Product Evaluation

Performance Crop Research provides comprehensive field and greenhouse research services to support product development, regulatory submissions, and agronomic performance validation across diverse Central U.S. production environments.

Efficacy & Yield Trials

Trial Categories

PCR supports a wide range of study types including:

  • Herbicide

  • Insecticide

  • Fungicide

  • Adjuvant

  • Biological & Biostimulant

  • Seed Treatment

  • Variety Screening

  • Residual & Soil Dissipation

  • GLP Residue Studies

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FIELD RESEARCH SUPPORT CAPABILITIES

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GLP Residue Trials

PCR provides full operational support for research programs, including:

 

  • Trial layout and plot establishment

  • Planting and harvesting operations

  • Chemical mixing and application support

  • Fertility program implementation

  • Irrigation coordination

  • Stand counts and emergence evaluations

  • Plant height, ear counts, kernel counts, and yield measurements

  • Above- and below-ground biomass sampling

  • Soil and plant tissue collection for laboratory analysis

  • Pest identification and economic threshold assessment

  • Phenotypic evaluations

  • ARM software support and data entry

 

This hands-on capability ensures protocols are executed with precision and consistency.

Seed Development

RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

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Modern plot-scale equipment and facilities support efficient trial execution:

  • ALMACO combines

  • ALMACO Seed Pro planter

  • Plot drills and silage equipment

  • Hydraulic soil sampling systems

  • Walk-in freezer storage

  • Controlled greenhouse environments

  • Growth chambers

Hemp Trials

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Performance Crop Research (PCR) is one of a most experienced of crop scientists with the necessary licenses and experience required to conduct fiber, grain or cannabinoid hemp trials. 

 

Performance Crop Research has been conducting hemp trials since 2019 and has experience with over 30 different varieties and growing techniques of this crop. PCR partners with South Bend Industrial Hemp to assist farmers and processors all over the world on hemp production. PCR also serves in a study director capacity for the Global Hemp Association to complete trials with CRO's throughout the United States. 

Hemp Trials

Crops Supported

PCR conducts research across diverse cropping systems including:

 

Corn • Soybeans • Wheat • Sorghum • Sunflowers

Alfalfa • Cotton • Canola • Dry Beans • Vegetables

Hemp • Rye • Specialty and emerging crops

Soil Dissipation Trials

Field soil dissipation studies, sometimes known as terrestrial field dissipation (TFD) studies, are conducted to establish the transport, transformation and fate of pesticides under representative field conditions, as opposed to laboratory studies, where pesticides may dissipate at different rates. This provides vital information on the formation and decline of metabolites and offers an indication of leaching potential and accumulation of residues in soil.

 

Dissipation studies are key requirement for regulatory bodies, including the EU. All study designs comply with OECD and EPA guidelines and EFSA and NAFTA guidance documents. 

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Soil Dissipation

Partner with PCR for reliable field research execution.

Request a consultation to discuss study design and trial placement.

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