Cultivate Conference 2026

Roll up your sleeves… Grand Farm’s Cultivate Conference is back! If you spend your time in or around AgTech, you will want to be in Fargo during Cultivate and AgTech Week 2026.

Cultivate is Grand Farm’s flagship conference focused on solving problems in agriculture with applied technology, and then bringing the right people together to move those solutions forward. This year’s agenda is shaped by the newest edition of the Regional Agriculture Pain Point Report, which highlights the top challenges identified by growers and commodity groups across the Upper Midwest. Through high-level panels, pain point-driven workshops, startup pitches, and curated networking, Cultivate gives the region’s stakeholders a place to collaborate, validate needs, and accelerate real adoption on Upper Midwest farms.

View the full Cultivate event page here.

Secure your spot early and save! Cultivate offers tiered pricing based on when you register:

• Early Bird (Feb 16th - March 15th): $200 General Admission | $150 Group Tickets (5+ tickets)
• Standard (March 16th – May 10th): $250 General Admission | $200 Group Tickets (5+ tickets)
• Last Chance (May 11th – June 11th): $300 General Admission | $250 Group Tickets (5+ tickets)
  

• Activate Technology and Solutions: Showcase innovations that directly address the most urgent grower challenges across the Upper Midwest.
• Strengthen Grower and Tech Collaboration: Create intentional spaces where growers help shape, validate, and influence how new technology develops.
• Build High-Value Regional Connections: Give attendees opportunities to form connections that lead to pilots, partnerships, field trials, commercialization, and investment.

• Elevate the Upper Midwest Innovation Ecosystem: Highlight the strengths of the region’s cooperatives, equipment manufacturers, farmers, founders, and research institutions.
• Accelerate Adoption: Share practical and ROI-focused examples of tools that are ready for use or close to it, and show how they fit into real farm operations.

• Corporations & Industry Leaders: Gain insights into emerging AgTech trends and engage with innovators shaping the future of agriculture.
• Startups & Entrepreneurs: Understand industry challenges firsthand, connect with investors, and showcase your solutions to potential partners.
• Policymakers & Government Leaders: Learn about policy gaps in AgTech adoption and opportunities for public-private collaboration.

• Researchers & Educators: Explore how academic research translates into industry-ready solutions and find potential collaborators.
• Investors: Discover promising AgTech startups backed by real market demand.
• Growers: Gain further knowledge about the technologies being developed to address industry challenges, as well as opportunities to provide direct feedback to innovators.

We’re still accepting sponsorships for Cultivate 2026! If you are interested in collaborating, please contact Andrew Jason ([email protected]).

Cultivate is a key event in AgTech Week, a series of industry meetups in Fargo-Moorhead designed to drive collaboration and innovation in agriculture. Organizations interested in hosting an event during AgTech Week can apply here. Join us the night before Cultivate in Downtown Fargo for our annual AgTech Week Shindig (more info coming soon).

If you are interested in getting involved, email Andrew Jason ([email protected]). Media inquiries can be directed to Ashlyn Schauer ([email protected]).

Grand Farm, powered by Emerging Prairie, capitalizes on the region’s potential and expertise in the agriculture and technology industries. Grand Farm is a network of growers, technologists, corporations, startups, educators, policy makers, and investors working together to solve problems in agriculture with applied technology. Grand Farm is located in Fargo, North Dakota.

Info: Sponsored by AgCountry Farm Credit Service and Farm Credit Services of America

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