Developing
a new agricultural product in high cash vegetable and fruit crops can
only be accomplished with in depth planning and the involvement of people
with a blend of field experience and technical competence. Product managers
fully realize that a pest control or fertility product must be developed
in such a way that development time is minimized and information is
maximized. This includes single state or multiple state projects where
crop groups can be targeted and field experiments established with reliable
cooperators. Pacific Ag Research has conducted hundreds of field experiments
with new products in all pertinent production areas of California and
Arizona, and across the US into Florida and North Carolina. We specialize
in high cash vegetable and fruit crops that share production areas
with similar cropping systems and market potential. Also included in
this group is Southern Spain, Mexico and Central and South America,
which have also been home to some of Pacific Ag’s successful field projects.
How
your product should be placed in the marketplace and how the field research
program should be developed are questions all product managers must
continually consider. Since we pride ourselves with our unparalleled expertise with high value crops such as lettuce,
cole crops, tomatoes, strawberries, bush berries, wine grapes, apples
and citrus, many times we are able to place these studies with key end user groups to aid in product evaluations and facilitate marketing
efforts in the future. This is a benefit later, when initial sales are established. The design of your individual research program
takes all of these factors into consideration and will ultimately form
a blueprint for all activities and personnel involved in the program.