After two years of design and construction, our most advanced controlled-environment research facility opened its doors. The phytotron wing houses twelve independent climate chambers, each capable of replicating any growing condition on earth.

The day brought together researchers, partners, and the families who supported the journey - a celebration of what precision agriculture can achieve.

Inside, every chamber can be dialed to a different world: arctic chill in one, tropical humidity in the next, each holding its conditions to within a fraction of a degree. Researchers can run a dozen parallel experiments that would once have demanded a dozen separate field sites and years of waiting on the weather.

For the engineering team, the opening was the culmination of countless iterations on insulation, sensor placement, and airflow. For the agronomists, it was the beginning - a tool that lets them ask sharper questions and get answers in weeks rather than seasons.

The wing is already booked months in advance, with projects spanning drought-tolerant cereals, heat-resilient vegetables, and the fundamental plant science that underpins them all.

Moments that made ussince 1978

Moments that made us
since 1978