FieldLab Research

Name

FieldLab Research

Legal name

FieldLab Research

Website

https://fieldlabresearch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Contract Research Services

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Support Activities for Crop Production (11511)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Biologicals Distribution & Field Application Services (AFABAEAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Farm Technology Enablement & Data Integration Advisory (FMIS/ERP, IoT, Decision Support) (AFACAJAG)

Keywords

• Contract agricultural research
• Efficacy field trials
• Agricultural product testing
• Crop research services
• Biopesticide field testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Turlock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Contract Research Services: Confidential contract research services for agricultural product development including field efficacy trials, phytotoxicity testing, biopesticide applications, and custom farming for client-specific requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

FieldLab Research provides confidential contract agricultural research services from a 26-acre dedicated research farm in Hickman, California. Services include field efficacy and phytotoxicity trials, biopesticide applications with APHIS permitting, custom chemical application (foliar, soil, airblast, injection, transplant drench), grower demonstration management, and field testing/validation of new agricultural technologies for AgChem and AgTech clients.

Product overview

FieldLab Research offers custom agricultural contract research services from its 26-acre research facility in Hickman, California. The company provides an integrated suite of research services including Field Studies (efficacy and phytotoxicity trials, biopesticide applications with APHIS permitting), Application Services (foliar/soil/airblast application, chemical injection, transplant tray drench), Grower Demonstrations (site selection, trial management, event hosting), and Agricultural Technology R&D (field testing of new application products and technologies). All field studies are managed under strict confidentiality with reporting delivered in industry standard ARM software. The facility supports both conventional and biological research across annual and perennial crops.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Field Studies

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Staphyt: European-headquartered agricultural contract research organization running field trials, regulatory studies, and product development services for crop protection clients. Highly comparable service model, though headquartered in France with global reach.
• SynTech Research: Global agricultural contract research organization providing field trials, regulatory and laboratory services to the crop protection industry. Closely comparable service offering to FieldLab, but operates a multi-region network.
• Eurofins Agroscience Services: Global contract research organization offering field efficacy, residue, and regulatory studies for crop protection products. Direct functional overlap with FieldLab's contract field trial services, but operates at vastly greater scale and global footprint.
• SGS Agriculture & Food: Global testing, inspection and certification company with a sizable agricultural services practice covering field trials, residue analysis, and product certification. Comparable capability set, but a much broader, non-specialized portfolio.

Direct peers

• Pacific Ag Research: California-based contract agricultural research firm conducting field efficacy and crop production trials for AgChem sponsors. Most direct US peer to FieldLab given overlapping geography, crop focus, and service mix.
• BioAg Research: Independent agricultural research firm focused on biological and conventional field trials for crop inputs. Closely comparable niche CRO offering focused on efficacy and product development work.

Regional players

• AgResearch (New Zealand): Crown Research Institute in New Zealand conducting agricultural science across pasture, crops, and pests. Overlap is in applied field research and agronomy; serves a different geography and is government-linked rather than commercial CRO.

Others

• Gylling Data Management (ARM Software): Provider of the ARM (Agricultural Research Management) software platform used industry-wide for field trial design and reporting — the same platform FieldLab uses to deliver reports to its clients. Ecosystem enabler rather than competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fieldlab-agricultural-research-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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