When you pour a grain sample into our benchtop and receive results a few minutes later, there is a lot happening inside the machine. Grain needs to move through the unit. Cameras need to capture the right images.

With harvest underway, there is a lot of grain moving from the field to the bin. It is also a good time to think about how you are collecting your grain samples.

Harvest is a busy time. There are combines moving, trucks coming and going, grain being transferred, and bins filling up quickly. Through all of that movement, grain goes through a lot before it reaches the bin. And sometimes, that handling can leave its mark.

Before joining Ground Truth Ag, Josemaria was already an experienced software developer. But after several years in the field, she decided she wanted to expand her skills and explore another side of technology. "I wanted to learn something new apart from software development,” Josemaria says.

With a background in agronomy, Temitope has always been passionate about agriculture and understanding crop quality. But it wasn’t until discovering Ground Truth Ag that he saw an opportunity to combine that passion with emerging technology “What really caught my attention was the innovation,” Temitope says. “I had never seen grain quality measured this way before.” 

Technology doesn't build itself. Behind every model, every prediction, and every quality assessment is a team working to teach computers how to understand grain.

When grain leaves the farm, its journey is far from over.  What happens next depends heavily on quality. 

Let's take a closer look at how grain quality impacts some of the products we rely on every day. 

When grading grain, not every quality issue can be captured by a single defect. A sample may not have significant levels of sprouting, disease, or foreign material, yet still show signs that overall grain quality has been affected. 

This is where Degree of Soundness comes in. 

As grain volumes increase, maintaining both speed and consistency becomes increasingly important. That's where our benchtop MV/NIRs comes in.

Automated grain grading is a new approach for many people in the grain industry. Whether we are speaking with farmers, grain buyers, processors, or grading teams, many of the same questions come up. 

Here are some of the most common questions we receive about our benchtop MV/NIRs. 

When we talk about grain quality, it is easy to focus on what happens at harvest or at delivery. But grain does not arrive at harvest as a blank slate

Atul’s path to Ground Truth Ag is rooted in a strong foundation in agriculture. With a background in agricultural engineering and further studies in agribusiness management and food processing in Canada, he has spent years building hands-on experience across the grain industry. 

Grain grading sits at the centre of grain movement, connecting what is harvested in the field to how it is stored, sold, and processed. 

Moisture is one of the most important factors when it comes to soybeans. 

Our grain development work continues to move forward as we expand datasets, test across varying conditions, and refine performance against real world samples.

Here is a look at what we have been working on.

Today, we are introducing Joseph Aldred, one of our Grain Data Collectors, whose background in chemistry and passion for learning adds a unique layer to our grain models.

With more data, closer collaboration with partners, and ongoing refinement, both our soybean and corn models are evolving quickly, and improving performance against real world samples. 

Heat damage is a grading factor that can affect several crops and have a significant impact on grade, value, and end use. It most often develops during drying or storage, when grain or oilseeds are exposed to elevated temperatures for extended periods of time. 

As we look ahead to 2026, Ground Truth Ag enters the year from a position of confidence. Our systems are deployed. Manufacturing is in place. Operational processes are established. The focus now is refinement and scale. 

The focus for us at Ground Truth Ag was making sure the product worked to our level of precision, reliability, and performance, and that it met and exceeded the high standards we hold ourselves to.