InnerPlant and Cooperative Producers, Inc. partner to bring CropVoice™ to Nebraska soybean growers

InnerPlant, the seed technology company enabling the earliest precision detection of pathogens and other stresses in key row crops, announced a partnership with Cooperative Producers, Inc. (CPI) to establish a demonstration field showcasing the CropVoice™ disease alert network. This announcement is a significant step in providing CPI’s farmer customers access to this first-of-its-kind disease scouting tool powered by signals tied directly to plant physiology and offers the earliest warning of fungal infection and the highest ROI crop protection strategies. Through an exclusive demonstration field hosted by InnerCircle farmer feedback community member, Brandon Hunnicutt, at Hunnicutt Farms, CPI will showcase how CropVoice delivers earlier, more definitive crop health insights—positioning CPI as a pioneer in precision scouting and agronomic decision-making.

″CropVoice fundamentally changes how farmers scout for fungal infections by tapping into signals generated by plants’ immune responses,″ explained Gary Schaefer, InnerPlant’s SVP of Commercial and CropVoice General Manager. ″CPI’s commitment to delivering their growers with access to this technology sets the standard for what modern agronomic support should look like—early, actionable, and data-driven.″

CPI’s demo plot site at Hunnicutt Farms is part of a collaboration with fifth-generation Nebraska farmer, Brandon Hunnicutt. Hunnicutt is also an early member of InnerPlant’s farmer feedback community, InnerCircle.

″CropVoice gives plants the ability to finally communicate their needs to growers, helping us make smarter, data-driven decisions on the farm,″ Hunnicutt pointed out. ″I joined InnerCircle years ago to be a part of bringing this technology to the field and am excited to be hosting this demonstration plot at Hunnicutt Farms.″

The CropVoice platform utilizes a network of sentinel plots featuring InnerSoy™. This first-of-its-kind soybean fungal sensor unlocks data tied directly to the soybeans’ natural immune response and is designed to emit an optical signal—detectable from as far away as space–within 48 hours of infection. InnerSoy data is analyzed using advanced predictive models to provide growers and agronomists with straightforward fungal alert notifications through the John Deere Operations Center or simple text messaging. Since CropVoice signals are linked to plants’ physiological responses, the network alerts growers and agronomists of crop fungal stress up to four weeks earlier than traditional scouting methods.

″For over a century, CPI has been dedicated to providing innovative agronomic solutions that give our growers a competitive advantage,″ said Mike Battin, VP of Agronomy at CPI. ″CropVoice represents a breakthrough in agronomic scouting and we’re excited to bring this technology to our growers, giving them a head start on the future of crop management.″

In 2026, CPI soybean growers will be able to enroll in CropVoice coverage, marking a key step in transforming risk mitigation and decision-making across Nebraska farms.

Retailers across Nebraska, Illinois, and Iowa are now enrolling CropVoice acres for the 2025 growing season–with coverage continuing to expand in 2026 and beyond.