Agronomic
Innovation that
delivers results.

Since 2017 we turn data into value for Argentina's most important agricultural R&D companies. Technical consulting and high-precision field services for global leaders in breeding and research.

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Trusted by our fieldwork

01 / Capabilities

Technical services designed for the most demanding protocols in global breeding.

01.01

Field Trials

Efficacy of new technologies, yield comparatives in micro and macro plots, demonstration strips. Experimental design, execution and reporting with full data traceability.

Micro-plots Strips Reporting
01.02

Controlled Pollination

Consolidated expertise in sorghum, soybean, corn and sunflower with genetic improvement partners. Strict parental management, floral synchrony, high-efficiency manual pollination and certified controlled isolation.

Crosses Purity Breeding
01.03

Drones & Precision

Multispectral data capture and processing with drones and satellite. Application with TaskDrone XAG: 90% less water, zero drift, maximum penetration in lower crop strata.

Multispectral XAG NDVI
01.04

Data Management

Phenological monitoring, varietal descriptors, high-fidelity genotypic differentiation datasets. We convert millions of data points into actionable information for decision-making.

Phenology Descriptors GIS
01.05

Regulated Trials, Registration & Traceability

Comprehensive management for varietal registration with INASE. VCU (Value for Cultivation and Use) and DUS (Distinctness, Uniformity, Stability) trials with traceability records meeting national and international regulatory requirements. Audited documentation at every stage of the process.

INASE VCU DUS Traceability Varietal registration
01.06

Winter Nursery & Commercial Pilots

Off-season hybrid seed production to accelerate genetic improvement programs and material multiplication, gaining one productive cycle per year. Based in Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province, we operate with clients requiring northern hemisphere production — USA and Europe — managing varietal isolation, controlled manual pollination and chemical desiccation for early harvest without compromising genetic or physiological lot quality. We execute commercial pilots at validation scale to evaluate new material performance prior to market launch, with complete traceability and audited documentation at each stage.

Winter Nursery Off-season USA · Europe Commercial pilots Sunflower · Corn · Sorghum
02 / Track record

The data that backs every technical decision we make in the field.

12+ Species worked
90% Less water with TaskDrone
16+ Active R&D clients
02 Cycles per year (S/W)
15k+ Ha of trial spraying
50k+ Supervised breeding rows
20k+ Ha mapped pixel by pixel
250+ Trials completed across Argentina
03 / Infrastructure

Digital machinery and OT technology for experimental fields.

Trial Machinery

  • AlmacoDigital pneumatic planter for experimental plots and varietal descriptors. Millimetric precision per plot.
  • WintersteigerDigital configuration optimized for small grains: wheat, barley, canola. Integrated row-by-row data capture.
  • HarvesterSelf-propelled R&D unit with integrated per-plot data capture. Real-time moisture and weight records.

Aerial Technology

  • EBEE+senseFly eBee+ fixed-wing drone for high-coverage surveys, autonomous flights and multispectral capture of small and large areas with minimal intervention.
  • XAGApplication with TaskDrone: high-efficiency electric motors with zero CO₂ emissions, centimetric precision, no drift, 90% less water than conventional application.
  • MultispectralRGB, NIR and RedEdge capture for NDVI, biomass and differential vigor maps by genotype and experimental plot.
  • GeomaticsAgisoft Metashape processing, high-resolution orthomosaic generation and georeferenced prescriptions for decision-making. Every pixel is a high-value mathematical data point.
Specialty

Precision pollination in four strategic crops.

// Sorghum bicolor
Parental · Manual pollination· Active
Sorghum

Consolidated expertise since 2017. Male and female parental management, forced floral synchrony, high-efficiency manual pollination and certified isolation for absolute genetic purity.

// Glycine max
Crossing · Emasculation· Active
Soybean

Controlled crosses with high-precision manual emasculation. Floral isolation protocols, parental selection and cross recording for genetic improvement programs.

// Zea mays
Bag · Tassel · Ear· Active
Corn

Male tassel and ear control with isolation bags. Flowering synchronization between parental lines, directed pollination and row-by-row cross recording.

// Helianthus annuus
Head · Male parental· Active
Sunflower

Head isolation with special bags, management of restorer male parentals, manual pollination and strict control of stigmatic receptivity periods.

04 / Crops

Ten species, one technical standard.

Corn Summer
Soybean Summer
Sorghum Summer · Especialidad
Sunflower Summer
Wheat Winter
Barley Winter
Canola Winter
Safflower Winter
Camelina Winter
Pea Winter
05 / Team

The people behind every result in the field.

JZ
MBA IAE Buenos Aires · Agricultural Engineer · UNLP
Juan
Zanelli
Founder · Director

Agricultural Engineer (UNLP) and Master in Business Administration (IAE Business School). In the seed industry since 2005, he began at SPS Argentina as Head of Parental Seed and Production Research, rising to Seed Quality Manager for LAS at Syngenta, where he led over 30 people supervising 19,000 ha from Viedma to Entre Ríos. In 2012 he designed an internationally recognized georeferenced digital platform that monitored over 20,000 ha of hybrid seed and oversaw production exceeding 200 million dollars — recognized by Syngenta Global with the 2012 Innovation Award. His career spans the country's main agro-climatic zones and extended to Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil, with teams from India, France and the USA. He founded Big Eye in 2016, a pioneer in ag-tech aerial surveying with multispectral drones that proposed a new standard in R&D microplot data generation, and incorporated XAG variable-rate application drones from 2019, transforming the maintenance of research plots.

"Research fields admit no approximations. Every data point we generate is a future decision for our clients."
Breeding Parental Seed Ag-tech Drones GIS MBA INASE Inspector UAS Pilot
JS
Agricultural Engineer · Agribusiness Degree · Universidad de Belgrano
Juan
Sánchez
Founder · Director

Agricultural Engineer and Agribusiness graduate from Universidad de Belgrano. He trained and grew professionally at INDEAR — Instituto de Agrobiotecnología Rosario —, where over nearly a decade he advanced from technical assistant in germplasm to Coordinator of Experimental Stations for Central and Eastern Argentina, leading conventional breeding of soybean, wheat, corn, alfalfa, sorghum, safflower and amaranth. In 2016 he completed a three-month exchange in Beijing with DBN Biotech, working on Trait Integration in soybean and corn. His time at Satus Ager led him to manage 66,000 pre-commercial rows and then assume the Area Head position, with technical and operational responsibility over 700 hectares of diversified production and a 126-person team. He founded Agrotesting in October 2022, a consultancy specializing in field R&D for leading companies such as Bioceres, Rizobacter, Corteva and Advanta. In 2024 he added Agprecisión, a business unit focused on aerial application of crop protection products with high-precision drones.

"My experience at INDEAR and Satus Ager taught me that field excellence is no coincidence: it's protocol, discipline and passion for detail."
INDEAR Satus Ager DBN Biotech · China R&D Agrotesting Experimental field
2025–2026 Season

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