ADG is capable of conducting research on virtually any crop grown in the Northwest

Agriculture Development Group, Inc. (ADG) was founded in 1998 to conduct independent research and provide consulting services to the agriculture industry. The research farm is located 15 miles north of Pasco on 100 acres of highly productive farmland in the Columbia Basin.  With sandy loam soils and a hot dry climate, this area provides ideal growing conditions for over 100 crops. 

 ADG has conducted research trials on nearly every major and minor crop grown in Washington. Approximately 75% of ADG research trials in 2023 focused on pest management of insects, nematodes, weeds, or diseases, 20% of research trials were focused on fertility research, and 5% of trials involved varietal evaluations and other types of agronomic research. Research can be conducted using center pivot, drip, rill, or solid set irrigation.

Dr. Schreiber has extensive experience in state and federal pesticide registration, including Section 18 emergency exemptions, Section 3 and Section 24c registrations. Each year ADG handles multiple Section 24c and Section 18 registrations and collaborates extensively with the USDA’s IR-4 Project.  Dr. Schreiber is a member of the IR-4 Commodity Liaison Committee, and ADG works with most of the commodity groups in Washington and many of Idaho and Oregon’s agricultural associations.   ADG has 57 acres of organic land, certified by WSDA and has developed the largest private organic research program in the Pacific Northwest.    

Alan Schreiber, PhD, President, has twenty-eight year’s expertise in entomology, pesticide toxicology, pesticide resistance, pesticide registration and consulting.  Dr. Schreiber has extensive contacts with agrichemical companies and agricultural commodity groups.  

His team consists of Ph.D. scientists in the research areas of horticulture, weed science, entomology, and plant pathology.

Dr. Schreiber is also available for consulting on agricultural issues such as drift, and has served as an expert witness in numerous cases in the PNW as well as other parts of the country. 

We have a long list of influential growers that have expressed interest in trying new products.  If you have a product that you want “center of influence” growers to experience, we can make this happen.  Each year, we operate a number of split or paired field comparisons for new crop inputs.