Agriculture

Areas of Potential Qualifying Activity

Qualifying R&D can arise throughout the development, testing and improvement of agricultural products, processes and production systems. Common areas of potential qualifying activity include:

Development of new or improved cultivation, growing and production methods.

Design and improvement of irrigation, environmental control and farm systems.

Development and testing of crop varieties, formulations and treatment methods.

Integration of sensing, monitoring, automation and precision agriculture technologies.

Improvements to yield, quality, consistency and resource efficiency.

Testing and iterative development to resolve technical uncertainties in agricultural production.

R&D in Agriculture

Agricultural businesses frequently invest in the development and improvement of products, processes, cultivation methods and production systems to increase yield, efficiency, quality, consistency and resource utilization.

This work can involve significant technical challenges where existing agricultural practices, equipment or production methods cannot readily achieve the required level of performance, reliability, scalability or environmental control.

Where these challenges are addressed through systematic experimentation, testing and iterative development, the related agricultural activity and associated expenditure may be eligible for the U.S. R&D Tax Credit.

Understand

Our specialist technical team works directly with your staff to understand how innovation takes place across the business.

Identify

We examine the technical challenges encountered, the development work undertaken and the decisions made throughout your projects.

Quantify

We work with your team to connect those activities to the relevant costs.

Substantiate

We prepare clear, robust technical and financial documentation designed to support the Research and Development Tax Credit claim.

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