I came in to make the same point. You can reserve a small part of your crop for the experiment. This is exactly akin to how social media companies do growth ha

I came in to make the same point. You can reserve a small part of your crop for the experiment. This is exactly akin to how social media companies do growth hacking. Try something new out on x% of the users/crops, measure the results. You don't have to risk your whole farm on it, unless there is a huge capital expense on equipment.