FarmSmarter.ai
FarmSmarter.ai
Baton Rouge, La., August 6, 2025 – FarmSmarter.ai, the Louisiana startup turning cutting-edge artificial intelligence into everyday support and easy field management solutions for growers, has been selected as one of ten semi-finalists in the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2026 Ag Innovation Challenge. The national competition, presented with Farm Credit, recognizes high-impact solutions that strengthen U.S. agriculture and rural communities. The official press release from the Farm Bureau about the top ten selected found here: https://www.fb.org/news-release/farm-bureau-announces-top-10-in-ag-innovation-challenge
"The Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge is a national business competition that showcases U.S. startups developing innovative solutions that address challenges facing America’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities. Now in its 12th year, the Challenge was the first national business competition of its kind focused exclusively on rural entrepreneurs. The American Farm Bureau Federation, in partnership with Farm Credit, is looking to identify the top entrepreneurs who are addressing both traditional challenges farmers face on their operation, such as access to labor, optimizing yield and reducing operating costs, and entrepreneurs who are addressing new challenges facing farmers and rural communities." [1]
FarmSmarter.ai will go head-to-head with ten other innovation-driven enterprises which include:
Agriwater (Illinois), CryoBio Inc (New York), FarmSmarter.ai (Louisiana), Gather Agriculture Inc (California), KinnanFAB (Nebraska), KiposTech (Pennsylvania), Renner Ag Solutions (Iowa), Terraform Tillage (Iowa), Verility Inc (Indiana) and Vivid Machines (Washington)
FarmSmarter.ai’s selection follows two years of rapid progress building the platform and achieving multiple first-place finishes in regional pitch competitions. The company's Agricultural Intelligence Platform is currently online and availible for agricultural proffessionals to use. Additionally, the company is currently raising seed capital to expand R&D, reach more growers whocan increase their margins by using the platform, accelerate state-by-state training of its models, and launch its soil assessment and ESA compliance module ahead of the 2026 planting season.
Contact support@farmsmart.ai for more information or with questions.
[1] https://www.fb.org/initiative/ag-innovation-challenge
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