Producer-Led
Innovation Challenge
Sept. 2, 2020 – Dec. 12, 2020
Bringing together leaders in production agriculture and technology to fuel innovation
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Indiana’s First AgTech Innovation Challenge!
Growth and innovation
Modern farm operations are inundated with data ranging from accounting to inventory to complex production data. This presents a significant opportunity that Indiana is uniquely positioned to solve.
Teams will be challenged to help to solve these critical software needs for Indiana producers. The winning team will receive a $25,000 grand prize from the Purdue Foundry.
Challenge Overview
Instead of seeing insights across a farm, producers are looking at data pieced together from a complex network of farm-specific software and consumer software such as Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. This disconnected reality costs countless hours annually in duplicative work.
The Producer-Led Innovation Challenge is designed to create new solutions that solve these critical gaps in farm management software.
1
Reduce manual data entry (typically conducted in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets or similar) by automating the aggregation of data from farm operating systems
2
Make it possible to quickly validate data quality (examples: field-level information, seed inventory, accounting entries, etc.)
3
Automate alert notifications based on farmer-defined standards and user roles
4
Visualize data to quickly and easily make informed decisions
Evaluation Overview
Every Applicant that submits a proof of concept on or before Dec. 4, 2020 will be evaluated as part of the Challenge. Each submission will be evaluated against the following equally-weighed criteria:
Timeline
September 2
Applications open for the Producer-Led Innovation Challenge
September 25
Team application deadline
October 1 – November 30
Weekly availability calls with a mentor and optional availability from producer panel
December 4
All proof of concept submissions due to AgriNovus
December 9
Judging takes place
December 12
Winner announced
Challenge Participants
Benton Group
Danitech
Distynct
DSPii, Inc.
Huntington University
IUPUI School of Informatics + Computing
Leaf Software Solutions
FarmLedger
Outside Source
Paladin Robotics
Purdue University Ag + Biology Engineering Department
Purdue University Digital Agriculture Discovery Lab
Purdue University Team OATS
Purdue University The Data Mine
SEP
The Qlever Company
Traction
WPR Services
Mentors
These mentors will be available to teams as they work through solutions
from October 1 through November 30
Johnny Park
CEO, Wabash Heartland Innovation Network
Expertise: Engineering, robotics + creating solutions for farmers
Brad Fruth
Director of Innovation, Beck’s Hybrids
Expertise: Farmer, Technology, SaaS
More experts coming soon from Indiana Farm Bureau!
