FarmMind Blog
- Washington Examiner Op Ed: Americas Food Security Depends on Domestic Agricultural AI
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Washington Examiner: America's Food Security Depends on Domestic Agricultural AI
Author: Colin Raby
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FarmMind CEO Colin Raby Applauds Senate Farm Bill Precision Agriculture Provision Urges Foreign Adversary Restriction
Raby applauds the addition of precision agriculture, which includes artificial intelligence platforms, as a qualifying category under the EQIP, and urges the inclusion of restrictions on foreign…
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Major Feature Updates for March 24th 2026
It's been a few weeks since our last update, but we haven't slowed down one bit. We've been heads-down building, and this is one of our biggest releases yet.
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LACA 2026 From 'Cool Chatbot' to National Recognition and Managing over 600,000 Acres Going in to this Growing Season
The FarmMind team just returned from our second LACA conference. Here are some thoughts from the last year of making modern tech useful for agriculture and where we're headed next.
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Major Feature Updates 02-09-2026
This week's update is packed with improvements across the entire platform: from Maps page improvements to a redesigned Field Notes experience, smarter AI, more robust soil testing options, and a lot…
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Major Feature Updates 01.27.2026
We know it's been a few weeks since our last update, and there's a good reason for that.
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FarmMind Wins First Place at American Farm Bureau Federation Ag Innovation Challenge
ANAHEIM, Calif. — January 12, 2026 — FarmMind, a Baton Rouge-based startup that built an agricultural management platform powered by artificial intelligence, has won first place and the $100,000…
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Feature Updates v2.6.3
Happy New Year from the FarmMind team! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season.
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FarmMind AI Model Helps Correct Official Ag Guide Part 2
Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Following our initial discovery of two errors in Louisiana's 2025 pest management guide, FarmMind conducted an AI-powered audit of the two pages from the LSU Ag Guide the…
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FarmSmarter.ai Wins Big at 2025 Louisiana Pelican Cup
MONROE, La., April, 2025 – FarmSmarter.ai, an innovative agricultural technology startup founded by Louisiana State University students, secured the top prizes at the fourth annual Louisiana Pelican…
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Frequently Asked Questions
Over the last month, the Farm Mind team has received some frequently asked questions. because of this, we added a frequently asked questions section to our landing page and I am writing out the…
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Using Dashboards to Analyze Your Fields and Financials
Let's paint a picture: You're a crop consultant/professional with clients around the state, and you've drawn out a total of 4,000 fields in your GIS software. A new disease starts spreading through…
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FarmMind AI Model Detects Errors and Helps Correct Official LSU Ag Guide, Showcasing Potential to Verify Research Recommendations Nationwide
Baton Rouge, Louisiana - 10/27/2025 - While testing its latest model update, the Louisiana-built and LSU-based agricultural intelligence platform FarmMind.org’s “Agricultural Intelligence (AI)…
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FarmMind Platform Overview
Farming is one of America’s most important jobs, and also one of its most complex. Every season, growers face thousands of decisions that directly impact yields, costs, and compliance. With…
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Your Field Notes Just Got Smarter
How much time is wasted translating a field observation into an actionable plans? The process is often fragmented: you take a note, then hunt for a label, then cross-reference extension guidance, and…
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FarmMind.org is the Platform for Agricultural Intelligence Helping Everyone Farm Smarter
FarmSmarter.ai is rebranding to FarmMind.org, the modern Agricultural Intelligence platform that unifies research, documentation, GIS, identification, compliance, and per-field financials into one…
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Mapping with FarmMind
Everyone who owns or manages land knows how important a good map is. Mapping your fields nails down boundaries, tracks true acres, and keeps all field specific information in one place. On FarmMind…
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FarmSmarter.ai Honored on Inagural Silicon Bayou List
FarmSmarter.ai was proud to be named to the Silicon Bayou List 2025, spotlighting trailblazing companies and organizations driving the state’s growing technology sector. We joined peers like CodeGig…
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Farm Bureau Selects FarmSmarter.ai Top-Ten Semi-Finalist in 2026 Innovation Challenge
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…
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FarmSmarter.ai Top 4 Finalist in American Farm Bureau's Annual Ag Innovation Challenge
Baton Rouge, La., September 10th, 2025 – FarmSmarter.ai, the Louisiana startup turning cutting-edge artificial intelligence into everyday support and easy field management solutions for growers, has…
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Creating Pressure Maps from Field Notes
Every growing season, researchers and agronomists capture countless field notes—observations of pests, weeds, diseases, and other field conditions. Traditionally, these notes live in notebooks or…