Proof of concept.
Product, ROI band, and pilot design.
One page that pulls together what BAU Farm Intelligence has actually shipped, the cited ROI band we underwrite against, and the structured North Carolina pilot that turns both into seed-stage signal.
The evidence stack
Three layers of proof, in order of hardness.
Working product
Rotation planner, agronomic rule engine (237 rules on day one), and SMS alerting are live in the app today — not slideware.
Cited ROI band
Every headline stat we quote traces back to USDA, NRCS, SARE, or extension data — with source links baked into the investor one-pager.
Structured pilot
100 NC specialty crop farms, 10 regional buyers, 12-month plan-grow-measure cycle — designed to convert into seed-stage signal.
See it in action
Three moments from a working day on BAU
Illustrative UI — auto-advances every 6 seconds. Hover or focus to pause.
AI builds a 3-year rotation that respects your soil, your past plantings, and your avoid-rules.
The agronomic rule engine catches mistakes — like back-to-back solanaceae — before they hit the field.
Frost, irrigation, and scouting alerts hit the grower's pocket the moment a rule fires.
ROI proof points
The band we underwrite against.
These are the outcomes BAU sells — sourced from USDA, NRCS, SARE, and extension research, not our own marketing. The pilot exists to move these ranges from "cited" to "measured on our farms."
Yield uplift from optimized rotation & cover-cropping
Per-acre margin gain when planting matches pre-season buyer demand
Reduction in fertilizer spend when N-P-K targets use soil-test data
Less unsold harvest when contracts are secured pre-season
Typical payback at $79/mo Pro on a 5-25 acre vegetable operation
Structured pilot
100 farms · 10 buyers · one growing season.
The North Carolina pilot converts the cited ROI band into measured outcomes on real fields. Every KPI below is designed to be underwritable by a seed-stage investor or a USDA grant reviewer.
Pilot success criteria
Credibility
Who we're building this with.
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Ready to move from cited to measured?
Join the pilot as a farm or a buyer, or request the investor packet to see the full underwriting.