Farm Bureau Extends Deadline for Ag Innovation Challenge
Chase Hieneman
Director, Industry Relations
Chad Smith
Associate News Service Editor, NAFB
photo credit: AFBF Photo, Michael LoBiondo
Chase Hieneman
Director, Industry Relations
Chad Smith
Associate News Service Editor, NAFB
Aspiring entrepreneurs now have more time to complete their applications for the Ag Innovation Challenge. Chad Smith has the story.
Smith: The American Farm Bureau, in partnership with Farm Credit, has extended the deadline to register for the 2026 Ag Innovation Challenge to June 15. Chase Heineman, director of industry relations for AFBF, says entrepreneurs from across the country are encouraged to apply.
Heineman: Farm Bureau’s Ag Innovation Challenge is a nationwide business competition that seeks applications from startups, entrepreneurs who are developing unique and innovative solutions to the challenges farmers and ranchers are facing every day.
Smith: He says the competition is open to businesses of all types.
Heineman: We’ve had innovators from all aspects of the agriculture sector participate in the past, everything from livestock, specialty crop, row crop, aquaculture. We’re looking for companies that have identified a need in agriculture and have worked to develop innovative solutions that fill that need.
Smith: Farm Bureau, in partnership with Farm Credit, is pleased to offer significant prizes to help startups get going.
Heineman: We’re happy that we can once again offer $100,000 to the winner of the Ag Innovation Challenge as well as $25,000 to the runner up and $10,000 apiece to the other two teams competing in the final four. We offer also a lot of other benefits for participating in the program, including different trainings, as well as the opportunity to interact with potential investors.
Smith: Visit fb.org/challenge for more information or to apply by June 15. Chad Smith, Washington.
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