Ke ʻimi nei ka American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), i ka hui pū ʻana me Farm Credit, i nā ʻoihana e noi aku ma ka pūnaewele no ka 2023 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge. I kēia manawa i kona makahiki ʻeiwa, hōʻike kēia hoʻokūkū pāʻoihana aupuni i nā ʻoihana hoʻomaka o ʻAmelika e hoʻomohala ana i nā hoʻonā hou i nā pilikia e kū nei i ka poʻe mahiʻai, kahu hānai a me nā kaiāulu kuaʻāina.
Hāʻawi ʻo Farm Bureau i $ 165,000 i nā kālā hoʻomaka i ka wā o ka hoʻokūkū, ka mea e hoʻopau i ka 10 semi-finalists kiʻekiʻe e hoʻokūkū ana i kahi hoʻokūkū ola i mua o nā lālā o ka Farm Bureau, nā mea hoʻopukapuka a me nā ʻelele ʻoihana ma ka AFBF Convention ma Ianuali 2023 ma. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
"Aia ka hana hou ma ka puʻuwai o nā mea a pau a ka poʻe mahiʻai a me nā kahu hānai," wahi a ka Pelekikena AFBF Zippy Duvall. "ʻO ka Ag Innovation Challenge kahi ala maikaʻi loa no ka ʻike ʻana a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā ʻoihana hoʻomaka e hoʻoikaika nei e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia e kū nei i ke kua'āina ʻo ʻAmelika. Ke kakali nei au i ka ʻike ʻana i nā hoʻonā ʻano hou, ʻenehana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i hoʻouna ʻia e nā mea noi Challenge.
Wehe ʻia nā noi a hiki i ka lā 29 ʻApelila, a e hoʻolaha ʻia nā hui semi-finalist he 10 i ka lā 13 Kepakemapa. E hāʻawi ʻia kēlā me kēia hui semi-finalist i $10,000 a me ka manawa e hoʻokūkū ai e neʻe i ka pōʻai hope kahi e loaʻa ai nā hui ʻehā $5,000 pakahi. E hoʻokūkū nā hui hope ʻehā e lanakila:
- ʻO ka Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge Winner, no ka huina o $50,000
- ʻO Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge Runner-up, no ka huina o $20,000
- Koho ʻia ka Hui Koho Kanaka ma ke koho balota lehulehu, no ka $5,000 hou (e hoʻokūkū nā hui semi-finalist 10 a pau no kēia hanohano)
Ma mua o ka hoʻokūkū pitch ola, e komo nā kime semi-finalist he 10 kiʻekiʻe i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa pitch a me ke aʻo ʻana mai ke kula ʻo Cornell University's SC Johnson College of Business faculty, a me ka hui pū me nā ʻelele mai nā Hui Kūʻai Kūʻai Kūʻai Kūʻai Kūʻai ʻo ka ʻOihana Mahiʻai.
ʻO nā mea lanakila hou o ka Ag Innovation Challenge ʻo ia ʻo Grain Weevil Corporation, kahi pahu mālama a me ka robot hoʻokele e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka maikaʻi o ka mahiʻai ma o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā pilikia a me nā kumukūʻai (2022 Ag Innovation Challenge Winner) a me Harvust, kahi kahua polokalamu e kōkua i ka poʻe mahiʻai e hoʻolimalima maikaʻi, hoʻomaʻamaʻa. a kamaʻilio pū me nā limahana (2021 Ag Innovation Challenge Winner). Hiki ke loaʻa nā hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe o nā mea komo Ag Innovation Challenge kūleʻa, a me nā kuhikuhi kikoʻī kikoʻī a me ka manawa hoʻokūkū. https://fb.org/challenge.
Pono nā poʻe ʻoihana e lilo i lālā o kahi kalana a i ʻole ka hale ʻoihana pākīpika i loko o ko lākou mokuʻāina e noho ai e lilo i poʻokela 10 semi-finalists. Hiki i nā mea noi ʻaʻole nā lālā o ka Farm Bureau ke kipa www.fb.org/about/join e aʻo e pili ana i ka lilo ʻana i lālā.