Case study · Farm Buddy · Web app MVP
From scattered research to 20,000+ active farmers.
A Cornell research team had valuable agricultural data and no easy way to put it in farmers’ hands. We built Farm Buddy, a public platform that closed that gap.
- active farmer users in 6 months
- 20,000+
- from idea to public launch
- <6 mo
- wider reach for the research
- 300%
- problem-solution fit score
- 9.1/10
- Client
- Cornell University research team
- What we built
- Public web platform (MVP)
- Delivered in
- Under 6 months (typical for this scope: 12–18)
- Headline result
- 20,000+ active users
The problem
What was holding them back
Great research was stuck in journals while farmers who needed it had no easy access.
Data scattered everywhere
Soil, crop and technique data sat in spreadsheets, lab notes and separate databases.
Research that never reached the field
Findings stayed in academic circles, so adoption lagged discovery by months or years.
A gap between labs and farms
Farmers lacked access to research, and researchers lacked real-time farm data.
Too much manual work
Data entry and processing took time away from the science itself.
What we built
The solution
A single platform where research becomes something a farmer can actually use.
One source of truth
A central platform to collect, store and analyse farmland and crop data.
Built for two audiences
Separate, easy interfaces for researchers and farmers, open to the public.
Ready to scale
An architecture that handled thousands of concurrent users as traction grew.
Automated data handling
Collection and analysis automated, with manual effort cut by about 70%.
Secure by design
Role-based access and encrypted data storage for sensitive research.
Launched and validated
Public launch with a pilot program to confirm real-world usefulness.
Tectune understood our dual need for scientific rigor and public accessibility. Farm Buddy isn’t just a tool for us; it’s a bridge that connects our labs directly to the fields, empowering farmers with knowledge they can immediately apply.
The result
Before and after
The numbers, side by side.
- Time to public launch
- Before: 12–18 months (typical)
- Now: Under 6 months
- Data consolidation
- Before: Weeks or months, manual
- Now: Automated, real-time
- Farmer engagement
- Before: Workshops and publications
- Now: 20,000+ active users
- Reach of the research
- Before: Academic circles
- Now: +300% public access
Farm Buddy also held a 45% monthly active user rate and facilitated over 5,000 direct farmer–researcher interactions in its first year.
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