How AI Helps Agricultural Scientists
Ag research teams spend weeks turning plot data into reports and grower materials. 12² builds report and fact-sheet templates and a trial tracker in the team's environment.
Ag Research & Extension Write-Up Desk · From $4,500 + $349/mo, by team size · proposed estimate · It says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly, and your team reviews what it drafts before it goes out.
Ai for agricultural research: the short answer.
12² builds AI for agricultural scientists that takes on the routine work: drafting trial reports from plot data and notes, drafting grower newsletters and fact sheets for review, and summarizing papers and trial results you supply. It runs inside the tools you already use. Agronomists make every recommendation.
Sources
- General office-writing evidence, not a study of this job: in an RCT, ChatGPT cut professional writing time 40% and raised quality (Noy & Zhang, Science 2023)news.mit.edu
Research figures above describe the cited studies, not results 12² promises. Results vary. Disclosures
Where the hours go now.
Drafting trial reports from plot data and notes
Ag research teams spend weeks turning plot data into reports and grower materials.
Grower newsletters and fact sheets
Rebuilt from scratch each time, usually at the end of the day.
Papers and trial results you supply
Hours go to reading and re-reading before the real work starts.
What it handles, and what it never does.
What it handles
- Drafting trial reports from plot data and notesIt drafts trial reports from plot data and notes.
- Grower newsletters and fact sheetsIt drafts grower newsletters and fact sheets for review.
- Papers and trial results you supplyIt summarizes papers and trial results you supply.
- Trial sites, dates and samplesIt tracks trial sites, dates and samples.
- Hand-off to your teamAnything that needs a person goes to the right person, with the details attached.
What it never does
- Make up a price or a factIt works only from the documents, records and price lists you give it. Anything it can't find goes to your team.
- Promise a resultQuestions about outcomes go to the person who does the work.
- Pretend to be a personIt says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly.
- Send anything on its ownDrafts wait for your team's approval before anything goes out.
Built and tested on your own work.
Before handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
- Tested on your own workBefore handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
- Retainer, then balance on deliveryRetainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
- Fixed price, scope and timelineAll three in writing before work starts. The timeline is set in your quote.
- What 12² buildsReport and fact-sheet templates and a trial tracker in the team's environment.
- How it connectsWe confirm how it connects to the tools you already use on the first call and write it into your quote.
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From $4,500 + $349/moSetup + monthly, by size. The monthly fee covers monitoring, fixes and re-tests for your package as your templates, documents and staff change. AI and software usage is billed at cost. Proposed starting estimates by team size, not fixed prices; the final price is in a written quote.
- Small: Small firm (1-10 staff)From $4,500 + $349/mo. The core build for 1-10 staff: report and fact-sheet templates and a trial tracker in the team's environment. Proposed estimate. Small tier; monthly covers hosting, monitoring and fixes.
- Mid-size: Mid firm (11-50 staff)From $9,500 + $750/mo. Everything in Small firm, for more users, inboxes and calendars, with hand-off rules set for each role. Proposed estimate. More users, locations or integrations.
- Enterprise: Large firm / enterprise (50+ staff)From $25,000, custom quote. Everything in Mid firm, across locations or departments, with system integrations and a security review scoped in your custom quote. Proposed estimate floor; scope, integrations and security review set the final number. No cap.
- Retainer up front Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass. Scope, price and timeline are agreed in writing before work starts.
- You own itThe accounts, scripts, templates and data sit in your name. You can leave at any time.
- Compliance and dataScientists verify every result; pesticide label claims follow EPA rules (unverified detail).
- Not professional advice12² builds software and automations. It is not a licensed professional in your field, and your team makes every professional decision. Disclosures
Straight answers.
Does AI recommend treatments to growers?
No. Your agronomists do.
How does payment work?
Retainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
How long does it take?
Timelines are set per project in the quote, after we see your systems and volume.
Are these prices final?
No. They are proposed starting estimates. You get a written custom quote after a short scoping call.
Tell us how you handle grower newsletters and fact sheets now.
A few lines is enough. If it's a fit we'll say so, and if it isn't we'll tell you why.
- You'll hear back within one business day12² reads your note and replies about your project.
- A free 20-minute callHow the work runs now, what gets missed, and what your team needs from it.
- A fixed quoteYour size, scope, date and price in writing before any work starts.
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