Know the pulse of
your farm operation any time, anywhere.

Record voice notes, photos, and documents as work happens. Keep field activity in one place, review the details, and prepare records for sharing and reporting.

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Farm Record-Keeping

SPIDER Ag: One Farm Record

One farm record, kept the way you already work and trusted by the people who need to see it. Keep voice notes, photos, and paper logs together for everyday work and organic audit preparation.

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Your Farm Records, Connected

Explore how notes, photos, and dated records help you keep track of field work and prepare reports.

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Grow your Farm!

Give paperwork hours back to your farm.

Spend less time hunting for receipts, retyping field notes, and reconstructing records before an audit.

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THE BENEFITS

Say It, Snap It, It's Recorded

AI helps turn voice notes, photos, and paper logs into draft records. Review and confirm the details before saving, without retyping the whole log.

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Data Capture Handwritten logs and receipts to find and retype Data Capture Voice-to-task & paper logs to searchable tables
Field Connectivity Must remember details and write them down back at the office Field Connectivity Capture voice notes & photos offline; sync when connected
Record Storage Single physical copy vulnerable to water, fire, or being misplaced Record Storage Cloud-backed records kept in one place
Audit Trails & Sharing No easy way to create audit trails or share access Audit Trails & Sharing Share records and reports to authorized users and partners
SPIDER Ag mobile voice recording interface
No signal?Keep recording.
Voice Recording, Even Offline

Built for the Field,
Not the Office

No cell service? Keep recording. Capture voice notes and photos in the field, even offline. Your captures stay on your device and sync when you reconnect. Then review and confirm the AI-generated details before saving.

Research & Community Support

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Streamlined Start

Start With the Way You Already Work

Get time back without adding a second job. Use the notes and photos you already keep, then review and confirm your records in three simple steps.

Set Up Your Farm

Start your free trial and visually organize your farm, fields, plots, and subplots the way you know them. No credit card required.

Say It, Snap It

Say what happened or photograph a paper log. AI helps structure the entry; you review and confirm before saving.

Review, Confirm, Report

Choose your field records and compliance forms or templates to generate reports. Review, confirm, and share reports and data.

The Daily Reality

When Record-Keeping Becomes a Second Job

Lost receipts, scattered notes, and audit preparation take hours away from your farm. Explore the everyday gaps SPIDER Ag helps close.

Paperwork & Time

The Cost of Chasing Paperwork

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Hunting for receipts, retyping field notes, and piecing together an audit trail costs hours. Capture records as work happens and get that time back.

Data Fragmentation

Records Scattered Across Systems

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Keep paper logs, photos, and field notes together by farm, field, plot, and subplot, using the names and boundaries you already know.

Human Intelligence

Field Notes Left Behind

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Say why a job changed or an application was delayed. Turn that field note into a dated task, then review and confirm the details.

Field Connectivity

When Cell Service Drops

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Record voice notes and take photos without cell service. The mobile app saves them offline and syncs when you reconnect.

The Solution

Built Around How You Organize Your Farm

Sized and priced for small and mid-sized row crop farms. Get organized records without a dedicated data team or another job on top of farming.

Traceability

Audit-Ready Reporting

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Use dated field records and templates to prepare an audit-ready report. Review and confirm it before your certification review.

Your Farm Structure

Farmer-Native Organization

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Keep records by farm, field, plot, and subplot, using your own names and boundaries. Build around how you already organize your land.

Less Data Entry

Trustworthy AI, Not Blind AI

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AI helps structure voice notes and photos. Review and confirm the details before saving; you remain the final word on your farm records.

Time Back

Less Time on Paperwork

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Find timestamped records, receipts, and field notes in one place instead of retyping logs or rebuilding the story before a review.

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Ag-Tech Roots

Our Story

Big Data in a Box (BDiB) was founded on a simple insight: small and medium-sized organic farmers spend too much valuable time on paperwork. The inspiration occurred when Dr. Sree Nilakanta listened to an NPR broadcast highlighting the frustrations of organic growers undergoing seed-to-sale certification audits.

"Achieving compliance and record-keeping shouldn't keep you from focusing on your crops. We wanted to build tools that return desk hours back to field hours." Dr. Sree Nilakanta, Founder

Leveraging programs at the Iowa State University (ISU) Pappajohn Entrepreneurship Center, the founding team pivoted from hardware storage modules into building SPIDER Ag—an intelligent, cloud-backed voice and OCR tracking system built in Ames, Iowa.

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Dr. Sree Nilakanta

Dr. Sree Nilakanta

Founding Member – External Relations, Strategy, & Technology. Dr. Nilakanta has four decades of distinguished experience in research, teaching, management, entrepreneurship, and consulting. His extensive expertise spans business and data analytics, process improvements, artificial intelligence, and knowledge management.
Dr. Srini Reddy

Dr. Srini Reddy

Founding Member – Agriculture & Regulatory Expert. Dr. Reddy has 30 years of experience in agricultural biotechnology, including 15 years in regulatory processes. He supports market coexistence and encourages consumers to embrace and utilize new, farmer-friendly agricultural technologies to enhance profits and promote sustainability.
Hari Sarma

Hari Sarma

Founding Member – HR & Finance. Hari Sarma has 30 years of experience in information technology, supply chain operations and project management. He is a strategic business development professional who leverages technology as the differentiator for innovation and growth.
Got Questions?

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. SPIDER Ag is designed to keep capturing records where cell service does not reach. Record voice notes, take photos, and rename recordings offline. Your data stays saved on your device and syncs when you reconnect.

Upload PDF and Word documents, photos, and voice notes. Say what happened to draft a dated task, or photograph a handwritten log to extract a searchable table. Review, correct, and confirm the details before saving.

Choose files linked to a land area, select forms and templates required by the Organic System Plan or other regulatory demands, and generate your report. Review, correct, and confirm the details before saving. Audit-ready records support your review; the certification decision remains with your certifier.

Start with a 14-day free trial, with no credit card required. A paid subscription is needed to keep access after the trial. If you cancel, access continues through the current billing period. Download files and reports you need before the billing period ends.

Yes. AI helps draft tasks, extract information, and fill report templates. You review the output, correct errors or missing details, then confirm and save. That includes voice transcriptions, scanned logs, and generated reports. You remain the final word on your records.