1st Place: Bluetooth Creep Feeder
Philip Barbour High School: Alexis Ervin
Winner of:
| Project/Idea Summary | Problem Statement | Solution Statement | Impact Statement |
| Bluetooth creep feeder. Makes it easier on the farmer and more efficient. | The problem is that it takes so much time for the farmer to feed. This will save time, make it safer for the farmer, tell him when it gets low on feed and needs refilled, helps beef your animals up by letting you control how much comes out. | The solution would be to have an app on your phone so you can control your feeder. You can choose when you want it turned on, how much feed comes out, you can turn it on and off on your time, if you want to check cows and want them all around it you can turn it on and off at certain times and go check on them and then you go back on your phone and turn it off. You can choose how much comes out because if you want to beef them up you can turn it on to how much you want to come out. It will also have a sensor to let you know when it’s low and it’ll notify you on your phone. | Saves time, makes farms more efficient, makes it easier to check cattle, let’s you know when something is going wrong with it, when it is low on feed, it’ll save you time so you won’t have to check on it everyday to make sure there’s feed since it lets you know when it’s low and you control how much comes out. |
2nd Place: Powerful Plant Protection
Barboursville Middle School: Kennedy Fisher, Xavier Keller
Winner of: $200 prize!
| Project/Idea Summary | Problem Statement | Solution Statement | Impact Statement |
| The Powerful Plant Protection (PPP) is a product that can be used across small and large garden in West Virginia. Having a garden myself, small and large animals can become a nuisance even when you have protective barriers around your garden. The Powerful Plant Protection uses sound and lights to help protect the garden while keeping away those pesky creatures. The PPP, is a stake with a motion sensor light and aluminum sound. To run this, there is a small solar piece on top of the stake. After researching, deer and rabbit are not startled by light but are startled by sound, so an aluminum sheet is placed around the stake to cause an unfamiliar sound to scare the garden intruders. | Gardens can be affected by different types of animals even when there are barriers to keep the animals at bay. You can lose the majority of your crops in one evening because of the intruders. | In order to protect crops and being environmentally friendly, light and sound can be used to scare away unwanted animals to protect your precious crops. Flashing sensor lights can distract nocturnal animals, while vibration from the aluminum sheet can scare animals throughout the day. This can be powered by a small solar piece on top of the stake. | Having a garden takes time and money. From the prepping of the land, planting, to the weeding, caring, watering, nurturing, etc. and this can all be ruined in one evening or day by pesky creatures. We can help our farmers and gardeners by creating a light and sound barrier system to improve the agriculture experience. |
3rd Place: Agriculture Social Media Platform
Petersburg High School: Cody Mitchell
Winner of: $150 prize!
| Project/Idea Summary | Problem Statement | Solution Statement | Impact Statement |
| I envision a social media platform that is strictly for agriculturists, one in which participants can communicate with each other, sharing ideas and experiences. On this platform the users would be able to filter the content they see through area filters, such as local, state, national, and global. To add to this the users would also be able to filter the sub-division of agriculture that they see, such as beef, dairy, swine, sheep, Ag. Education, high tunnels, etc. | When Covid19 hit America, it shut all our lives down, preventing us from communicating with other agriculturists at places such as dinner meetings, stock sales, and conventions. Because of this lack of communication, many were left in the dark, not being informed about new issues such as expected market shifts, new farming techniques, upcoming threats, etc. Agriculturists need a place/platform where they can share experiences, discuss issues, and ultimately make agriculture better. | I have devised a solution to this problem, one that will allow agriculturists everywhere to communicate, share ideas and innovations, predict market shifts, warn of up coming threats, etc. This solution is a social media platform centered strictly on agriculture and all of its subdivisions. This will bring to peoples’ fingertips a mountain of information that is relevant to their agricultural interests. News about major issues in agriculture will be transferred across the platform in seconds. | The potential impact that this social medial platform will have on agriculture is that it will bring agriculturists together, from all subdivisions of agriculture and all around the world, in communication over topics that affect them. This collaboration will excel agriculture and increase success by the sharing of experiences along with setbacks so others know to prepare for them. Also, this agricultural information is free, not costly like some of the conventions and expos that discuss advances in agriculture. |
4th Place: Digital Watering for Livestock
Philip Barbour High School: Alexander Williams
Winner of: $100 prize!
| Project/Idea Summary | Problem Statement | Solution Statement | Impact Statement |
| My idea is a digital water valve that can be used on a farm. It will be able to connect to an app or software or your mobile device that will allow a farmer to dispense water at specific times of day for specific amounts, it would also feature a camera that will allow the farmer to supervise the process and his animals. | The problem is that farmers never get time off especially if they are on a smaller scale because it can be very costly to hire people to do your farm chores. Also the previous solutions, the float valve system, presents the issue of constant refilling which can cause animals to drink too much especially on a hot day. | So this innovation will present a way to help with this issue by eliminating the need to be in person to water your animals. It also allows you to control the volume so there is no risk of your animals over drinking. | The potential impact on agriculture is that daily farm chores will take little to no time making every farmers life easier and giving them more time to focus on expanding the horizons of agriculture. |
5th Place: Hydraulic Beehive Lift
Philip Barbour High School: Jessica Findley, Alexander Williams
Winner of: $75 prize!
| Project/Idea Summary | Problem Statement | Solution Statement | Impact Statement |
| Our innovation idea is based on a hydraulic floor jack for bee boxes, this jack would potentially be able to lift and hold bee boxes for extended periods of time making hive checks a breeze for individuals who are smaller. | The problem that needs to be addressed would be the difficulty that women and our elders have when doing hive checks, this difficulty is due to the weight of the boxes. The typical box on a bee hive weighs around 80 lbs when full of honey, which can be quite challenging for smaller or frailer individuals. | Our solution to the problem is to design a hydraulic lift that would be based off of a floor jack that will allow for easy lifting of the bee boxes and easy application. The jack would have adjustable arms that could be fitted to any size and be able to pick up the boxes. The base would have wheels as well as locks so you can move them around and use the tool on multiple box stands. | The potential impact that our innovation would have on agriculture would be making beekeeping more accessible for smaller and older individuals. Our innovation would not only prevent unnecessary injuries due to lifting heavy weights, but save these individuals time when doing hive checks. |
6th Place: Agriculturalist Social Media Resource App
Philip Barbour High School: Shanondeli Snyder
Winner of: $75 prize!
| Project/Idea Summary | Problem Statement | Solution Statement | Impact Statement |
| My project/idea is a social media and resources app for Farmers and other Agriculture fields to connect people, to help new farmers learn, and to hopefully bring more people into the field | The problem is there is a slow decline in the amount of farmers in America because the newer generation isn’t interested | My solution is a mobile app to appeal to and educate the newer generation through their phones and other devices | The impact will potentially be a connection between farmers all over America and an influx of new farmers. |
Panel Selected School: Philip Barbour High School
People’s Choice: Barboursville Middle School – Kennedy Fisher, Xavier Keller – Powerful Plant Protection
Barboursville Middle School: Kennedy Fisher, Xavier Keller
| Project/Idea Summary | Problem Statement | Solution Statement | Impact Statement |
| The Powerful Plant Protection (PPP) is a product that can be used across small and large garden in West Virginia. Having a garden myself, small and large animals can become a nuisance even when you have protective barriers around your garden. The Powerful Plant Protection uses sound and lights to help protect the garden while keeping away those pesky creatures. The PPP, is a stake with a motion sensor light and aluminum sound. To run this, there is a small solar piece on top of the stake. After researching, deer and rabbit are not startled by light but are startled by sound, so an aluminum sheet is placed around the stake to cause an unfamiliar sound to scare the garden intruders. | Gardens can be affected by different types of animals even when there are barriers to keep the animals at bay. You can lose the majority of your crops in one evening because of the intruders. | In order to protect crops and being environmentally friendly, light and sound can be used to scare away unwanted animals to protect your precious crops. Flashing sensor lights can distract nocturnal animals, while vibration from the aluminum sheet can scare animals throughout the day. This can be powered by a small solar piece on top of the stake. | Having a garden takes time and money. From the prepping of the land, planting, to the weeding, caring, watering, nurturing, etc. and this can all be ruined in one evening or day by pesky creatures. We can help our farmers and gardeners by creating a light and sound barrier system to improve the agriculture experience. |
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