About every six months or so, Casey Darrow used to do a Google search: record-keeping apps for fruit growers. He needed a better way to keep track of the pesticide applications on his 110-acre farm in Vermont, Green Mountain Orchards. But it seemed like every app he tried had no idea what fruit farmers needed. […]
What is it like to manage a commercial avocado farm with broad-acre technology? August 2024 Author: Matt Fealy There are 3 things in my life that drive me; family, farming and technology. I have been lucky enough to balance these 3 things and that happens when technology supports the farm which allows the farm to […]
The Obsthof Ainser-Widemann farm is located in Lake Constance, Germany, and the area is characterized by mild temperatures with moderate gradients. It has a subtropical microclimate, which allows the cultivation of some exotic fruits and trees. Constance counts 2,069 sunshine hours a year and is considered one of the sunniest cities in Germany. The Obsthof […]
“I showed the auditor our Farmable PDF treatment report, and that was it. They were satisfied.”” After two years away from home, unable to travel due to the pandemic, I was finally able to return to Australia in February 2022. February in Australia is a warm and humid month; with temperatures around 34 degrees, and […]
If you are a grower, you know how difficult life in the fields can be, especially if your tools are not suitable for your needs. You know how difficult it can be to change your habits and to keep up with new technologies and regulations. Lars Blikom, one of the founders of Farmable, is a […]
Last year, the Centre for Business Management in Horticulture and Applied Research (CMBH), the Chamber of Agriculture Lower Saxony and we (Farmable) started a collaboration. Together, we want to better understand how digital tools can facilitate business management and decision making in orchard operations. As part of a practical research project, Luis Müller, research associate […]
Tom Douglas, an Australian almond grower, shares how Farmable helps him save time and improve productivity on his farm. Outback Almonds Tom Douglas, Australian almond grower, with his family. “The most important benefit of the Farmable App for me is in the Spray tab.” -Tom Douglas About our farm I manage and operate my family’s […]
Launching Multi-location jobs. Record multiple locations for the same job on your farm, delegate to crew members and track execution live in the app. Grower-driven product development Farmable has been working with fruit and tree crop growers for a little over two years with the goal of building a farm management platform that is easy […]
Farmable works closely with growers such as Mitchell McNab to build an orchard management software that is just right for a grower’s needs. Australian fruit growers have an increasing number of choices for farm management systems, time-tracking applications and accounting programs to decide between. Put this alongside the growing list of legislative requirements on fruit […]
