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May 2024 DigiFLUX is a national project developed by the Federal Office of Agriculture in Switzerland. It offers Swiss growers a simpler way to manage compliance while opening for collaboration with agtech teams. Change is coming for Swiss Farmers: In the wake of Switzerland’s evolving agricultural landscape, a change is coming to how farm teams […]
As the world progresses into the digital age, Italian farmers leverage innovative technologies to enhance productivity, sustainability, and compliance with evolving regulations. In this article, we want to explore the current digital transformation landscape in Italian agriculture, highlighting the emerging trends and the role of digital tools. Tradition vs digital agriculture Traditionally, Italian agriculture has […]
What do farmers really want? Simple solutions that work together. Agtech, it’s our job to offer them exactly that. Farmers are battling real problems. Low market prices, high cost of inputs, erratic weather events, and increasing regulations. When you talk with farmers, these are the most commonly cited concerns. Each one of these problems in itself […]
Farmable has launched an affordable, user-friendly tool for Swiss growers and it’s already connected to the national field database. Oslo, April 30, 2024 – The Federal Office of Agriculture (FOAG) in Switzerland is currently working on implementing the 2021 parliamentary initiative “Reducing the risk of pesticide use“, which supports the monitoring and ultimately the reduction […]
Kilian Diethelm is prepared for the 2024 season and beyond. Fruchthof Diethelm is a 7.5-ha fruit farm growing pome fruit, stone fruit, and a wide variety of berries. The farm is perched 440m above sea level overlooking Lake Zurich and is a complex operation with many fruit varieties and small fields to manage. Kilian and […]
Spain is promoting digital reporting on crop treatments for the 2024 season across 800,000 farms. This monumental change offers significant opportunities for improved transparency across the supply chain. Spain is changing farm reporting for the better. This past December, the Spanish Agrarian Guarantee Fund (FEGA) launched an online portal called SIEX, which is a tool […]
Following the topic of IPM, you can find the article here, we have embarked on a journey of how Farmable can assist you in IPM (See article here). The next step is to consider how and why chemical and biological methods should be combined in your integrated pest management (IPM) strategy. As mentioned in the previous articles, […]
This is the season to kill the wasted hours on farm administration. It’s no secret. Farmers work long hours. Across Europe, those of us working in agriculture have the longest average work week when measured against other industries. The highs and lows of these working hours are likely to have the biggest variability as well; […]
Farmers in the EU are getting frustrated. Fleets of tractors are being used to barricade roads in cities all around Europe. In France, actual manure has been shot into government buildings. At the center of these demonstrations are farmers, working to grow food for our people, but struggling to deal with both current and future […]
