Last week I read a couple of articles about how Farm Management Software (FMS) has failed to deliver success. The software category has been around for more than a decade, and lots of money has been invested, yet not a single sustainable business has emerged. So, “it’s time to call...
In the northern hemisphere, this year’s farming season is coming to an end. Most crops are harvested, and farmers have switched to post-season spraying, pruning, maintenance, and other activities, setting them up for a good 2023 season. It’s also time to think about farm manage...
A customer success story of how Obsthof Ainser-Widemann farm used Farmable to pinpoint the impact of thinning on their harvest and revenues. The Obsthof Ainser-Widemann farm is located in Lake Constance, Germany, and the area is characterized by mild temperatures with moderate gradients. I...
When me and my colleagues started farming in 2014, we started building our own planning and documentation systems. In 2018, we founded Farmable to create a globally scalable product based on our own prototypes. Now, 8 years after starting farming, and 4 years after creating a tech startup,...
Farm management software is a term that’s been around since before I started farming. New to farming in 2014, I started searching the internet for tools to manage and document my farm. This is what I would do in the industries where I had spent the past 10 years. The difference was t...
“For 50 years I stirred the spray tanks with my bare hands, and drove mist blowers with open tractors. These pesticides are the reason I am so strong and healthy today" Every farmer today has heard this said by the generation before them. It’s no secret that farmers have taken...
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 bu...
Launching the next stage at Farmable: from mobile app to web portal Farmable began as a mobile app for farm management, built specifically for and by fruit and tree crop growers. The mobile app was a starting point for the platform, and we are excited to introduce the new web portal design...
An introduction to precision horticulture with a specific focus on orchard management software. The need for change is clear. As a sector, agriculture and forestry are responsible for 24% of global greenhouse gases while at the same time the world’s agriculture industry is being aske...
