If you grow apples in Michigan or New York, it’s time to simplify your harvest. November 1, 2024 It’s harvest season for apples and millions of crates of fruit are being picked and loaded into packhouses and cold storage. How do you keep track of it all? Solutions can range from expensive barcode systems to […]
The importance of fit-for-purpose farm management software
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 […]
How Farmable makes daily tasks less daunting for one of our South African Farms, Bekker Group
A growers success story The Bekker Group is comprised of Wording Boerdery and Toitskraal Sitrus, centred in Marble Hall, South Africa. The farm spans approximately 450 ha of production, primarily growing citrus and wheat, with canola added more recently. Their citrus varieties include lemons, soft citrus, navels, and Valencias. The main citrus season runs from […]
Award-winning Australian business is streamlining farm audits
Learn more about how Manbulloo farm managers are leveraging technology to reduce time and stress associated with farm audits. Manbulloo is the leading grower of Kensington Pride mangoes across Australia. The business consists of seven family-owned mixed mango and avocado farms. Just one of these farms is home to 65,000 mango trees, to give you […]
Is your farm harvest ready? This is the season you ditch your clipboard.
Manage harvest season without the headache of paper-based timesheets. Farmable Teams & Timesheets is a digital tool designed for orchard farmers. As the harvest season approaches, it’s crucial to ensure that your team is ready to hit the ground running. Efficiently managing work hours, tracking productivity, and ensuring that every task is documented accurately can […]
The 100 Year Old Farm that is Future-Ready
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 […]
Profitability in agriculture: Keeping Control over Chemical Usage
Tom Fannon shares his experience with managing the cost and consumption of chemical products on the farm; to keep both compliant and profitable. Tom Fannon is the Owner and Manager at Fannon Agriculture, a 38-hectare apple and pear farm near Maidstone, Kent, UK. He didn’t grow up in a farming family or have an operation […]
Run-down to Future-ready: Zest Macadamias Farm
Feature Story: Zest Macadamias with Fiona Grigg & Richard Cobcroft It started with a curiosity for farming and a keen interest to learn something new in the second half of their careers. Experienced entrepreneurs Fiona Grigg and Richard Cobcroft built a successful healthcare business together before considering a new venture in farming. In 2019, they […]
Obstbauer Wedeking: Making Harvest Teams More Efficient
A customer success story of how Obstbauer Wedeking used Farmable to manage their harvest teams and get a better overview of their harvest progress in 2022. Obstbauer Wedeking – picking Obstbauer Wedeking is a family farm located in Lower Saxony, Germany. In 1994, they started their fruit farm in Hameln with a small strawberry field. […]