Kicking off the year with our first in a series of integrations planned to make Farmable your go-to system to manage your farm data in one place. We started with the integration of weather stations. 2023 will be the year where Farmable starts working with the rest of the AgTech ecosystem. Our farm management features […]
2022 farming season: a year in review
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 management practices. We know this is the time of year when […]
How thinning impacts harvest, and one way to make it better
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 […]
Planning to save time: Farmable delivering solutions in task planning, management, and recording
“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 […]
From growers to growers: a founder interview
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 […]
2021 in review: Digital farming is better for covid
Challenging farming, but digital progress Farmer using Farm Management Platform 2021 proved a challenging year for most of the farmers we talk to. It’s a little scary to see how our own farming problems at home seem to be the same all over the world; seasonal labour is hard to access, cost of fertilizers and […]
Digital tools as drivers of financial control in fruit growing
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 […]
Agtech that Listens
Matt Fealy, a commercial mango and avocado grower from Australia, shares his experience piloting Farmable’s orchard management app in his horticulture business. According to Matt Fealy, “the most critical feature for any AgTech is that it’s built by a team that listens to its users”. Farmable is the latest agtech player to arrive in Australia. […]
Starting the journey into digitising a fruit farm
Florian, a German fruit grower, talks about his experience with Farmable and how it differs from many traditional farm management systems. In 1938, Johannes Watzig founded a 15-hectare arable farm right on the border between Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. Today, Christoph and Florian Watzig, from the third and fourth generations respectively, run the […]