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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Is Sea Buckthorn a superfood? Read about Seth’s discovery of a fruit crop that is nutritious, climate resilient and profitable on a small scale. Farmable community member, Seth Pascoe, discovered sea buckthorn while trekking in the Himalayas. This simple encounter was the start of his journey as a sea buckthorn grower. Read on to learn […]
In conversation with Rebecca Dumbrell, Agronomist from TGT Tolga, Australia We interviewed Rebecca Dumbrell for her thoughts on Agtech and how it supports her work in the field. Dumbrell has worked as an agronomist in both NSW and QLD after graduating from Charles Sturt University. Her experience spans horticulture, broadacre, plant and soil nutrition, soil […]
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 […]
Rachel Anderson reports on how the Farmable app is currently being trialled in the UK by Cambridgeshire top-fruit business, Alan Hudson Ltd. From powered harvesting aids to state-of-the-art sorting, grading, packing and processing machinery, new technologies are frequently developed to automate and improve the top-fruit industry. One of the latest innovations being made available is […]
