100,000 jobs recorded is something we can all be proud of. Supporting farms to digitally document work on the farm will benefit the farming industry as a whole. May 16th, 2024 This week, we celebrate a great milestone at Farmable; our users have documented more than 100,000 farm jobs in our software. We think this […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This is the second part of a series on IPM. You can view the introduction to IPM in our previously available article here . Just as a recap Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a holistic approach to pest management that incorporates various methods to reduce pest populations and minimize the use of pesticides. It is […]
