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 […]
I didn’t become a farmer until I was 37. And up until that point, I have to admit I wasn’t even very interested in it. In the early parts of my career, I thought I wanted to reach the top of the corporate ladder. I didn’t reach the top, and now I don’t want to […]
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, we can finally estimate what we were […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 that I found […]
“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 lightly on farm safety and […]
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 […]
