Hey everyone — I'm working on a project called irriGATE and would love feedback from actual farmers and ag folks (not just my classmates 😅).

The idea: drone-based multispectral/thermal imagery to catch dry zones early and cut water waste from runoff, evaporation, and deep percolation — basically turning aerial data into smarter irrigation decisions.

If you work in farming, agronomy, or ag research, I'd really appreciate 5 minutes to fill this out — it's mostly quick multiple choice with a couple open questions: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MPNV9GZ

Happy to answer questions in the comments, and thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time!

I have worked for many years on crop modeling, climate variability, prediction, and agricultural decision-support systems. More recently, I have been focusing on how AI, machine learning, remote sensing, digital twins, and data-driven methods can be combined with agricultural science.

I recently started an educational YouTube channel, Digital Agriculture and AI Lab, where I share short, practical videos on topics such as AI in agriculture, precision agriculture, crop modeling, smart irrigation, remote sensing, digital twins, and climate-smart agriculture.

I would be very interested to hear from this community: where do you currently see the greatest practical value of AI in agriculture?

Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalAgAILab

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Bryan

Hi everyone,

Over the past few months, I’ve been working on Agrocore, an open-source management software for agriculture, farming, and land management, built entirely with Rust.

Why build this?

Many existing agricultural systems are either expensive, proprietary cloud platforms that hold your data hostage, or outdated systems that lack flexibility. I wanted to build a modern, self-hostable, and privacy-first solution that puts control back into the hands of farmers and homesteaders.

Key Highlights

• Built in Rust: Designed for performance, safety, and reliability on light edge-hardware.
• Modular Architecture: Core data engine with extensible modules for crop tracking, machinery maintenance, and resource planning.
• Self-Hostable: Keep complete ownership of your agricultural and operational data.

Tech Stack

• Language: Rust
• Repository:https://github.com/peopleandpixel/agrocore-rs

Looking for Feedback & Contributors

The project is still in active development. I’d love to get feedback from the community:

1. What features would you consider essential for open-source farm management?
2. Any Rust developers interested in contributing to early architecture decisions or module design?

Feel free to check out the repo, star it if you find it interesting, or drop your thoughts below!

China has launched CottonMind 1.0, a specialised #AI platform designed to connect cotton research, breeding, field diagnostics and farmer advisory services through a single digital system.

Developed by the Institute of cotton Research of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the platform includes a web-based research interface and a mobile mini-programme for growers.

Its cotton-focused knowledge base contains 41,680 research papers, more than 2,000 patents and standards, 559 specialised books and 1,806 approved cotton-variety records.

Farmers can use the platform to ask crop-management questions, upload images for preliminary diagnosis and consult agricultural specialists.

Researchers can use it to search scientific literature and connect information on genes, traits, varieties, cultivation and plant-health issues.

CottonMind supports Chinese, English, Uyghur and Uzbek, potentially improving access to technical information across major cotton-growing regions.

The developers plan to further expand the platform’s analytical capabilities and precision services, aiming to shorten the gap between cotton research and practical farm-level decision-making.

I built Groundtruth.
Disclosure up front: this is not a stealth ad.

Most AgTech for small produce is a hosted calendar:

Standing orders spawn next week.
The phone writes.
Stripe lives in someone else’s tenant.
That’s a real product.
It’s also a different constitution than a perishable wholesale desk.

The constraint I would not break:

One PC is the only writer.
The farm file is the books.
Replay the event log against the projection, and the screen is allowed to go red if they drift.
Connection state — Stripe keys, farm display name, etc. — is config, not farm truth.
Import refuses a foreign dump.

What that looks like on a wiped machine:

Empty on purpose.
No demo venue.
No seed inventory.
No invented calm zero.
First actions:
→ Venue
→ Standing or sample
→ Sow to cover demand
→ First wholesale order

The domain that’s easy to get wrong — and calendar apps usually flatten:

• Standing demand is weekly and undated.
A wholesale line is dated.
Those are not the same object.

• Harvest is crop-first. Pack is customer-first.
What the knife cuts vs. who gets the trays.
Both are printed from the same ordered-for-today read.
No second “cut” event kind.

• Leftover is actual harvested ounces.
Listed off the harvested tray, then collected on that row.
Not a guaranteed-yield leftover cap.

• Health is computed.
Healthy is not the default skin.
Stack, short:
Rust/Tauri + SQLite event log
React desk
Local-first
Free
No paid SaaS as the source of truth
Live card keys are still off.
Collect is test-mode on purpose.
I’m not claiming this replaces a multi-seat van + live invoicing suite.

Those products win at:
“Less thinking on Sunday.”
This is aimed at:
“Less lying on Monday.”
If you work on farm software:
How do you keep standing orders (rate) and wholesale orders (date) from collapsing into one table?
That collapse is the lie I kept hitting.

🌱 Building a 2-Acre Aeroponic Vertical Farm in India — Looking for Feedback & Potential investors

I’m currently developing a 2-acre climate-controlled polyhouse vertical farming project in India using aeroponic tower technology.

The goal is to produce premium vegetables year-round for the Indian market, with the potential to expand into export markets in the future.

The planned system will include:

• Aeroponic vertical towers

• Climate-controlled polyhouse

• Automated monitoring and nutrient management

• Cold storage and packaging

• B2B distribution

• Future export capabilities

The project is targeting some major advantages over conventional farming:

💧 Up to ~95% lower water consumption through recirculation and precision delivery.

📈 Approximately 4–5× higher production density per unit of ground area, depending on crop and system design.

⏱️ Faster and more predictable growing cycles for suitable crops through controlled environmental conditions.

🌍 The initial focus will be India, targeting premium retailers, hotels, restaurants, distributors and institutional buyers, with a long-term goal of serving suitable international markets.

I’m currently exploring pre-seed funding and strategic partnerships and would really value feedback from people who have experience in:

• Vertical farming

• Aeroponics

• Controlled-environment agriculture

• Agritech investing

• B2B food distribution

• Agriculture exports

If you have experience in this industry, what would you focus on first when evaluating a project like this?

I’m also open to connecting privately with potential investors or strategic partners who are genuinely interested in the project.

Happy to share more details about the farm design, crop plan, CAPEX/OPEX and financial model.

🌱 Building the future of farming in India.

Hello everyone! My name is Ethan Hansen, and I am an Agronomy Student at South Dakota State University. Throughout my coursework and experience I have developed a fairly strong background in building Excel spreadsheets. I have been thinking about offering custom Excel spreadsheets built specifically around individual farm operations.

If there is data you have been tracking and want to be more organized, I would be able to tailor a spreadsheet to your liking in order to improve organization and efficiency in your operation. These would be beneficial to track things such as planting dates, input costs, yields, expenses, or general field records among others. On top of record keeping, I also have experience with building spreadsheets that automatically calculate grain moisture, shrink, pesticide/fertilizer rates, nutrient removal rates, yield potential, etc. 

These are just some of the things I have done in the past. If there is something you currently track, or have always wanted a better way to track, I would be open to ideas and suggestions. The purpose behind this would be to build a spreadsheet specific to an operation and its record keeping strategy. 

I am mainly trying to gauge interest right now as I am unsure if farmers would find this service useful. If you have something you think would work well in Excel, I would be interested in hearing about it. I can provide examples of my past projects upon request. 

Essentially enter in your location, acres, and farming practices. Our database orders what programs work best for your situation and groups them into federal, state, and private. You can also track the amount of funding your county has received, this is good for EQIP CSP application.

What is everyone's thoughts on this and what should be added?

Check it out for yourself! grantsnap.app

I work with Agrellus, a U.S.-based agricultural company, so I want to be upfront about my connection.

We’re trying to better understand what producers actually need when purchasing inputs—not just what companies assume they need.

When comparing fertilizer, chemicals, and other inputs online, what matters most to you: transparent pricing, local fulfillment, product availability, verified sellers, or access to support?

More importantly, what would make you avoid using an online marketplace altogether?

I’m not dropping a sales link—just looking for honest feedback from people who actually purchase inputs for a farm.

I built Pastkeep after looking at how much of UK herd/flock record-keeping (movements, medicine records, weights, breeding) still happens on paper or in spreadsheets, especially on smaller farms where an incumbent tool feels like overkill.

It's aimed at farms in roughly the 50–500 head range — tracks animal records, weight/ADG, health events with withdrawal periods, breeding dates, and produces records for BCMS/ScotEID/EIDCymru and assurance-scheme checks. It's built to be usable one-handed on a phone in a yard, and works offline when signal's patchy.

To be upfront: it's early — a record you can produce for an inspection, not a guarantee that every rule is current, so treat it as a helper, not a replacement for knowing your own obligations.

It's free to try right now, no card needed: https://herdbook-delta.vercel.app/

Genuinely want to know: does this match a real gap for your farm, or is there something an incumbent already does better that I'm missing? Brutal honesty welcome.

For those building tools for small-to-mid crop operations: field input friction is always the main hurdle.

​Without getting into complex tech setups, what input method have you found real farmers actually stick with during a busy season? Do they prefer quick voice memos, snapping photos, or simple tap inputs when working in the field?

https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/building-more-resilient-food-systems-with-precision-agriculture/73379/

Hello everyone i hope youre having a great day,
so as the title says i graduated from Agriculture engineering a week ago and i have been researching what courses to do and its been like a maze and i dont really know what to do so any help would be appreciated.
i also thought about going for a masters degree but it seems weird getting it without expirence.

Hello, everyone!

I am the founder of the tech startup Caeluma—an ERP and software development company. We have started building an ERP called Demeter Sys, an agribusiness management system covering machinery, inputs, harvests/crops, and finances. We have laid the system's foundation, and we will continue to share more details about it.

Note: In the header, the system is listed as HEAVEN, but that is the translation of Caeluma.

I’m looking for an API/provider offering 1–5 m multispectral satellite imagery for small agricultural AOIs, ideally without large minimum orders or expensive commitments.

The app currently uses Sentinel-2, but I’d like to add higher-resolution imagery for users with relatively small areas, usually around 20–50 ha.
PlanetScope 3 m would be a good fit, but I haven’t found a practical way to buy access at that scale.

I also tried SkyFi, but their EULA doesn’t allow my intended commercial use of derived imagery products.

Any Planet resellers or alternative providers worth checking?

Hi everyone,

I’m a Chilean Agricultural Engineer with a Master’s degree in AgroTIC from Bordeaux Sciences Agro in France. I’ve worked in Product and Data Analytics, as well as project management, mainly at the intersection of product, data, and real-world business needs — understanding user needs, analyzing how people use digital tools, and turning those insights into useful features.

That experience is actually a big part of why I started building Anadelia.

The idea behind it is simple: helping small businesses, entrepreneurs, and farmers keep better track of their activity, even if they’re not comfortable using digital tools.

One of my main goals was to make something that people who struggle with Excel or traditional management software could actually use without having to learn a complicated system.

That’s why Anadelia offers two ways to record sales and expenses.

For people who aren’t comfortable with technology, there are simple, guided forms that take them step by step through recording a sale or an expense.

For those who are more experienced or simply want to move faster, there’s also a direct entry option.

The idea is simple: guide you when you need it, and stay out of your way when you don’t.

🌱 Given my background in agriculture, I also built a Farm Record Book, where farmers can record field activities, observations, treatments, and inputs while keeping track of their production history and traceability.

I’m not trying to build another piece of software packed with features that most people will never use. The goal is the opposite: make it easy to record and understand what’s happening in your business, even if Excel, accounting, or management software isn’t your thing.

Anadelia is still growing, so feedback is extremely valuable to me. If something is confusing, unnecessarily complicated, or you think there’s something that would genuinely make it more useful, I’d love to hear it.

You can try it at www.anadelia.cl.

If you’re interested in actually using Anadelia for your business or farm, send me a message and I’d be happy to give you some free access so you can test it properly.

I’m also currently looking for a partner to join me in developing and growing Anadelia. So if the project resonates with you and you think you could bring something to it, feel free to reach out. I’d be happy to talk.

Any feedback, criticism, or suggestions are very welcome!

I have listed out polls, if there's any other opinion, kindly comment it.

I am looking for an agronomist manager from a large independent retailer more than 5 locations in western corn belt and TN/KY in usa
225$ for 30-45 mins
(USA; TN,KY,IA, NE, MN, KS, SD, MS)

I am looking for an agronomist manager from a large independent retailer more than 5 locations in western corn belt and TN/KY in usa
225$ for 30-45 mins
(USA; TN,KY,IA, NE, MN, KS, SD, MS)

https://www.channelafrica.co.za/channelafrica/news/fao-warns-of-digital-divide-in-african-agriculture/

Less than 10% of African farmers access digital services