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Aggregating data and improving Results

Agworld

Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries	Agriculture
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Farm Monitoring & Precision Farming
Services	Data Science Services
Challenge	The Roberts’ family farming operation captured data, but mainly in excel spreadsheets together with a total of 55 separate apps. When Ben Roberts joined the family farm, he was determined to make the process of capturing and utilizing data easier and derive more value from the farm data in the end. The family was using excel spreadsheets, which were difficult to update and understand for anyone else but the person who created them. Ben Roberts wanted to be able to drive into a field, see where he was at, click on the field, and have the year-to-date information right there in front of him. Read More
About Customer	Ben Roberts is part of the ‘Roberts Legacy’ family farming operation in Beaver, Utah. What was originally started by Ben’s grandfather as a 150acre farm with 100 cows together with his brother, is now a much larger operation run by Ben together with father Don, cousin Tyler and uncle David. The family now milks nearly 1,000 cows, as part of a 5,000 strong herd that also comprises beef cattle, 2 hog barns of 10,000 hogs each, a compost business, a gas station and 5,000 acres of cropping. But, that’s not all; Ben and Don also run an agricultural consultancy business that actively consults in projects from Mexico to as far away as Algeria. Read More
Solution	After trying different farm management apps and other solutions, Ben Roberts heard about Agworld through his agronomist T.J. Bingham and could see the power within the program. Soon after, the family decided to implement Agworld at the same time as their farm inputs supplier, Valley Agronomics. Because they now utilize Agworld, they’re able to limit the number of spreadsheets and other apps they use; everything is getting collected in Agworld. Because all this data is now centralized on the same platform, they’re able to track their finances better on a per-acre basis so they know exactly what’s going on in each field. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Agriculture

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Farm Monitoring & Precision Farming

Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

The Roberts’ family farming operation captured data, but mainly in excel spreadsheets together with a total of 55 separate apps. When Ben Roberts joined the family farm, he was determined to make the process of capturing and utilizing data easier and derive more value from the farm data in the end. The family was using excel spreadsheets, which were difficult to update and understand for anyone else but the person who created them. Ben Roberts wanted to be able to drive into a field, see where he was at, click on the field, and have the year-to-date information right there in front of him.

About Customer

Ben Roberts is part of the ‘Roberts Legacy’ family farming operation in Beaver, Utah. What was originally started by Ben’s grandfather as a 150acre farm with 100 cows together with his brother, is now a much larger operation run by Ben together with father Don, cousin Tyler and uncle David. The family now milks nearly 1,000 cows, as part of a 5,000 strong herd that also comprises beef cattle, 2 hog barns of 10,000 hogs each, a compost business, a gas station and 5,000 acres of cropping. But, that’s not all; Ben and Don also run an agricultural consultancy business that actively consults in projects from Mexico to as far away as Algeria.

Solution

After trying different farm management apps and other solutions, Ben Roberts heard about Agworld through his agronomist T.J. Bingham and could see the power within the program. Soon after, the family decided to implement Agworld at the same time as their farm inputs supplier, Valley Agronomics. Because they now utilize Agworld, they’re able to limit the number of spreadsheets and other apps they use; everything is getting collected in Agworld. Because all this data is now centralized on the same platform, they’re able to track their finances better on a per-acre basis so they know exactly what’s going on in each field.

Impact #1	By being able to aggregate all important farm data in Agworld, Ben is able to get accurate overviews and reports from Agworld whenever he needs them.
Impact #2	Because of the availability of data at all times, the on-farm decisionmaking process has improved; especially when decisions need to be made on the fly.
Impact #3	Having this knowledge enables them to see what each field produces and which fields need to be changed out for example, but also whether they’re getting their money’s worth out of certain chemicals or fertilizers.

Impact #1

By being able to aggregate all important farm data in Agworld, Ben is able to get accurate overviews and reports from Agworld whenever he needs them.

Impact #2

Because of the availability of data at all times, the on-farm decisionmaking process has improved; especially when decisions need to be made on the fly.

Impact #3

Having this knowledge enables them to see what each field produces and which fields need to be changed out for example, but also whether they’re getting their money’s worth out of certain chemicals or fertilizers.

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Aggregating data and improving Results

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