Aggregating data and improving Results
Customer Company Size
SME
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Agworld
Tech Stack
- Data Aggregation
- Data Analysis
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Cost Savings
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
About The 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.
The 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.
The 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.
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