The thing I wonder about is their rainfall accumulation feature (I haven't tried it so don't know the details).
They say you don't have to go check rain gauges. That using government weather station data and some sort of calculations, it is possible to show how much rain fell on a field.
Now this may very well be possible. But if it is I wonder how it's done (yes, I know they explain it...but I still wonder). And I wonder how accurate it is. Maybe it's accurate enough. But I'd love to see some side by sides with actual rain gauges. Government weather stations are not that close together and rainfall can vary even hundreds of yards apart. It would really suck to claim X inches of rain fell on a field so no water is necessary, when in reality it didn't happen. It seems like this could cause claims of reduced crop yields for which the provider is responsible. But maybe this works exactly as claimed. I don't know. If it does work as claimed it's an amazing feature.
It's a cool project for sure. One downside I see is that they are basically asking farmers to hand over their budgetary and production data (to be fair, Farmlogs says this data won't be sold). Having known some farmers, I see this being an issue with many and there will be a significant portion that will never use the product for this reason. On the other hand, many apparently will, so good for Farmlogs.
They say you don't have to go check rain gauges. That using government weather station data and some sort of calculations, it is possible to show how much rain fell on a field.
Now this may very well be possible. But if it is I wonder how it's done (yes, I know they explain it...but I still wonder). And I wonder how accurate it is. Maybe it's accurate enough. But I'd love to see some side by sides with actual rain gauges. Government weather stations are not that close together and rainfall can vary even hundreds of yards apart. It would really suck to claim X inches of rain fell on a field so no water is necessary, when in reality it didn't happen. It seems like this could cause claims of reduced crop yields for which the provider is responsible. But maybe this works exactly as claimed. I don't know. If it does work as claimed it's an amazing feature.
It's a cool project for sure. One downside I see is that they are basically asking farmers to hand over their budgetary and production data (to be fair, Farmlogs says this data won't be sold). Having known some farmers, I see this being an issue with many and there will be a significant portion that will never use the product for this reason. On the other hand, many apparently will, so good for Farmlogs.