a little passion goes a long way.


Here at FarmLogic, we are passionate people. Each of us has a passion for what we do and each of us has a passion for farming. 

What we most admire about farming, is the farmers and their unyielding passion for the work they do. They work from dusk until dawn making sure that we can eat each day. They work to make sure that we will have gas in our cars and paper to write on. They work for us. 

Without passion, there isn't much. One must have the drive and the love of what they do in order to give it their all. So, thank you farmers, thank you for being so passionate about your work so that we can be passionate about ours. 






Speaking of passion, this girl does amazing work with photos and agriculture. Check out her work here.

APPsolutely.


FarmLogic is dedicated to making farming easier and more efficient for farmers all over the world. This article taken from a blog perfectly describes why our apps are so important to us. 
Farmers’ almanacs have been a treasured source of information for people working on the land and even us city types for centuries. 
With their lists of what to plant and when, rainfall patterns, homespun wisdom and astronomical – and even astrological – data, they were often invaluable. And even when they weren’t, they were usually interesting and entertaining, like Benjamin Franklin’s renowned Poor Richard’s Almanac.
But times have changed. Instead of a book telling them when the rainfall is right for them to plant their crops, farmers these days have a variety of mobile apps to guide them. 
Many of the apps are developed by farming product manufacturers or retailers, as a way to help farmers use the products correctly, getting better value or reducing environmental impacts. Using various business models, these businesses can provide the apps free as added value for existing customers or as a promotional tool for prospective customers. Or even sell the apps, when they are considered good enough.
It all adds another dimension to the term “cash cow”.

the world needs farmers.

Farm Futures Blog


Seven Challenges for the World


Are we headed down the road to peace and prosperity? Or is the world headed for unimaginable trouble?

Maybe a little of both, says Johanna Nesseth Tuttle, vice president at foreign policy think tank Center for Strategic & International Studies. She says the world faces seven key challenges going forward, and all of them hold both promise and potential peril. When conversation starts to lull this weekend, dive into some of these big picture items.

1) Human population: The world had around 150 million people around the time of Julius Caesar, and only 2 billion by the Great Depression. We reached 7 billion just last year. The world will have 7.7 billion people by 2020, 8.5 billion in 2030, 8.9 billion in 2040, and 9.3 billion in 2050, when population begins to stabilize. In 1950 most people lived in rich nations; today, rapidly growing developing countries have more people and those regions will have the lion's share of population growth going forward. In 1950, life expectancy was 46.5 years. Today life expectancy is around 70, and will be around 75 years of age by 2050. The year 2008 was the first time more people lived in urban areas than rural, 51 versus 49%. By 2050, that will shift to 70% urban and 30% rural. That 70% will be the same number of people living in cities that live on the entire planet today.


The people need farmers. 

2) Resource management in food, water and energy: The U.S. can produce 5 times as much food as it did in 1910 using only 1.5 times the resources we used then. But the troubling aspect today is that we have a billion obese and a billion hungry people in the world today, mostly in China and India. There are more malnourished people in India than all of sub-Saharan Africa.  Two-thirds of the world's hungry live in seven countries. Water is the critical resource. Out of one gallon in the world, only 3% is fresh water, and only a few drops of that water would be acceptable to humanity. Roughly 70% of that water goes to agriculture, 20% to industry, the rest to cities and municipalities. Americans use 600 liters of water daily compared to 135 liters in India and 86 liters per day in China. The competition for clean water will rise as China grows its economy. We have to find, save or secure 30% more water by the year 2030 in order to meet demand. In 2011, U.S. energy was 5% nuclear, 11% renewables, and 84% from coal, oil and natural gas (fossil fuels). In 2008, for the first time in history, demand for energy was higher from developing countries than industrialized countries. China is installing one new coal plant per week.

Farmers feed the world.

3) Technology revolution (computation, robotics, nanotechnology and biotechnology): In 1997 the fastest computer in the world took up three rooms and could do 1 trillion calculations per second; today it is the size of your thumbnail. The iphone today has more computational power than the entire U.S.  Air Defense command did in 1965. In 1995 there were 90 million cell phones worldwide; today there are 6 billion (with only 7 billion people!) and about one third are 'smart' phones.  The need to help amputees returning from war has driven recent improvements in robotics. In 2003 the genome was decoded and in 2010 a new synthetic life was created out of nothing with the help of genetic advancements. Nanotech is a new revolution. It means, in short, microchips smaller than the "D" in a dime. Using faster and smaller microchips for advances in science and new innovation is only beginning.

Farming has evolved. 

4) Information and knowledge:  Right now we create 2.7 zetabytes of information a year – the same amount of info you would create if every person in the United States would tweet 40 times a minute for 40,000 years. Currently about 2 billion people in the world have access to the internet. Internet connectivity drops off in South America, Africa and Asia. According to U.S. department of labor, today's children will have 10 to 14 jobs by age 38, and keeping up with science and technology will be more and more important. Craig Barrett, former chairman of the board at Intel, says 90% of the products delivered by Intel on Dec. 31 did not even exist on Jan. 1st of that same year.

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5) Global economics: Today countries hang together or hang separately; there is no way to separate from the world. Former secretary of state Henry Kissinger says that there is a system of linkages that exist today that no previous generation has had to face.  Global trade has changed the way we think and live. Inter-Asian trade has tripled in recent years. Car ownership today is 80% in United States, 60% in Europe, and 6% in China. Last year General Motors sold more cars in China than they did in the United States. With further increases in wealth, consumption will rise worldwide.

Our customers are everywhere. 

6) Debt driving economic trends: Emerging economies have falling debt. Developed, "rich" countries are saddled with not only too much debt, but also aging populations and unsustainable pension systems. That debt will continue to soar over the next several years. The G7 (seven most wealthy countries) will have up to 200% of GDP as debt; how they manage defense systems, foreign assistance and general governance will be a tremendous challenge. Countries with little debt will be more agile and be in the driver's seat.

7) Security: We have historical patterns of rivalries between countries. In the past this manifested itself as war; later, as the cold war with the Soviet Union. If we can make a break from those traditional patterns what will future relationships look like? Will economics be the new battleground? China wants all territorial claims in the South China sea because of the vast resources there; however, other countries are jostling for the same resources. Obviously traditional weapons still exist, but most of the problems today revolve around weak governments, drugs, human trafficking and corruption. All of it feeds into incredible security challenges for the future. Cyber security, or advanced computer hacking, causes harm for national security and financial levels.


The world needs farmers to survive. Support America's farmers. 








a little fun break.

Fun Farming Facts
  • The average person consumes 584 pounds of dairy products in a year
  • Today's American farmer feeds about 155 people worldwide. This number is up from 25.8 in 1960
  • One acre of soybeans can produce 82,368 crayons
  • One bushel of corn will sweeten more than 400 cans of soda
  • In the United States, 94% of ag products sold are produced on farms and are owned by individuals or families
  • Two million people farm or ranch in the United States
  • Nearly 30 percent of today's farmers and ranchers have attended college, with over half of this group obtaining a degree.


Thank a farmer.










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