Custom software for large-scale farms, agricultural co-operatives, agri-input suppliers, food processors, and agri-tech companies who need farm management, precision agriculture, and supply chain traceability built for how agricultural businesses actually operate.
Farm management software with crop planning, field records, input tracking, and harvest reporting
Precision agriculture with IoT soil sensors, weather data, drone imagery, and variable rate application
Farm-to-fork supply chain traceability with batch tracking and food safety compliance
Livestock management, agri-marketplace platforms, and agricultural ERP for integrated operations
What you can count on
Retention
3+ years
Average client relationship across active accounts
First milestone
Week 1
A straight read on what to keep and what to rebuild
Pricing
Fixed price
Scope and cost agreed before work starts
Team
No handoffs
The senior engineers who scope the build also ship it
Managing crop records, field activities, input costs, and harvest data across hundreds of fields in spreadsheets because your current system can't handle your scale or crop mix?
Customers and regulators demanding farm-to-fork traceability for every batch you ship, but your current systems can't link the field record to the processing record to the outbound shipment?
Short answer
RaftLabs builds custom agriculture software: farm management for hundreds of fields, precision-ag IoT sensor platforms, farm-to-fork traceability, livestock management, and agricultural ERP. US FSMA traceability compliance costs the food sector an estimated $570 million a year (FDA, 2022). We launch a validated v1 in 12 to 16 weeks, then iterate. Fixed cost, typically $35,000 to $250,000 by scope.
When the scale of your operation outgrows what generic farm software can model
Agricultural operations at scale generate data that generic farm management apps can't handle. Hundreds of fields across multiple properties, dozens of crop varieties with different agronomic requirements, IoT sensors generating continuous soil and weather data. Supply chain traceability obligations require linking every batch from field application records through to the supermarket shelf.
The spreadsheet approach that works for a 100-hectare family farm breaks down entirely when applied to a 10,000-hectare corporate farming operation or a co-operative managing the aggregated production of 200 member farms.
We build the software that scales with the operation. Not a bigger version of a small-farm app, but a system designed for the data volumes, the multi-entity structure, and the compliance requirements of large-scale agriculture.
01 Diagnosis
Problems we solve for agricultural businesses
01
Problem
Crop and yield data captured on paper or in spreadsheets, with no link to input planning or harvest analysis
Solution
When crop records live in paper field books or disconnected spreadsheets, that data can't feed into input cost calculations or yield comparisons across the rotation. The information exists, but it's inaccessible when decisions need to be made. When records are captured digitally against the field identity, the same spray application log also updates the input cost per hectare and contributes to yield analysis at harvest. No additional data entry needed.
02
Problem
Food safety compliance records assembled retrospectively instead of captured in real time
Solution
FSMA, GlobalG.A.P., and retailer-specific schemes require records that are complete, attributable, and available on demand. When an auditor arrives and the compliance pack has to be assembled from paper logs and emails, gaps appear. According to the FDA's Regulatory Impact Analysis for the FSMA Food Traceability Rule (Federal Register, November 2022), compliance costs the industry an estimated $570 million per year. Some small producers incur costs exceeding 1% of their annual revenue, and that burden falls hardest on operations that still rely on paper-based records. When compliance records are a natural output of the operational record (every spray captured with product, rate, operator, and field), the audit pack generates from live data. No scrambling, no gaps.
03
Problem
Equipment maintenance and field operations coordination managed through phone calls and whiteboards
Solution
Maintenance schedules on whiteboards and field tasks assigned by phone mean jobs get missed and machinery goes down at the worst times. When equipment records and field operations run through one system, planned maintenance triggers automatically, and farm managers can allocate work across teams, track completion, and adjust the plan when weather or machinery availability changes.
04
Problem
Supply chain traceability stops at the farm gate, leaving you exposed on recalls and retailer audits
Solution
When field records, processing records, and outbound shipments sit in separate systems, tracing a batch to its origin takes hours. Retailers and food service customers don't give you hours. When traceability spans from field application record through to the customer invoice, a recall trace takes seconds. Retailer audit packs generate from live data rather than compiled from memory.
02 What we ship
Agriculture software we ship
01
Farm management software
Farm management platform covering the full agricultural year: crop plan by field and variety, planned versus actual field activities (cultivation, planting, spraying, harvesting), input records with product, rate, operator, and equipment, and yield data by field and variety at harvest. Field mapping includes parcel boundaries, soil type zones, and historical yield data to support agronomic decision-making across the rotation. Input cost tracking per field and per crop means the margin calculation at harvest reflects the actual cost of production, not an estimate. Activity scheduling and operator task management let farm managers allocate work across teams, track completion, and adjust when weather or machinery availability changes. Integration with farm machinery telemetry, where available, records activities automatically rather than through manual logging. Regulatory record-keeping for cross-compliance and environmental scheme obligations is built into the farm record, not maintained as a separate compliance file.
02
Precision agriculture and IoT integration
Precision agriculture platform connecting soil sensors, weather stations, drone imagery, and satellite data into a single operational view for agronomic decision-making. Soil moisture, temperature, and nutrient sensor data is visualized at field and zone level with alert thresholds for irrigation trigger points and nutrient deficiency indicators. Variable rate application maps generate from soil sampling data and yield maps, exported in formats compatible with the precision application equipment on your machinery fleet. Weather station integration supplies local field-level data to supplement regional forecast data for spray timing decisions and frost risk assessments. Drone and satellite imagery analysis provides crop health monitoring with NDVI trend data by field and growth stage. Irrigation scheduling automation runs from soil moisture data and evapotranspiration calculations for operations where water use efficiency is a cost or regulatory concern.
03
Supply chain and farm-to-fork traceability
Farm-to-fork traceability platform linking field-level records (variety, seed lot, chemical applications, harvest date, field identity) to processing and packing records, and from there to the outbound batch and the customer invoice. Batch management runs from harvest through to despatch: lot creation at intake, processing steps with inputs and outputs recorded, quality test results, packing specifications, and product labeling all linked to the originating field record. The system flags harvest events where the pre-harvest interval for any applied product has not yet elapsed. On a recall, the system identifies every batch sharing the same field origin, processing run, or input lot within seconds. Retailer and food service compliance requirements (GlobalGAP, BRCGS, SQF) are supported by an audit trail built into every transaction, not assembled from separate record systems.
04
Livestock management
Livestock management platform for cattle, sheep, pig, and poultry enterprises covering individual animal records, herd and flock management, health events, breeding, and production data. Individual animal records link birth, movement, treatment, and production history to the animal identifier (RFID tag, ear tag, or electronic ID) for regulatory compliance and production performance tracking. Herd health management records veterinary treatments, withdrawal periods, and medicine inventory. Every treatment is recorded against the animal with the product, dose, and withdrawal date so slaughter or milk eligibility is confirmed at any point. Breeding records cover service dates, pregnancy diagnosis, expected and actual calving dates, and progeny performance linked back to sire and dam records for genetic improvement tracking. Movement recording and regulatory compliance for cattle and sheep movement licenses includes electronic submission to the relevant livestock movement recording system where regulatory integration is available.
05
Agricultural marketplace platform
Agricultural marketplace platform connecting buyers and sellers of commodities, inputs, land, and agricultural services. Built for the specific transaction structures of agricultural commerce, not a generic e-commerce template. Commodity listing covers grade specification, quantity, location, and pricing (fixed price, negotiated, or auction) with buyer inquiry and offer management through the platform. Quality specification management and sample request workflow handle transactions where buyers need to confirm product specification before committing to a purchase. Contract and documentation management generates sale contracts, delivery instructions, and payment terms from the agreed transaction and stores them against the deal record. Logistics integration covers transport booking and freight management where the platform handles end-to-end delivery coordination.
06
Agricultural ERP and operations management
Integrated agricultural ERP covering the full business operation for farming companies, co-operatives, and agri-input suppliers who need farm management, finance, procurement, and sales management in one connected system rather than separate platforms requiring manual bridging. Co-operative management handles organizations managing pooled grain, shared input purchasing, and member account management: member deliveries recorded at intake, allocated to pool lots, and pool settlement calculated and distributed to member accounts at sale. Procurement and inventory management covers purchase order management, stock control, and cost allocation to the farm record at point of use. Financial reporting includes cost of production analysis, gross margin by enterprise, and financial statements ready for bank reporting and management review.
03 How we work
How we build agriculture software
01
Discovery
We map your operation: farm structure, crop mix, IoT infrastructure, supply chain traceability requirements, and compliance obligations. We identify where data gaps create the most decision-making cost or compliance risk, and agree on the scope that delivers the most operational value first. You receive a fixed-price specification before development begins.
02
Architecture
We design the data model around your actual farm structure (fields, parcels, varieties, input records, and harvest data) before writing code. For IoT integration, we design the sensor data ingestion, storage, and visualization architecture at this stage. Traceability data models need to support the audit requirements of your specific certification scheme from day one.
03
Build
Development runs in two-week sprints with working software shown at each checkpoint. The farm management module, IoT data platform, traceability system, and equipment tracking tools are built and tested in parallel where dependencies allow. Integrations with machinery telematics and sensor systems are built and tested against live data feeds during the build phase.
04
Launch and support
Go-live is phased to avoid disruption during critical operational periods: planting and harvest seasons. We provide documentation and onboarding for farm managers, agronomists, and operations staff. Post-launch support covers bug fixes and adjustments from real-world use across the full agricultural year, with handover to your team or an ongoing arrangement.
Across dozens of industries and 100+ products, we recognise your situation fast, then frame the fix around your margin and your operations, not a generic template.
02
We own the number, not the ticket
We measure success the way you do: hours saved, revenue earned, margin recovered. We stay through launch and growth, so the result is ours to own.
03
Serious businesses trust us
Vodafone, T-Mobile, Cisco, Energia, Aldi, Nike. Building since 2015, 100+ products in production. Serious businesses keep coming back because we stay accountable long after launch.
05 Questions
Frequently asked questions
Farmbrite, Granular, and AgriWebb handle common farm management workflows well for operations that fit within their data model. Custom software is the right choice when your operation's scale, structure, or commercial requirements don't fit. That includes a co-operative managing member farms rather than a single entity, a farm-to-fork business where traceability needs to span your own production and contracted growers, a precision agriculture operation with IoT sensor volumes that generic platforms weren't built to handle, or an agricultural marketplace you're building as a commercial product rather than an internal tool. If you're spending more time working around the platform than working with it, that's the clearest signal that custom makes sense.
Yes. We integrate with major farm machinery telematics platforms (John Deere Operations Center, CNH AFS, AGCO Fuse, and Trimble Ag) via their developer APIs where integration access is available. For precision application, we export variable rate application maps in formats compatible with the ISO-XML standard used by most modern field computers, and import as-applied data from machinery to record actual versus planned application rates. The integration specification is agreed with your agronomic and machinery team before development starts.
Yes. We design the traceability data model around the specific certification requirements for your supply chain: GlobalGAP for fresh produce, BRCGS or SQF for food processors, and any customer-specific traceability requirements your major retail or food service customers impose. The traceability audit trail is built into every transaction rather than assembled retrospectively, so the audit pack for a GlobalGAP inspection or a customer recall query generates from live data rather than compiled from paper records.
A farm management platform covering field records, crop planning, input tracking, and harvest reporting typically runs $35,000 to $70,000. Adding IoT sensor integration and a precision agriculture dashboard typically adds $25,000 to $50,000 depending on sensor types and data volume. A full farm-to-fork traceability platform with retailer certification compliance typically runs $60,000 to $120,000. An integrated agricultural ERP covering farm management, co-operative member accounting, procurement, and financial reporting is scoped individually and typically runs $120,000 to $250,000. Every project is priced at a fixed cost agreed before development starts.
Agricultural IoT data volumes are significant. Sensors generating readings every few minutes across hundreds of fields produce millions of data points per season. We build the ingestion, storage, and query architecture to handle that volume from the start: time-series storage optimized for sensor data, aggregation pipelines that produce agronomic dashboards without querying raw data on every page load, and alert thresholds evaluated in real time rather than in batch. The sensor infrastructure assessment is part of discovery.
Talk to us about your agriculture software project.
Tell us your operation type (farm, co-operative, agri-input supplier, or food processor) and the operational or compliance problem you need to solve. We'll tell you what we'd build and how.
Scope and cost agreed before work starts. No surprises. No obligation.
Working prototype within 3 weeks of kickoff.
Pay by milestone. You see progress before each invoice.
60-day post-launch warranty. Bug fixes, UI tweaks, and deployment support. No retainer.
