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Watch Tower · Applied Intelligence for your Business · Farms and agribusinesses
A weekly operations brief for farms and agribusinesses
The goal: Get the right work done in the right window, keep equipment ready for the season, and know the cost of each field.
From week 4 you get a brief built from your own records: your goals, the KPIs with their assumptions, the options in front of you with their guardrails, and a 30-day agenda. Bifrost answers your team's questions about the same records, and shows how each number was worked out. We review it with you every week.
What you see
Bifrost in the Watch Tower Console
For owners and farm managers running crop and mixed operations
What it looks like for farms and agribusinesses
The KPIs, cards and questions below are examples of what we set up with you. The names and units are made up.
KPIs, with the assumption behind each
Cards on the work tracker
- Service the sprayer before the fall application windowShop lead · due Fri · Sprayer 2
- Complete pesticide safety training for the two seasonal hiresFarm manager · due Mon · Crew: seasonal
- Check bin 4 moisture and aerationGrain lead · due Wed · Bin 4
Records you already keep
- Field and crop records
- Equipment service records
- Input purchase records (seed, fertilizer, chemicals)
- Worker training records
Assets in the register
- Fields and farm sites
- Tractors, combines and sprayers
- Storage bins and sheds
- Crew members
Questions your team can ask Bifrost
- Which fields cost the most per acre last season?
- Which machines haven't been serviced since last harvest?
- Whose pesticide safety training expires before spring?
Bifrost answers from the records in your own workspace and shows how each number was worked out.
How it runs
Weekly brief, step by step
- Your records come in during week 1 and your goals and KPIs are set in week 2.
- Your first brief arrives in week 4, with the assumptions behind every number.
- Your team asks Bifrost about your own records, and each answer shows the records it used.
- We hold the weekly review with you and update the brief from what moved.
The barriers this crosses
- Use: What exactly would I use it for? We name the specific uses by role and by industry: the decision, the calculation, the plan, the brief.
- Consistency: Will this still be useful next week? We design AI into the daily system: the Console, the toolkits and the career plan people come back to, with customer success that follows up.
Rules and facts for farms and agribusinesses
What the records have to show
- The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 1,900,487 farms in the United States.Source: USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture
- Under EPA's Worker Protection Standard, agricultural workers and pesticide handlers must receive pesticide safety training every year.Source: EPA, Agricultural Worker Protection Standard
A summary for planning work, not legal advice. Check the source for the full rule and any state requirements.
Start
See it on a sample company first
Founding 10
$2,000 for setup and the first 3 months of Watch Tower, then $250/month. Ten places. We set up your team, goals and KPIs, asset register, map and work tracker with you, then review it with you every week.
Hardware implementation is quoted separately. Start with the demo; you can order from inside it.Open the free demoQuestions
Common questions
Does this replace our farm management software?
No. It reads what you already keep, from spreadsheets or exports, and puts the season's goals, equipment and work in one place with a weekly review.
Where do the answers come from?
Only from the records in your own workspace. Bifrost answers questions about them and shows the records it used and how each number was worked out, so your team can check it.
What does a brief look like before we pay?
Open the free demo: it runs on a fictional company in your industry, with a sample brief you can read end to end.
What does Watch Tower cost for farms and agribusinesses?
Founding 10 covers setup and the first 3 months in one payment, then a monthly price; the numbers are on this page and on the pricing page inside the demo. Hardware implementation is quoted separately.
More
More for farms and agribusinesses
- A work tracker for farms and agribusinesses
- An asset register and map for farms and agribusinesses
- Goals and KPIs for farms and agribusinesses, with the assumptions written down
- Everything for farms and agribusinesses
- Read a sample week-4 brief
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