FarmLab

24/05/2025

🚀 Kicking off our speaker announcements for Down to Earth, we’re thrilled to welcome Andrew Skinner — agtech strategist and founder of More Than Machines.

Andrew’s been at the cutting edge of digital transformation across defence, health, manufacturing and agriculture for over 25 years. He’s now applying that knowledge to build Echidna — a locally tuned GenAI assistant built for agronomists and producers.

💡 Why it matters?
Echidna helps farmers make better, faster decisions by combining farm records, best practice data, and contextual insights. A practical AI tool designed to work on the land and support sustainable farming practices.

🎟️ Be in the room when Andrew dives into the future of AI in ag at Down to Earth, 18–19 June in the beautiful setting of Armidale, NSW.

👉 Limited tickets here: https://getfarmlab.com/downtoearth

01/05/2025

🌏 Down to Earth 2025 is here! 🌳

We’re bringing together farmers, agribusinesses, investors, and innovators to tackle the future of agriculture head-on — through soil, trees, and technology.

🗓️ 18–19 June 2025
📍 UNE SMART Farm, Armidale
🎟️ Only 50 spots available!

Join us for two days of connection, collaboration, and action — as we launch a bold collective challenge: sequester 1 million tonnes of CO₂e in the next 12 months.

Thanks to support from AgriFutures, tickets are heavily subsidised — making this an event you won’t want to miss.

Ready to get Down to Earth with us?
👉 Grab your ticket before they’re gone: https://getfarmlab.com/downtoearth/

We’re creating a non-traditional setting to bring together landowners, the agrifood supply chain and technology providers to generate meaningful conversation,

09/04/2025

Here's how you can automatically set your own high/medium/low ranges to colour-code your soil test results in FarmLab. 👇🚦✍️

04/04/2025

🌱 FarmLab SITREP – 4 April 2025
Here’s the dirt on what we’ve been up to this week:

📸 Mobile App Update:
We’ve officially launched a new feature in our mobile app – date, time, and location stamping on photos! This helps improve traceability and data accuracy in the field.

👉 Download the latest version from Google Play or the Apple App stores and check out how it works here:
https://community.getfarmlab.com/knowledge/how-to-use-fl-watermarking-of-photos

🎤 Our CEO, Sam, attended the ATSE conference this week, hearing from some brilliant minds in agtech. Highlights included talks on reducing cattle emissions, improving productivity, and the role of emerging technologies. Shoutout to inspiring founders like Dani from Zondii, Adam from Aquacultr, Jack from Provenance Propogation, and Bill Mitchell from Optiweigh👏

🐄 The ATSE conference kicked off with a visit to the UNE Smart Farms, where researchers are experimenting with pasture species to help reduce livestock emissions. And yes, that is a cow in a box (actually it's technically an emissions chamber).

🌏 Down to Earth Conference – Coming Soon: We’re counting down to our Down to Earth conference in Armidale, 18–19 June. Expect two days of hands-on sessions focused on satellites, trees, and soils. Stay tuned for more information and where to get tickets.

01/04/2025

Enhance your agronomic guidance with FarmLab by easily comparing yields across your fields using NDVI. 🛰️👇

19/03/2025

📍⛏️😀 Want to quickly and easily import your historic test results into FarmLab? Here's how!

11/03/2025

😪📄 Tired of dealing with all the paperwork required for sending soil and plant samples to a laboratory? Discover how to streamline the process by automatically creating your forms in FarmLab.

10/03/2025

😶🚀 Looking to elevate your soil testing with AI? Discover how to effortlessly decode your soil test results using the FarmLab Copilot.

09/03/2025

Want to quickly and easily set up your next client in FarmLab? Here’s how to get instant boundaries at the click of a button.

14/02/2025

FarmLab SITREP – 14 Feb 25
It’s been a busy few weeks for the team—here’s what we’ve been up to:

🌱 WA & SA Workshops – the team hit the road for the ‘Soil Carbon Debrief,’ catching up with growers and consultants across Western Australia & South Australia. Great to see project participants gaining deeper insights into their soils.

📈 Victorian Workshops. We teamed up with Peter Ronalds (InspiredAg) in Gippsland, where he shared impressive results from the SCARP program—showing an average 1.6 tonnes of carbon/ha/yr carbon increase over 10 years for growers in the program (the highest was 4.6 tC/ha/yr!)

🎓 The Soil Carbon Debrief Online Workshops Wrapped Up – If you missed them, don’t worry! Catch up here 👉 https://getfarmlab.com/post-project/

🖥️ Software Updates – We rolled out improvements to Analytics & Sample Hub, with even more exciting updates next week, including better farm access controls & improved stratification!

📍 Next Stop: Brisbane for evokeAG 2025. We’ll be at evokeAG and a few side events, including another Soil Carbon Debrief workshop in Warwick, QLD. If you’re around, come say hi or reach out.

27/11/2024

Since hitting the demo stage at evokeAG in 2019, FarmLab has made waves in the agrifood world, streamlining environmental data to empower farmers worldwide with sustainable, precision farming. Being recognised as a Scaleup at evokeAG 2024 is just the start! Learn more about FarmLab's Journey here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhlAhA5NAQo

Could evokeAG be your platform for growth? Apply for the 2025 Startup Program by 20 October 2024 👉 https://bit.ly/3ZGsSTF

22/11/2024

🌱 FarmLab SITREP – 22 Nov 2024

Here’s the dirt on what we got up to this week:

🌍 Our Head of Special Projects, Oli Madgett, visited the stunning Kangaroo Island where he presented to growers on carbon and caught up with regenerative farmer Mike Walsh, who's seeing an amazing 3.5% carbon average (despite drought conditions!) and growing some lush pastures.

🐄 Our CEO, Sam, headed to the picturesque Bective Station near Tamworth for the annual Cattle Australia event. We had some engaging discussions on emissions, carbon storage, and consumer sentiment in the beef industry. Plus, we caught the latest screening of World Without Cows.

📊 SOC Stock vs Bulk Density! We’ve been busy consolidating soil data from over 430 producers as part of the University of Queensland project as we understand what’s driving soil carbon across Australia. In January and February 2025, we’ll host workshops to share these insights with producers nationwide.

⚙️ Tech upgrades! This week, we rolled out processing speed improvements and analytics upgrades to make your reporting smoother and faster. Check out an example report at (or get in touch to create and share your own): https://analytics.farmlab.com.au/fls/CJXOJYK04HSN2ZYU