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From seed trayto supermarket shelf,every lot traced.

We build farm operating systems that connect crop plans, greenhouse and field work, irrigation and inputs, harvest lots, grading and the buyers you deliver to — designed around how your farm actually grows, packs and sells.

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Al Ain site · all houses
Sample
Active plantings
24
8 houses · 6 open blocks
Harvest-ready this week
6.8 t
Forecast
Plantings by stage
Updated by supervisors
  • PL-0412House 3 · Cherry tomatoOn plan
    Week 14 · 1.9 t forecast this weekHarvest-ready
  • PL-0418House 4 · CucumberWatch
    Whitefly scouted Mon · action loggedFlowering
  • PL-0421Hydro bay 2 · Butterhead lettuceHarvest Tue
    Day 32 · 4,800 headsHarvest-ready
  • PL-0406Block C2 · CapsicumPHI hold
    Sprayed Sun · PHI to ThuHarvest-ready
  • PL-0425Hydro bay 1 · Basil & mintOn plan
    Day 11 · transplantedVegetative
Can we cover the extra 400 kg of capsicum a buyer asked for on Wednesday?
Not from Block C2 — it's on a pre-harvest hold until Thursday after Sunday's application. House 6 has about 260 kg harvest-ready on Wednesday. Offer 260 kg Wednesday and the balance Thursday, or check with the grower whether House 6 can carry more.
PlantingsSpray log · C2Harvest forecast
  • Crop planning
  • Greenhouse & field tasks
  • Inputs & spray records
  • Harvest lots
  • Grading & packing
  • Buyer orders
  • Cold chain & delivery

01Where farms lose yield and margin

The crop is ready on Tuesday. The buyer was told Thursday.

Growing is a plan that changes every day with heat, water and pests. Most farms run that plan from a whiteboard, a supervisor's notebook and a WhatsApp group — and sales find out last.

01

Planting plans and buyer commitments don't talk to each other

What happens

The grower plans sowings by experience; sales agree weekly volumes with supermarkets and hotels separately, often on a call.

What it costs

Some weeks there's surplus sold cheaply to the market; other weeks there isn't enough to fill a standing order, and the buyer goes elsewhere.

With one system

Sowings are planned from expected demand and real growing times per crop and house, so sales can see what will be harvestable each week before committing.

02

Field and greenhouse work is assigned on a whiteboard

What happens

Supervisors hand out tasks each morning — transplanting, pruning, scouting, harvesting — and record what was done in a notebook, if at all.

What it costs

Jobs are missed or doubled, labour hours can't be tied to a crop, and nobody can say what a kilo of tomatoes actually cost to grow.

With one system

Tasks are planned per house, block or bay, assigned to crews on a phone, and closed with time, quantities and photos — so labour is costed to each crop.

03

Spray and fertiliser records are kept on paper

What happens

What was applied, where, at what rate and by whom is written on sheets in the store room; pre-harvest intervals are tracked from memory.

What it costs

A buyer asks for spray records for a lot and the team spends a day searching, or a block is harvested too early after an application.

With one system

Every application is logged against the block and crop with product, rate, operator and date. Harvest is blocked in the system until the interval you set has passed.

04

Harvest lots can't be traced back to the block they came from

What happens

Crates are harvested, graded and packed in a rush; labels are handwritten and the link to the block, date and picker is lost at the pack house.

What it costs

When a buyer raises a quality complaint, there's no way to isolate the affected lot, so a whole delivery is credited.

With one system

Each harvest creates a lot with block, date, crew and weight. Grading and packing keep the lot code through to the delivery note and the buyer's invoice.

05

Input stock runs out in the middle of the season

What happens

Seeds, substrate, fertilisers and crop protection products are reordered when the storekeeper notices shelves getting empty.

What it costs

Plantings are delayed waiting for seed or substrate, and emergency orders cost more and arrive late in summer heat.

With one system

Input stock is tracked by store, with usage linked to the crop plan, so reorders are suggested before the season needs them.

06

Yield and cost per crop are known only at year end

What happens

Harvest weights, grading losses, labour, water and inputs sit in separate sheets; the owner sees a total, not a picture per crop or house.

What it costs

Unprofitable crops or varieties keep being grown, and good ones are never scaled.

With one system

Yield, grade-out, cost and revenue are visible per crop, variety, house and season — built from the daily work rather than reconstructed later.

02Farm platform preview

What your farm system could look like.

Switch between the views a grower, farm supervisor, pack-house lead and owner would use every day. Every screen is designed in discovery around your crops, houses and buyers.

Al Ain site · all houses
Sample
Active plantings
24
8 houses · 6 open blocks
Harvest-ready this week
6.8 t
Forecast
Plantings by stage
Updated by supervisors
  • PL-0412House 3 · Cherry tomatoOn plan
    Week 14 · 1.9 t forecast this weekHarvest-ready
  • PL-0418House 4 · CucumberWatch
    Whitefly scouted Mon · action loggedFlowering
  • PL-0421Hydro bay 2 · Butterhead lettuceHarvest Tue
    Day 32 · 4,800 headsHarvest-ready
  • PL-0406Block C2 · CapsicumPHI hold
    Sprayed Sun · PHI to ThuHarvest-ready
  • PL-0425Hydro bay 1 · Basil & mintOn plan
    Day 11 · transplantedVegetative
Can we cover the extra 400 kg of capsicum a buyer asked for on Wednesday?
Not from Block C2 — it's on a pre-harvest hold until Thursday after Sunday's application. House 6 has about 260 kg harvest-ready on Wednesday. Offer 260 kg Wednesday and the balance Thursday, or check with the grower whether House 6 can carry more.
PlantingsSpray log · C2Harvest forecast

Illustrative interface with sample data — your system is designed around your crops, sites and buyers.

Illustrative demo · sample data

Can you picture your farm running on it?

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03Solutions

The parts of a farm system — chosen for your farm.

  • Sowings planned against demand

    Crop planning

    Plan sowings and transplants by crop, variety, house and block, using your own growing times, so expected harvest volumes line up with what buyers need each week.

    • Sowing and transplant calendar
    • Growing times per crop and season
    • Weekly harvest forecast
    • Plan vs. actual by planting

Not every farm needs every module. We scope the ones your operation actually uses, and add the rest when you need them.

04AI inside the system

AI that helps the farm plan, not guess.

AI in your farm system works on its own records — plantings, tasks, applications, harvests and orders. It forecasts, drafts and flags; your growers and managers decide.

AI here supports farm administration and planning. It doesn't prescribe treatments, set application rates, approve harvests after an application or make food-safety decisions — those stay with your agronomist, grower and quality lead. Orders, buyer messages and purchases go out only after someone approves them.

  1. 01

    Harvest forecasting

    How much cherry tomato will we have each week for the next month?

    Projects weekly volumes per house from each planting's stage, past yields for the variety and recent grade-out, with a range rather than a single number — so sales can commit with care.

  2. 02

    Order vs. forecast checks

    Sales confirm
    A hotel group asks for 600 lettuce heads every Thursday.

    Compares the request with the forecast for the hydro bays, shows which weeks are covered and which are tight, and drafts a reply for sales to adjust and send.

  3. 03

    Task planning help

    Supervisor confirms
    Plan tomorrow's crews around the harvest and the overdue pruning.

    Proposes a crew plan by location and priority, respects re-entry intervals on blocks that were sprayed, and lists the tasks that won't fit for the supervisor to decide on.

  4. 04

    Scouting and record summaries

    Summarise this week's scouting notes for the grower.

    Groups observations by house and pest or issue, with photos and the actions already logged — a starting point for the grower, not a diagnosis.

  5. 05

    Buyer record requests

    Sent after approval
    A supermarket asks for the application records behind lot LT-24-1182.

    Pulls the block, harvest date and application log linked to that lot into a draft document for the quality lead to check before it is shared.

  6. 06

    Plain-language reporting

    Which crop made the most per square metre this season?

    Answers from your own harvest, cost and sales data, showing the figures per crop and house with the records behind them.

05A day with ORCHESTR

One farm, two different Sundays.

  1. 05:00Crews start with their tasksEach crew lead opens today's tasks on a phone — location, crop, quantity and any no-entry blocks.
  2. 07:30Holds visible on the scheduleBlock C2 shows a pre-harvest hold until Thursday, so it isn't on anyone's harvest list.
  3. 09:30Lots labelled at harvestEach crate carries a lot code from the moment it's harvested, and grading is recorded against that lot.
  4. 11:00Availability from the forecastSales check the harvest forecast and offer what can really be supplied, with the balance on the next harvest.
  5. 16:00Routes packed and recordedOrders are packed by route with delivery notes, lot codes and crate counts recorded as the truck is loaded.
  6. 19:00The week on one screenThe owner reviews harvest, grade-out, orders filled and labour by crop on one screen.

An illustrative day — every system is designed around how your team actually works.

06Integrations

Works with the tools your farm already uses.

Integrations depend on what each provider exposes — we confirm every connection in scoping before committing to it. Names are examples of categories we work with, not partnerships.

Accounting
Zoho BooksQuickBooksXeroOdoo
Climate & irrigation
Greenhouse climate controllers (where they expose data)Fertigation and irrigation controllers (via API or export)Soil and weather sensors (where available)
Buyers & retail
Supermarket supplier portals (orders via export where no API exists)EDI or spreadsheet order filesEmail orders
Messaging
WhatsApp Business APIEmailSMS gateways
Labels & scales
Label printersWeighing scales with data outputBarcode and QR scanners
Data
Spreadsheets & exportsExisting databasesBI tools

07How we build your system

Built around your farm — not a template.

  1. 01

    Understand your business

    We learn how the business actually runs — people, tools, hand-offs and where time is lost — before proposing anything.
  2. 02

    Map your workflows

    Every workflow is mapped end to end: who does what, when, with which information, and what should happen automatically.
  3. 03

    Design your system

    Screens, records, permissions and integrations are designed around those workflows, and the scope is agreed in writing.
  4. 04

    Build and integrate

    We build in stages and connect the tools you keep, so your team sees working software early and gives feedback as we go.
  5. 05

    Test and launch

    We test with real scenarios, migrate the agreed data, set up roles and access, and onboard the team.
  6. 06

    Support and improve

    After launch we support the system under an agreed arrangement and extend it as the business changes.

08Why it matters

What changes for the farm.

We don't quote savings we haven't measured. In discovery we baseline how your team works today, so improvements can be tracked against your own numbers.

  • Plans that match what buyers need

    Sowings are planned against expected demand, so fewer weeks end in surplus or short supply.
  • Work that's assigned and recorded

    Every task has a crew, a location and a record, so labour can be costed to each crop.
  • Records you can produce quickly

    Application, scouting and harvest records are linked to each lot, ready when a buyer or inspector asks.
  • Traceability through the pack house

    Lot codes follow product from block to delivery note.
  • Inputs ready on time

    Seed, substrate and fertiliser are reordered against the plan, not when shelves look empty.
  • Decisions per crop, not per year

    Yield, grade-out, cost and margin by crop and house, visible during the season.

09Possible use cases

How different farms could use it.

Examples of what we could build — not completed client projects.

Greenhouse vegetable grower

Houses, crews and standing orders

A grower with eight greenhouses supplying supermarkets and hotels plans plantings against standing orders, assigns daily crew tasks and traces every lot through the pack house.

Crop planningTasksHarvest lots
Hydroponic or vertical farm

Short cycles, tight forecasts

A controlled-environment farm growing leafy greens and herbs on short cycles tracks bays, nutrient readings and harvest forecasts day by day, with buyers ordering through a portal.

Climate logForecastingBuyer portal
Date farm & packer

From palm to packed box

A date producer tracks palms by block, harvest by variety and grade, storage and packing runs, and wholesale and gift-box orders — with lot codes on every carton.

BlocksGradingOrders
Multi-site agri group

Several farms, one view

A group with farms in Al Ain, the Northern Emirates and abroad shares crop plans, input purchasing and sales, with a dashboard comparing yield and cost by site.

Multi-sitePurchasingDashboard

FAQs

Farm questions, answered.

Manufacturing & industrial

01Our crews don't use computers. Will they use this?

Crews usually only need a phone with a few large buttons: today's tasks, start, finish, quantity and a photo. We design the field screens with your supervisors, support Arabic and other languages your team uses, and keep anything complicated in the office.

02Does it work where the signal is weak?

Yes. The field app can be built to keep working without a connection in greenhouses and open fields and sync when signal returns, so tasks and harvest weights aren't lost.

03Can it read our climate and irrigation controllers?

Where your controllers or sensors expose data through an API or export, we can bring readings into the system per house or bay. Many older controllers don't, in which case staff log key readings on a phone. We confirm what's possible during scoping.

04Can it help with food-safety or certification audits?

It keeps the records those audits usually ask for — applications, intervals, scouting, harvest lots and deliveries — linked and exportable. It doesn't certify anything; your standard's requirements are mapped with your quality lead in discovery.

05Will AI tell us what to spray?

No. AI can summarise scouting notes, forecast harvests and draft plans, but treatments, rates and harvest decisions stay with your agronomist and grower. Anything that changes the plan is approved by a person.

06We sell to supermarkets that have their own supplier portals. Can you connect?

Where a retailer offers an API or order files, we can import orders automatically. Many supplier portals only allow manual entry or exports, so we often import their order files and keep fulfilment, delivery and invoicing in your system.

07Can we bring in last season's data?

Usually, from spreadsheets: planting records, harvest weights, buyers, prices and input stock. Having last season in the system makes the first forecasts more useful, so we agree what's worth migrating early.

08Does it suit a farm with several sites or countries?

Yes. Each site can have its own houses, blocks, crews and stores, with shared buyers, products and reporting across the group.

09How is a farm system priced?

It's quoted after a discovery visit or call, based on the modules, sites, integrations and number of users. Hosting and support are agreed separately, in writing.

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Let's walkyour farm.

Tell us how your farm plans, grows, packs and sells today. We'll show you how one system could connect your growers, crews, pack house and buyers.

  1. 01We get back to you to arrange a call.
  2. 02A focused conversation about how your farm runs today.
  3. 03If there's a fit, a written scope and quote — no obligation.
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