Leaf, which recently announced its Unified Farm Data API in AWS Marketplace, is used around the world by crop insurance providers, farm management systems, agricultural retailers, carbon markets, biotech companies, and many other types of businesses. Leaf is unlocking efficiency and value across the entire agri-food chain.' “But our food system is complex, and this data comes in many, often incompatible, forms. 'Agriculture is a data-rich industry,” said Elizabeth Fastiggi, global head of agriculture at AWS. Weather and mapping data can help growers discern which plots of land are likely to get the highest yield each year.

“Traction is connecting the dots to have them do less, and get more value from the data,” he said.ĭata captured from computers in farm machinery, for example, can help farmers make more accurate decisions about which seeds to plant or how much fertilizer to use. Harley said many farmers are overloaded with work, filling in spreadsheets as they juggle all their other tasks as operators. “Most farmers manage their finances through spreadsheets or a more generalized software platform, but nothing talks to each other,” said Ian Harley, co-founder of Traction Ag. Traction allows her to have a view of the farm’s productivity from anywhere in the world, tracking costs and margins down to a field or even a single bushel, in real time. A few years ago, she moved her accounting and operations data into a cloud-based software tool called Traction Ag, which is powered by AWS. Wilson has meticulously tracked the family farm’s finances for decades.

Now, the couple and their son manage 6,000 acres of land across five counties in central Ohio. She and her husband began farming grain together when they married in 1987.

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