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Bushel Farm vs AgriWater

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Bushel Farm

Software

All-in-one farm management platform

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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AgriWater

Software

Smart irrigation management platform

From
$45/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Bushel Farm prices are not shown on the current pages; the tier names appear but the figures sit behind an old pricing path; AgriWater company status: AgriWater's parent company Puricare has ceased trading; current product availability and support status unclear
  • They diverge on capability: Bushel Farm covers Field management, AgriWater covers Irrigation scheduling.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Bushel Farm and AgriWater actually diverge.

Attributes where Bushel Farm and AgriWater differ
AttributeBushel FarmAgriWater
Starting price$29/month$45/month
Pricing modelfreemiumsubscription

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown), founded (2017).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Bushel Farm

  • Field management
  • Input tracking
  • Grain marketing
  • Profitability analysis
  • Inventory tracking
  • John Deere
  • Elevator systems
  • Accounting software

Only in AgriWater

  • Irrigation scheduling
  • Soil moisture monitoring
  • Water usage tracking
  • Pump automation
  • Weather forecasting
  • Valley Irrigation
  • Lindsay Zimmatic
  • Netafim

Both cover

  • SSL
  • Web support
  • Ios support
  • Android support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Bushel Farm

  • Field-level profitability and cost of production trackingnot AgriWater
  • Grain contract tracking and price alertsnot AgriWater
  • Automatic field data import from machinery platformsnot AgriWater
  • Rainfall and weather records by fieldnot AgriWater
  • Farm records on a phone in the fieldnot AgriWater

AgriWater

  • Irrigation optimizationnot Bushel Farm
  • Water conservationnot Bushel Farm
  • Compliance reportingnot Bushel Farm
  • Remote monitoringnot Bushel Farm

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Bushel Farm

  • Prices are not shown on the current pages; the tier names appear but the figures sit behind an old pricing path
  • Much of the value comes from integrations with John Deere Operations Center, Climate FieldView and the Bushel grain network, so the benefit depends on already using those
  • There is no free tier, only a 30 day trial

AgriWater

  • Company status: AgriWater's parent company Puricare has ceased trading; current product availability and support status unclear
  • Limited publicly available documentation and technical specifications

Pricing, plan by plan

Bushel Farm

$29/month
  • FreeFree
    • Field mapping
    • Activity tracking
    • Basic reports
  • Pro$1500/year
    • Grain marketing
    • Financial tracking
    • Advanced analytics

AgriWater

$45/month
  • Basic$45/month
    • Irrigation scheduling
    • Soil moisture data
    • Weather integration
  • Professional$125/month
    • All Basic features
    • Pump control
    • Water usage analytics
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Multi-site management
    • API access
    • Custom integrations

Which should you pick?

Choose Bushel Farm if

  • You need field management.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want input tracking.
Bushel Farm review

Choose AgriWater if

  • You need irrigation scheduling.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want soil moisture monitoring.
AgriWater review

Questions people ask

Is Bushel Farm or AgriWater better?
Neither clearly leads. Bushel Farm starts at $29/month and AgriWater at $45/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Bushel Farm or AgriWater?
Bushel Farm starts at $29/month and AgriWater at $45/month.
Does Bushel Farm or AgriWater run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Bushel Farm best used for?
Bushel Farm is most often used for field-level profitability and cost of production tracking, grain contract tracking and price alerts, automatic field data import from machinery platforms, rainfall and weather records by field. Of those, field-level profitability and cost of production tracking and grain contract tracking and price alerts are not what AgriWater is typically brought in for.
What can Bushel Farm do that AgriWater cannot?
Bushel Farm covers Field management, Input tracking, Grain marketing, Profitability analysis. AgriWater covers Irrigation scheduling, Soil moisture monitoring, Water usage tracking, Pump automation. Both handle SSL, Web support, Ios support, Android support.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

AgriWater: What is AgriWater technology?

AgriWater is a nature-based water treatment technology that accelerates regenerative outcomes in agriculture by increasing the effectiveness of existing irrigation water and creating favorable conditions for soil microbial activity. It is a compact water treatment system easily incorporated into existing water distribution networks.

Source
AgriWater: How widely has AgriWater been tested?

AgriWater has been scientifically researched and practically proven on over 300 operational farms in more than 10 countries on 4 continents, covering around 60,000 hectares of land and managing more than 400 billion litres of water per year.

AgriWater: Who developed AgriWater?

AgriWater was developed by R&D company Puricare as part of a suite of applications and services.

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