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Bushel Farm vs Lely Horizon

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Bushel Farm

Agriculture

All-in-one farm management platform

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Lely Horizon logo

Lely Horizon

Agriculture

Dairy herd management software billed per lactating cow that only runs a Lely robot barn

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Bushel Farm actual pricing figures not published on website; Lely Horizon billing is per lactating cow, so the software cost grows with the herd indefinitely and a farm that expands from 120 to 200 cows takes a permanent software cost increase it did not budget when it bought the robots.
  • They diverge on capability: Bushel Farm covers Field management, Lely Horizon covers Per-cow milking data.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Bushel Farm and Lely Horizon actually diverge.

Attributes where Bushel Farm and Lely Horizon differ
AttributeBushel FarmLely Horizon
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelfreemiumquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb, iOS, Android, Windows
Founded2017Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Agriculture).

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 Lely Horizon

  • Per-cow milking data
  • Health and fertility alerts
  • Work list generation
  • Feed management
  • Farm Management Support
  • Multi-site view
  • Mobile alerts
  • Reporting and benchmarking

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 Lely Horizon
  • Grain contract tracking and price alertsnot Lely Horizon
  • Automatic field data import from machinery platformsnot Lely Horizon
  • Rainfall and weather records by fieldnot Lely Horizon
  • Farm records on a phone in the fieldnot Lely Horizon

Lely Horizon

  • A 180-cow dairy running four Astronaut robots that needs the attention list to replace walking the barn twice a daynot Bushel Farm
  • A farm adding Vector automatic feeding that wants ration delivery driven by the same cow data as milkingnot Bushel Farm
  • A dairy manager tracking transition cow health across two sites from one accountnot Bushel Farm
  • A Lely advisor benchmarking a client's robot utilisation against comparable farms before recommending a fourth boxnot Bushel Farm

Where each one falls short

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

Bushel Farm

  • Actual pricing figures not published on website
  • Vendor mentions subscription tiers named Lite, Essentials, and standard but displays no prices
  • Requires contacting sales or using form to view pricing details

Lely Horizon

  • Billing is per lactating cow, so the software cost grows with the herd indefinitely and a farm that expands from 120 to 200 cows takes a permanent software cost increase it did not budget when it bought the robots.
  • Horizon is not optional: the barn equipment depends on it, so the subscription cannot be cancelled in a difficult year the way a discretionary analytics tool can, which removes any negotiating position at renewal.
  • It manages Lely equipment and effectively nothing else, so a farm running a Lely robot alongside a conventional parlour or another manufacturer's feeder ends up with two systems and no combined cow record.
  • The migration from the older T4C system was compulsory and rebuilt the interface and reporting, and farms that had years of T4C reports and custom lists found the equivalents either missing or shaped differently, costing retraining time.
  • Everything is bought and supported through the local Lely Center, so pricing, response time and the quality of advice vary by dealer with no published rate card, and a farm with a weak local centre has no practical alternative supplier.

Pricing, plan by plan

Bushel Farm

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

Lely Horizon

On request
  • Horizon Basic$undefined/month
    • Core robot operation and monitoring
    • Per lactating cow subscription
    • Invoiced digitally by the local Lely Center
  • Horizon Control$undefined/month
    • Adds herd management and fertility tooling
    • Per lactating cow subscription
  • Horizon Advance$undefined/month
    • Adds analysis, benchmarking and advisor tooling
    • Per lactating cow subscription

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 Lely Horizon if

  • You need per-cow milking data.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, Windows.
  • You also want health and fertility alerts.
Lely Horizon review

Questions people ask

Is Bushel Farm or Lely Horizon better?
Neither clearly leads. Bushel Farm starts at $29/month and Lely Horizon at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Bushel Farm or Lely Horizon?
Bushel Farm starts at $29/month and Lely Horizon at On request.
Does Bushel Farm or Lely Horizon run on more platforms?
Bushel Farm runs on Web, Ios, Android. Lely Horizon runs on Web, iOS, Android, Windows.
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 Lely Horizon is typically brought in for.
What can Bushel Farm do that Lely Horizon cannot?
Bushel Farm covers Field management, Input tracking, Grain marketing, Profitability analysis. Lely Horizon covers Per-cow milking data, Health and fertility alerts, Work list generation, Feed management.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Bushel Farm: What is Bushel's pricing model?

Bushel offers tiered subscription plans called Lite, Essentials, and standard options. Specific pricing is not published on the website and requires requesting a quote.

Source
Lely Horizon: How is Lely Horizon priced?

As a subscription per lactating cow milked by the Astronaut robots, in Basic, Control and Advance tiers. Lely does not publish rates; the local Lely Center quotes them.

Bushel Farm: Does Bushel offer a free trial?

Yes, Bushel provides a 30-day free trial that allows farmers to test all features before committing to a subscription plan.

Source
Lely Horizon: Can I run Horizon without Lely robots?

No. It is the control and management layer for Lely equipment and has no meaningful function without it.

Bushel Farm: Can I see Bushel's pricing before contacting sales?

No, Bushel does not publish specific pricing tiers, rates, or features online. To view pricing, you must click through to the pricing page or contact the sales team directly.

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Lely Horizon: What happened to T4C?

Horizon replaced it. Migration was required rather than optional, and reporting was rebuilt rather than ported.

Lely Horizon: Does the subscription end when the robot is paid off?

No. It continues for as long as the robots are milking, which is the cost most robot business cases understate.

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