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Indigo Agriculture vs Lindsay FieldNET

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Indigo Agriculture

Agriculture

Transforming agriculture to benefit people and planet

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Lindsay FieldNET

Agriculture

Remote pivot monitoring, control and irrigation scheduling that retrofits almost any electric pivot

From
$300/year
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Indigo Agriculture has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Indigo Agriculture indigo Ag's current offering is a carbon credit program plus physical biological seed and foliar treatments and the CLIPS application device rather than farm management software; Lindsay FieldNET the subscription is per pivot per year and permanent, so a thirty pivot farm carries roughly a five-figure annual bill on top of the retrofit hardware and never owns the capability outright.
  • They diverge on capability: Indigo Agriculture covers Grain marketplace, Lindsay FieldNET covers Pivot Watch.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Indigo Agriculture and Lindsay FieldNET actually diverge.

Attributes where Indigo Agriculture and Lindsay FieldNET differ
AttributeIndigo AgricultureLindsay FieldNET
Starting priceFree$300/year
Pricing modeltransactionPer pivot per year plus hardware
Free tierYesNo
Founded2014Unknown

Identical on both: platforms (Web, Ios, Android), 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 Indigo Agriculture

  • Grain marketplace
  • Carbon credit program
  • Biological seed treatments
  • Transport & logistics
  • Sustainability tracking
  • Agronomic services
  • Digital grain contracts
  • Market insights

Only in Lindsay FieldNET

  • Pivot Watch
  • Pivot Control retrofit
  • Remote start and stop
  • FieldNET Advisor
  • Variable rate irrigation
  • Alerts and diagnostics
  • Multi-brand fleet view

What people use each for

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

Indigo Agriculture

  • Enrolling farmland in a measured and verified soil carbon credit programnot Lindsay FieldNET
  • Applying microbial seed and foliar treatments on farmnot Lindsay FieldNET
  • Estimating potential carbon program income with the Carbon Farming Calculatornot Lindsay FieldNET

Lindsay FieldNET

  • A farm with Valley, Reinke and Zimmatic pivots that wants one app instead of three vendor systemsnot Indigo Agriculture
  • An operation with pivots an hour apart where a physical check costs half a daynot Indigo Agriculture
  • A grower under a water allocation that needs defensible scheduling to stay inside the limitnot Indigo Agriculture
  • A manager who needs an alert the moment a pivot stops overnight rather than at dawnnot Indigo Agriculture

Where each one falls short

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

Indigo Agriculture

  • Indigo Ag's current offering is a carbon credit program plus physical biological seed and foliar treatments and the CLIPS application device rather than farm management software
  • No price or grower fee is published; enrolment runs through agribusiness partners
  • The site states that any projected results, payments or earnings displayed are general estimates for informational purposes only and that actual results will vary

Lindsay FieldNET

  • The subscription is per pivot per year and permanent, so a thirty pivot farm carries roughly a five-figure annual bill on top of the retrofit hardware and never owns the capability outright.
  • The Pivot Control retrofit is around $1,700 a unit before installation, which on an older or low-value pivot can approach a meaningful fraction of what the machine is worth.
  • FieldNET Advisor is priced separately from control, so the scheduling intelligence that justifies the platform is an additional line item rather than part of the subscription.
  • Cellular coverage decides whether it works; pivots in a coverage hole get intermittent control and alerts, which is the worst possible failure mode for a system you have stopped driving out to check.
  • Support and installation run through Lindsay dealers, so a farm in a territory with a weak dealer gets slow retrofits and slow fault resolution regardless of what the platform can do.

Pricing, plan by plan

Indigo Agriculture

Free
  • MarketplaceFree
    • Grain listing & selling
    • Buyer access
    • Price transparency
  • CarbonFree
    • Carbon credit generation
    • Sustainability practices
    • Revenue sharing model
  • Biologicals$undefined/variable
    • Biological seed treatments
    • Microbial products
    • Agronomic support

Lindsay FieldNET

$300/year
  • Pivot Watch$undefined/year
    • Monitoring only, no remote control
    • Lower annual subscription than control tiers
    • Device purchased per pivot
  • Pivot Control$300/year
    • Approximately $300 per pivot per year
    • Retrofit unit around $1,700 plus installation
    • Full remote start, stop, speed and endgun control
  • FieldNET Advisor$undefined/year
    • Irrigation scheduling and decision support
    • Priced separately on top of control subscription
    • Uses soil, crop stage and weather inputs

Which should you pick?

Choose Indigo Agriculture if

  • You need grain marketplace.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want carbon credit program.
Indigo Agriculture review

Choose Lindsay FieldNET if

  • You need pivot watch.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want pivot control retrofit.
Lindsay FieldNET review

Questions people ask

Is Indigo Agriculture or Lindsay FieldNET better?
Neither clearly leads. Indigo Agriculture starts at Free and Lindsay FieldNET at $300/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Indigo Agriculture or Lindsay FieldNET?
Indigo Agriculture has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Indigo Agriculture and $300/year for Lindsay FieldNET.
Does Indigo Agriculture or Lindsay FieldNET run on more platforms?
Indigo Agriculture runs on Web, Ios, Android. Lindsay FieldNET runs on Web, iOS, Android.
Can I use Indigo Agriculture for free?
Yes. Indigo Agriculture has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Lindsay FieldNET starts at $300/year.
What is Indigo Agriculture best used for?
Indigo Agriculture is most often used for enrolling farmland in a measured and verified soil carbon credit program, applying microbial seed and foliar treatments on farm, estimating potential carbon program income with the carbon farming calculator. Of those, enrolling farmland in a measured and verified soil carbon credit program and applying microbial seed and foliar treatments on farm are not what Lindsay FieldNET is typically brought in for.
What can Indigo Agriculture do that Lindsay FieldNET cannot?
Indigo Agriculture covers Grain marketplace, Carbon credit program, Biological seed treatments, Transport & logistics. Lindsay FieldNET covers Pivot Watch, Pivot Control retrofit, Remote start and stop, FieldNET Advisor.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Indigo Agriculture: What does Indigo charge for carbon farming?

Pricing is not published. Indigo directs customers to contact them directly at 844-828-0240 or via their contact form.

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Lindsay FieldNET: Does FieldNET only work with Zimmatic pivots?

No. FieldNET Pivot Control is built to retrofit almost any electric pivot, and mixed fleets of Valley, Reinke and Zimmatic machines run in one account.

Indigo Agriculture: What payout can I expect from carbon farming?

The website states that projected results are estimates only and actual earnings vary based on conditions and variables. No specific payout amounts are disclosed.

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Lindsay FieldNET: What does it cost per pivot?

Around $1,700 for a Pivot Control unit plus installation, then roughly $300 per pivot per year. Pivot Watch monitoring is cheaper on both.

Indigo Agriculture: Is there a minimum acreage or contract term?

Minimum acreage and contract terms are not disclosed on the website. Contact Indigo directly for program requirements.

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Lindsay FieldNET: Is FieldNET Advisor included?

No. Advisor is the scheduling and decision support layer and is quoted separately from remote control.

Lindsay FieldNET: What happens if the cellular signal drops?

You lose remote control and alerting until it returns, which is why coverage should be checked at each pivot before committing.

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