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Farm technology and equipment

Farm technology and equipment is a wide range of complexity, with new technologies in constant development. Organic farmers utilise machinery to cultivate more land and decrease the workload, approaching the frequency of use in an environmentally sensitive way. For organic certification, accurate farm records must be kept regarding crop rotation, fertilisation rates, pest and disease controls, yields, sales, income, etc. Digital tools help to ease this burden. Digital tools can help organic farmers to monitor and optimise farm health, resource use, environmental impact and improve farm profits.

Here tools related to organic farming equipment and machinery are featured, including tillage, irrigation, fertilisation, and postharvest equipment and more. In addition, digital technology, including computer software and mobile application tools are covered here.


Featured tools

ROTOR: organic crop rotation plannerRecommended tool

ROTOR: organic crop rotation planner

ROTOR is a long-term planning tool at field level of organic crop rotations for farmers and advisors. The tool assists in the rotation planning for…

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Oz, the weeding robot for smaller vegetable producersMost popular tool

Oz, the weeding robot for smaller vegetable producers

In the video, available tools and the steering mechanism based on laser and camera are presented.

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A participatory approach to improving farm logistics (DiverIMPACTS Practice Abstract)Latest tool

A participatory approach to improving farm logistics (DiverIMPACTS Practice Abstract)

Farmers learn and can adopt lessons learnt directly on their own farms. Farmers feel more confident about their own approach. They are able to sustain…

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Tools

TitleIssuing organisationProjectYear of releaseRating
A participatory approach to improving farm logistics (DiverIMPACTS Practice...Bionext , WUR - Wageningen University & ResearchDiverimpacts2022
Agrometeo: decision support tool for pest prognosis and risk assessmentAgroscopeOK-Net Arable-
ANATIS the new weeding robot from CarréFiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture2019
Assessing soil structure with two simple methods : Spade Test and mini 3D soil...ARVALIS - Institut du végétalOK-Net Arable2017
Automatic manure scrapers for reduced ammonia emissions (POWER Practice...FiBL - Research Institute of Organic AgriculturePOWER2021
Calculate the risk of wireworm infestation in the field (OK-Net Arable Practice...FiBL - Research Institute of Organic AgricultureOK-Net Arable20172 (1)
Cereal Disease EncyclopaediaAHDB - Agriculture and Horticulture Development...OK-Net Arable2008
Compost for planting - Against Rhizoctonia root rot disease in potatoesFiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture , University of Kassel2020
Compost: Thermophilic compost (Best4Soil Factsheet)Best4Soil , Landwirtschaft GrandBEST4Soil2020
Compost: Thermophilic compost (Best4Soil Video)Best4Soil , Landwirtschaft GrandBEST4Soil2020
Cover crop and living mulch toolboxTUM - Technical University of MunichOK-Net Arable20143.4 (10)
Crop growth and nutrient dynamics in intercropping systems using different...AU - Aarhus UniversitySUREVEG , CORE Organic Cofund2022
Crop rotation and its ability to suppress perennial weedsSEGES20163 (1)
Database for ecological pest managementNCAT - National Center for Appropriate TechnologyOK-Net Arable19974 (2)
Efficient nitrogen use from livestock manureSEGESOK-Net Arable2016
Electrical weed control - The ElectroHerb from ZassoFiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture , Chambre régionale d'agriculture Grand Est2020
Encyclopaedia of pests and natural enemies in field cropsAHDB - Agriculture and Horticulture Development...OK-Net Arable2014
FusaProg: risk assessment of fusarium and mycotoxin infestation in wheat...AgroscopeOK-Net Arable20133 (1)
Growing cover crops in organic arable crop rotations: best practices from...SEGES2016
Harrow with electronic depth control (with Paul Treffler)FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture2018
Healthy Grassland Soils PocketbookAHDB - Agriculture and Horticulture Development...OK-Net Arable2015
Knowledge exchange platform for agroecologySOLAGROOK-Net Arable-3.2 (6)
Machine demo: Incorporating green manure with rotary tillers and pulled machinesFiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture2018
Machine demonstration - Destroying an alfalfa crop without plough and herbicidesFiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture2018
Machine demonstration: Mechanical weeding in soy (Legumes Translated video)FiBL - Research Institute of Organic AgricultureLegumes Translated2020
Manure calculatorKTBL - Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der...20165 (1)
Mechanical weed control - Demonstration of 10 harrows and hoeing machinesFiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture , Inagro2020
Mechanical weeding in organic vegetable production (finger weeder Kult/Kress,...FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture2018
Mobile milking robot and pasture management on the Trévarez organic experimental...FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture20214 (1)
Monitoring and comparing cover crop performances (OK-Net Arable Practice...ITAB - Institute for Organic Agriculture and FoodOK-Net Arable2018
Multispectral remote sensing in participatory on-farm variety trials (OK-Net...ÖMKi - Hungarian Research Institute of Organic...OK-Net Arable2018
Naio-technologies' "dino" weeding robot presented at Tech&Bio 2017FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture2017
Naturland app for farmers and advisersNaturland20205 (2)
NDICEA - A digital tool to model nutrient balances across a crop rotation...ORC - Organic Research CentreOK-Net Arable2018
New techniques to control the supply of water and nutrients to crops in...FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture , University of Almería2020
Nutrient management in farms in conversion to organicLfULG - Sächsische Landesanstalt für Umwelt,...OK-Net Arable2008
Organic conversion plannerKTBL - Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der...2018
Oz, the weeding robot for smaller vegetable producersFiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture20175 (1)
Pest and Disease Control in Grass and Forage CropsFarming ConnectOK-Net Arable2013
Physical protection barriers to reduce fungal and pest damages (DOMINO Practice...Laimburg Research CentreDomino , CORE Organic Cofund20211 (1)
Planting sugar beets instead of sowing - reducing the time on weed controlFiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture , Fondation Rurale Interjurassienne2020
Planting vegetable seedlings mechanically in a mulch cover with the...FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture2019
Precision farming: sowing canola with variable rate applicationFiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture2020
Promoting range use in broiler chickens (FreeBirds Practice Abstract)SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesFreeBirds , CORE Organic Cofund2021
Rape pollen beetleFiBL - Research Institute of Organic AgricultureOK-Net Arable20144.5 (2)
Ration planning tool, user manual and webinar: Poultry and swineITAB - Institute for Organic Agriculture and Food , FiBL - Research Institute of Organic AgricultureOK-Net EcoFeed20214.8 (5)
Regionally adapted humus balance in organic farmingLfULG - Sächsische Landesanstalt für Umwelt,...OK-Net Arable20133.7 (3)
RISE- Response-inducing sustainability evaluationBFH-HAFL - Bern University of Applied...2000
ROTOR: organic crop rotation plannerZALF - Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape...OK-Net Arable20074.6 (11)
Shallow Ploughing of Leys – Comparison of Different Plough and Cultivator TypesFiBL - Research Institute of Organic AgricultureOK-Net Arable20154 (2)
SMART- Sustainability Monitoring and Assessment RouTineFiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture20164.7 (12)
Soil quality test kit guideUSDA - United States Department of AgricultureOK-Net Arable20013.1 (7)
SOILappSant’Anna - School of Advanced Studies - Pisa , Scuola Esperienziale Itinerante di Agricoltura... , AEGILOPS - The Greek Network for Biodiversity and...OK-Net Arable2018
Spade testISARA - Institut supérieure d’agriculture LyonOK-Net Arable2016
Terrateck's hand tools for market gardening - Vegetable hoe and paperpot...FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture2017
The new sickle hoe developed by Dieter Leibing - An alternative to the common...FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture2019
The spade test - visual soil assessment in the fieldFiBL - Research Institute of Organic AgricultureOK-Net Arable20164.8 (4)
Transition to organic productionOACC - Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada,...OK-Net Arable-
Visual soil assessment: field guide for croppingLandcare ResearchOK-Net Arable20004.5 (6)
Weed control in organic sugar beet - 4 machines compared (Steketee IC-Weeder,...FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture , Fondation Rurale Interjurassienne2020
Weed control with the robots Dino and Ecorobotix in arable crops - experiences...FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture , Chambre régionale d'agriculture Grand Est2020

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