Bushel

Freemium

Bushel is a farm management and financial software platform. It sits in Finance work, but it tracks field data too. You use it to watch rainfall, manage grain contracts, and see if your farm made money.

You put in machine data, input costs, and grain contracts. It shows your cost of production and unsold bushels. Rainfall tracking runs on its own once you set it up.

It connects to John Deere Operations Center and Climate FieldView. It also pulls contract data from over 3,500 grain facilities in the Bushel Network.

Open it if you track rainfall and grain contracts already and you want less manual work. Skip it if you need a public API or you want to build your own tools on top of it.

You get the most out of it when you already work this way.

• Small to mid-size farmers tracking rainfall and field records: You get automatic rainfall logs and historical weather data. No more paper records for compliance.
• Operations already using John Deere or Climate FieldView: Your machine data flows in without extra typing. The sync just works.
• Users who can make do with basic features and free tier: The free version covers rainfall tracking and basic field records. You only pay if you need more.
• Grain growers using FarmLogs who want automated transaction data: Your old FarmLogs data came over. Bushel adds automatic contract imports from grain elevators.
• Grain elevators seeking stronger digital relationships with producers: You share cash bids and scale tickets directly with farmers. Less phone tag, more digital trust.
• Farm operations needing sustainability program verification: You get a "grain passport" that links field data to shipments. Enrollment and reporting get faster.
• Grain elevator operators: You get the distribution network that FarmLogs lacked. The platform was built with your relationships in mind.

These are the parts you keep using after the first week.

• Simple field logging: The interface is straightforward. You start tracking rainfall and activities without a big learning curve.
• Automatic rainfall history: It logs rain for you. You do not dig through spreadsheets when regulators ask for records.
• Sync with your existing tools: John Deere and Climate FieldView data comes in clean. You do not re-enter machine hours or field boundaries.
• Free tier for basics: FarmLogs Lite still handles rainfall and past data. You test the fit before you spend money.
• Developer support: When something breaks, they respond. That matters for a tool you use daily.

It is not the right fit for every farm.

• Price jumps fast: Full field mapping is $30 per month. Satellite imagery and price tracking hit $1,200 per year. You can find those features free elsewhere.
• iPad bugs linger: The app crashes when you update activity dates. This lasted over a month for some users. If you run your farm on iPad, this hurts.
• Mobile gaps: Detailed rainfall graphs and soil maps only show on the website. You switch to a computer for the full picture.
• No API for farm management: Marketing mentions API connections, but there is no public documentation. You cannot build your own tools on top of it.