背后大数据，农业初创公司Farmlogs在过去六个月市场份额增长了三倍

总部位于密歇根州的FarmLogs宣布了一项在这个年轻公司历史上的里程碑事件。自成立以来的短短两年时间里，该公司获得了令人难以置信的增长，现在客户遍布所有50个州，在其管理下的农作物价值超过110亿美元，而这一数字在过去六个月内增长了三倍。 FarmLogs估计在美国15％的农场都使用其服务。

该公司原本是在硅谷，后来搬到了密歇根州的安阿伯（Ann Arbor）。今年早些时候，公司的首席执行官兼联合创始人杰西·沃尔马（Jesse Vollmar）解释称公司的工作重点是扩展自身产品，进行智能预测和作物轮作优化以及自动收集活动数据。

“我们很高兴能够赢得全国各地农民朋友的信任，”沃尔马在声明中说。“达到这一重要的里程碑意味着我们的产品现在能对美国农业产生重大的积极影响。在此，我们的成长步伐是对在FarmLogs工作的员工工作质量的证明，是对我们打造有价值产品的能力的证明，而这个产品把农民放在第一位。”

FarmLogs依靠移动网络，通过数据驱动的方式帮助耕作的农民快速有效地预测利润、跟踪开支，更有效地安排工作。最棒的是，该软件利用GPS可以给出任何给定位置的历史气象数据。农民朋友们可以利用该软件的移动应用，快速记下笔记和输入数据。它为古老的农业行业带来了一场根本性革命。

“FarmLogs让农民获得他们的田间情况变得非常容易。雨水、养分、作物健康、土壤条件以及机器的所有数据都可以通过直观的Web/移动用户界面进行分析和交付，”沃尔马表示。“我们从学术界获得了最先进的精准农业研究，然后我们把它用在美国的每一个农场。”

FarmLogs毕业于Y Combinator的2012级冬季班，在2014年年初获得400万美元的A轮融资。现金的流入带来了该公司的增长，让Farmlogs的全职员工从8名增加到18名。

英语原文：

Michigan-based FarmLogs is announcing today a significant milestone in the young company’s history. In just two years since its founding, the company has seen incredible growth and now counts customers in all 50 states and over $11 billion worth of crops under its management, a number that has tripled in the last six months. FarmLogs estimates 15% of the farms within the United States are using its services.

The company was in Silicon Valley and later moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Earlier this year, Jesse Vollmar, CEO and co-founder explained the company’s focus is building out its product to intelligently predict and optimize crop rotations as well as automate activity data collection.

“We are excited to have earned the trust of farmers around the country,” said Vollmar in a statement. “Reaching this major growth milestone means our product is now able to make a substantial positive impact on US agriculture. The pace at which we are growing is a testament to the tremendous quality of people working at FarmLogs and our ability to build a valuable product that puts the farmer first.”

FarmLogs’ data-driven approach to farming leans on the mobile web to help crop farmers quickly and efficiently forecast profits, track expenses and more efficiently schedule operations. Best yet, the software utilizes GPS for additional data about any given location’s historical weather data. Farms can quickly jot down notes and input data using the software’s mobile app. It’s a radical revolution for the age-old industry.

“FarmLogs makes it incredibly easy for farmers to know what is happening in their fields. Rain, nutrients, crop health, soil conditions, and machine data all analyzed and delivered through intuitive web/mobile UI,” Vollmar said. “We’re taking the most advanced precision ag research from the academic world and bringing it to every farm in the US.”

FarmLogs graduated from Y Combinator’s Winter 2012 class and went on to raise a $4 million Series A round in early 2014. The cash influx lead to the growth by allowing the company to increase its headcount from 8 to 18 full-time employees.

via：TC