Scaling farmland regeneration

Managed grazing is widely seen as complex (in terms of planning) and labour intensive (in terms of measuring grass). The ruumi grazing app has been developed by farmers, software engineers and data scientists to help reduce these challenges. It uses a combination of radar and multi-spectral images from Sentinel satellites – as well as data from soil maps and machine learning techniques – to provide farmers with additional information and the tools they need to plan ahead with confidence.

Designed in collaboration with farmers, the app can be used in the field – even in areas with limited or zero connectivity. It also creates records which allow farmers to verify the amount of carbon being returned to the soil. This in turn allows us to produce carbon credits of unparalleled quality.

Our app isn’t perfect, of course. Unfortunately, we still can’t see cow moves in real-time from space! It does learn fast, however – used in combination with occasional, on-the-ground measurements it has a proven ability to support farmers in planning fertiliser-free grazing rotations that result in more grass, improved soil quality, and healthier animals.