Question 1

What is 4 Farm?

Accepted Answer

4 Farm is a GPS-guided soil sampling and precision agriculture platform. It includes a mobile app for field technicians and a web dashboard for managers. Field workers navigate to exact sampling points using GPS, collect data offline, and sync automatically when connectivity is restored.

Question 2

Does 4 Farm work offline?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The 4 Farm mobile app works fully offline. Sampling points, field boundaries, and activity instructions are downloaded before heading to the field. All collected data syncs automatically when the device reconnects.

Question 3

What file formats does 4 Farm support for field boundaries?

Accepted Answer

4 Farm supports Shapefile (.zip), KML, and GeoJSON for importing field boundaries. Once imported, fields are organized in a three-tier hierarchy: Farmer → Farm → Field.

Question 4

What platforms is 4 Farm available on?

Accepted Answer

4 Farm is available on Android, iOS, and web. The mobile app is used by field technicians for GPS-guided sampling. The web app at 4farm.app is used by managers for planning, monitoring, and data review.

Question 5

What is the difference between the Free and Pro plans?

Accepted Answer

The Free plan includes GPS navigation to sampling points, offline mode, shapefile/KML/GeoJSON import, and basic activity tracking. The Pro plan adds route traceability, live team monitoring on a map, automatic data sync, team sampling across multiple technicians, lab result import, interpolation maps, and NDVI satellite imagery.