Practical answers for the questions that come up between dawn and dusk. From the kitchen table to the cab to the gateway, with you whenever you need a thoughtful second opinion.
Most farming questions don't fit neatly into the working day. FarmAsk is there when you need it — at the kitchen table, in the cab, or stood in the gateway looking at something odd.
Welsh hill ground is not East Anglia arable. A 200-cow dairy is not a sheep flock on common land. Tell FarmAsk about your enterprise and the answers shape themselves to your context — not generic textbook advice that ignores everything specific to your operation.
Type the question, get an answer. No menus, no forms, no phoning round. The kind of fast that matters when you're stood in a field wondering what's wrong.
Built for global agriculture. UK, Australia, France, Kenya — the questions are different but the need is the same. Available in 175+ countries through the App Store.
Not the kind of advice you'd find in a textbook or a leaflet. The kind you'd get from a thoughtful friend who actually knows farming.
My spring barley has yellow patches in the headland. What should I be looking for?
Headland yellowing usually points to one of three things. Compaction from turning machinery is the most common — dig a hole and check the structure. Waterlogging if the headland sits low or has poor drainage. Or nutrient lockout from compaction stopping roots reaching N.
Less likely but worth ruling out: spray overlap on the headland causing chemical scorch, or wheel bulb fly if you're in a high-pressure area.
Worth a walk with a spade before reaching for a tonic.
Lambing started yesterday and I've got a ewe rejecting twins. What's the best approach?
First thing — get colostrum into both lambs within the first six hours if you haven't already. That's the priority regardless of what happens with the ewe.
For the rejection itself: try penning her tightly with both lambs for 24-48 hours and see if she'll come round. If she's been a good mother before, hormones can be slow to kick in with twins. A bit of her own birth fluid rubbed on the rejected lamb sometimes helps.
If she's outright aggressive towards them, you're probably looking at fostering one or bottle-rearing. Not the answer anyone wants but better caught early.
Is it worth me looking at min-till for next season?
Honest answer: it depends on a few things specific to you. Soil type and structure matter most — if you're on heavy clay with compaction issues, going straight to min-till can hurt before it helps. Blackgrass pressure is another big one; reduced cultivation often means more grass weeds in the short term.
The case for it is real long-term: better soil structure, lower fuel and labour, more organic matter. But the first 2-3 years can be rough. Yields often dip before they recover.
If you want to test it, I'd start with one field — ideally one in good condition already — and run it alongside your usual approach. Easier to assess that way without betting the whole farm.
Forecast says heavy rain Thursday. I've got OSR I was planning to spray Wednesday. Push it forward or wait?
Depends on the product and the weather either side. Most foliar products want at least 4-6 hours of rain-free time after application — some longer. If Wednesday's dry through to evening and the rain doesn't come in until late, you're probably fine.
If it's a contact product, the threshold's tighter. Systemic products like most fungicides are more forgiving once they've had a few hours to translocate.
The bigger question: is the spray date-critical, or can it wait? Sometimes pushing back a few days after rain is fine and saves you guessing the weather.
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The questions farmers face are specific. The advice they get often isn't.
Generic guidance, paywalled magazines, agronomists you can't get hold of when the rain's coming, and search engines that send you down a rabbit hole of forum posts from 2014. The information's out there. Getting to it quickly, in a form that fits your situation, is the hard part.
FarmAsk is a different shape of tool. Something that fits in your pocket, knows what kind of farming you do, and gives you a thoughtful answer when you need one. Not to replace your vet, your agronomist, or your own judgement — but to be there in the moments between, when you just need to think something through with someone who'll engage with the specifics.
Built carefully, in the UK, with global farming in mind. Every farmer's context is different, and the app is designed to learn what matters about your operation as you use it.
Crops (cereals, oilseeds, root crops, forage, horticulture), livestock (cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, equine), and the operational decisions across both. Whether you run an arable enterprise, a livestock farm, or a mixed operation, the app adapts to your context.
Yes. FarmAsk launches globally on day one through the App Store in 175+ countries. The app understands regional differences in seasons, common crops, livestock breeds, and farming practices. The more you use it, the better it gets at your specific context.
FarmAsk is launching on the iOS App Store soon. The fastest way to know when it's live is to drop us your email at hello@farmask.ai and we'll send a single message when it goes live. No newsletter, no marketing.
Yes. We don't sell your data, and the details you share about your farm stay tied to your account. There are optional features for contributing anonymous farming insights to help other farmers — these are off by default and entirely your choice. Full details in the privacy policy.
No, and it isn't trying to. FarmAsk helps you think through farming decisions and get quick guidance on common questions. For specific veterinary issues, agronomic decisions with significant financial implications, or anything safety-critical, you should still consult your vet, agronomist, or qualified professional.