OpenAgData

Our ecosystem / Evidence, carried into practice

From evidence to action.
From stewardship
to value.

Good evidence should travel further than the paper it came from.

OpenAgData connects research to its sources, places and measured outcomes. It is part of a wider family of platforms being built to carry that evidence into practical knowledge, field decisions and the value of stewardship.

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  1. 01Research
  2. 02Guidance
  3. 03Field records
  4. 04Outcomes
  5. 05Value returned

Our shared mission

Make agricultural knowledge useful, field decisions traceable, and the value of stewardship visible to the people who create it.

Our shared vision

A connected agricultural ecosystem where research informs practice, every season adds to the evidence, and land stewards can earn recurring income from the outcomes they create.

Keep sources and uncertainty visible. Reuse field records with the farmer’s approval. Build useful tools today while testing the connections needed for tomorrow.

The information flow

One field. Connected knowledge.

Select a platform to see the essential information it brings in and passes on.

Implemented expert Q&A pathwayPlanned evidence connections
ResearchExpert Q&AEvidence for calibrationDated practice recordsCost evidenceEstimatesField observations → better evidence · planned feedback loop
The people using itStewards & buyersDecisions today.
Outcome agreements next.

  1. Research → practical guidance · planned

  2. Expert questions ↔ answers with FieldLog · implemented pathway

  3. Practice records → TerraValue · planned

  4. Supporting branch: sourcing & cost evidence → TerraValue · planned

  5. Estimates → decisions today; outcome contracts planned

  6. Stewards, districts & buyers

    Use the estimates to make decisions. Future observations test the models and inform the research.

The evidence

OpenAgData

Public platform

Important information in
Published studies, field comparisons and their methods, locations and uncertainty.
What it contributes
An evidence base for agronomic guidance and model calibration, with the original source attached.

Planned: bring relevant research evidence into guidance and TerraValue’s calibration work.

The map shows how the ecosystem is intended to work, not an automatic sync between every platform. FieldLog’s expert Q&A pathway depends on the connection being configured. Farmer approval, evidence review and pilot validation remain part of the planned connections.

Five platforms. A shared purpose.

Follow the evidence.
Meet the people and tools around it.

Each platform has a useful job on its own. The wider connections are the work ahead: research informing guidance, approved field records supporting estimates, and observations testing what the models predict.

01

The evidence

OpenAgData

You are here · Public platform

What works, where?

Agricultural research connected to the places, conditions and funding behind it. Researchers, funders and institutions can follow source papers and measured outcomes, see what has been tested, and find the questions still open.

  • · Research mapped to place
  • · Source-linked outcome evidence
  • · Research hubs and funding context

Its part in the connection

An evidence base for agronomic guidance and model calibration, with the original source attached.

Planned: bring relevant research evidence into guidance and TerraValue’s calibration work.

Explore the evidence
02

The knowledge

Soil Health Exchange

Public platform

What should I try?

A public exchange where farmers ask questions, experts share answers, and practical soil knowledge stays available to everyone. Field tools, guides, community connections and funding opportunities help turn a question into a next step.

  • · Expert field answers
  • · Practical planning tools and guides
  • · Community and funding discovery

Its part in the connection

Practical guidance, people to learn with, and a starting point for a change on the farm.

FieldLog includes an Ask an Expert pathway to Soil Health Exchange; wider evidence connections are planned.

Visit Soil Health Exchange
03

The field record

FieldLog

Public platform

What happened on this field?

A working record of the season for farmers, agronomists and research teams. Plans, tasks, field observations, inputs and harvest records stay tied to the field or plot where the work happened.

  • · Season plans and team tasks
  • · Field and plot activity records
  • · Practice history and program worksheets

Its part in the connection

A dated management history that can support a program application, a review of the season or an outcome estimate.

Planned: reuse farmer-approved practice records in TerraValue rather than enter them again.

Explore FieldLog
04

The people & inputs

FarmDeck

Service network live

Who can help me do it?

Find farm service providers by specialty and location, understand their capabilities and coverage, and send a request for the work ahead. Equipment intake is open; the seed marketplace is opening next.

  • · Service providers and coverage maps
  • · Provider pages and job requests
  • · Seed and equipment sourcing in progress

Its part in the connection

People and inputs to put a plan into practice, with the costs and documents that can support a field record.

Planned: turn guidance into sourcing options, and carry approved input and service costs into FieldLog and TerraValue.

Find a service provider
05

The outcome and value

TerraValue

Modeling tools live

What is the change worth?

Field-level natural capital intelligence. TerraValue compares a field with its conventional twin across carbon, water quality, water quantity, biodiversity, yield resilience and economics, then shows estimated value by who benefits or pays.

  • · Six field outcome models
  • · Value and next moves by field
  • · Feedstock CI records and the 45Z tool

Its part in the connection

Modeled outcomes, estimated economics and a basis for conversations with farmers, districts and buyers.

Next: calibrate estimates with pilot observations. Outcome contracts, ownership records and payments are the roadmap.

Open the field workspace

How it connects

One field.
A question worth following.

Imagine a farmer considering cereal rye ahead of corn. The intended path begins with the evidence and keeps the source, conditions and uncertainty attached.

Illustrative workflow. The full connection and outcome payments are still being developed. Research findings, farm records and model estimates remain distinct kinds of evidence.

  1. 01

    OpenAgData

    Find the evidence

    Look for cover-crop comparisons under relevant soils, crops and climate. Keep the source, the result and its uncertainty together.

  2. 02

    Soil Health Exchange

    Work out the next step

    Ask about a rye cover crop, explore practical guidance and find people or programs that can help.

  3. 03

    FarmDeck

    Find the people and inputs

    Find a seed supplier or planting service, check coverage and timing, and request the work your plan depends on.

  4. 04

    FieldLog

    Keep the season’s record

    Record planting, termination, nitrogen management and costs. Planned connections would bring approved sourcing details into that field history.

  5. 05

    TerraValue

    Understand the outcomes

    Compare management scenarios on the field. See modeled changes in water, carbon, resilience and costs, with assumptions visible.

  6. 06

    The next stage

    Build a case for payment

    A pilot would check practice evidence and outcomes with a district or buyer, agree a contract, and record who can claim each outcome.

Our vision, built in stages

Build the connection.
Then prove it in the field.

  1. Today

    Useful tools, each with a job.

    Public knowledge at Soil Health Exchange, research discovery at OpenAgData, seasonal records in FieldLog, field estimates in TerraValue, and a live service-provider network on FarmDeck.

    Start with the platform that helps your work now.

  2. Next

    Connect the evidence around a field.

    Reuse approved practice records, link their supporting documents, and connect estimates to relevant research. Test the chain in a source-water pilot with farmers and a town or district.

    Show that the record is usable and the estimates hold up.

  3. Then

    Turn evidence into agreements.

    Develop outcome contracts, evidence grades and a ledger of who paid for what. Bring water, grain and fuel buyers into the same field story, with one owner for each claimed unit.

    Prove the first contract and payment cycle.

  4. The horizon

    A recurring dividend for stewardship.

    Build toward standard outcome units, more buyers across districts, and finance that can carry the gap between planting and verification. Let field observations improve the next round of research and decisions.

    Make stewardship a repeatable part of farm income.

No fixed launch dates. Record sharing, the outcome ledger and recurring payments are planned work. TerraValue’s outputs are modeled estimates, not verified credits.

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There is a place for you in this ecosystem.

Follow the progress, put a platform to work, support public knowledge, or help fund the next stage.

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