Building in public.
Honest updates from AGRIVISION AI as we build YieldAI Global — including the parts that don’t work yet.
Build-in-public notes — what shipped, what broke, and what we got wrong. Every issue is also republished on this blog.
We removed the claim from six files. It was in the system prompt.
A system prompt is documentation that executes. If you ship an AI product, it is the highest-leverage piece of unreviewed prose in your company.
Read postI told nine applicants it was unpaid. My careers page would not say it.
It was the most uncomfortable commit I have written, because the sentence was not false. It was just softer than the truth.
Read postI verified forty-two link opportunities. I could actually do two of them.
None of those numbers was wrong. Each one was accurate about a slightly different question than the one I was asking it.
Read postWe have sixteen backlinks. Not one of them is a recommendation.
A number can be measured correctly, tracked diligently, reported honestly, and still be describing something other than what you think it describes.
Read postI shipped, submitted and sent all week. The number is exactly where it started.
Everything I did this week was an input. The output — the only number that tells me whether any of it worked — did not move by one. That gap is where people quietly start inflating things.
Read postI gave my own work a 97% score. The score could not see the problem.
I did the responsible-looking thing — I measured. What I did not do was ask whether the measurement could detect the failure I cared about.
Read postWhen to Seed on the Canadian Prairies: Soil Temperature, Frost and the Insurance Deadline
On the Prairies, soil temperature decides when a crop can go in and the crop insurance contract decides when it is too late. Here are the thresholds and the 2026 deadlines that MASC, SCIC and AFSC actually publish.
Read postHow to Check Crop and Livestock Prices in the USA
USDA published more than 250,000 free price reports in the year it counted them, but a reported price is not the price on your cheque. This guide explains where American price data comes from, how each report is built, and what gets deducted before you are paid.
Read postUSDA Farm Programs, Explained: Crop Insurance, ARC, PLC, EQIP and CSP
Three USDA agencies run the main federal farm programs, on three different clocks, under one authority that expires on 30 September 2026. Here is how crop insurance, ARC and PLC, and the NRCS conservation programs work, with the 2026 figures and where each one came from.
Read postCanadian Farm Support Programs: How the Business Risk Management Suite Works
The four programs do not share one delivery map. An Alberta producer deals with AFSC for AgriStability and with Ottawa for AgriInvest, and that is the detail people get wrong most often.
Read postWe audited our own website and found 45 buttons that went nowhere
Nobody reported it. Nothing errored. It just silently leaked every person who tried to reach us. If you are building in public too: go click your own buttons.
Read postIrish Farm Payment Schemes: How BISS and the Area-Based Applications Work
One online application covers nine Irish schemes, and missing its deadline costs 1% per working day until it costs everything. Here is how the machinery actually works.
Read postWhen to Sow Cereals in Ireland: The Winter and Spring Windows
Irish sowing dates are decided by a short autumn window and a wet spring, not by a calendar. Here are the windows Teagasc actually publishes, and the trade-off behind each one.
Read postIreland's Nitrates Derogation, Explained
The derogation is not a scheme. It is an exception to a limit written into an EU directive from 1991, and in December 2025 it was extended to the end of 2028. Here is what it actually says.
Read postWhy CropVision Tells You How Sure It Is
A confident wrong answer about a diseased crop can cost a farmer a season. Here is why our disease detection shows its confidence instead of hiding it.
Read postI Audited Our Own Website and Found We Were Underselling the Product
Our homepage said disease detection was on the roadmap. It had been live for weeks. Here is everything I found wrong on our own site, and why I am publishing the list.
Read postI wrote my own bio. Then I cut three claims from it.
Writing your own bio turns out to be an efficient way to find out what you have been quietly overstating. Easier to correct a bio than to keep living up to one.
Read postOur own website spent last week telling people we hadn’t launched
The document a paying customer is bound by asserted that no product was generally available. A stale site is just a slower kind of overclaiming.
Read postEdition #7 — The week we audited our own website
No new features this week. Instead we went through our own site looking for everything that was no longer true — and found more than I’d like to admit.
Read postBuild Notes #6: We Shipped — YieldAI Global Is Live
For five editions I’ve written the word “building”. This one is different — and here is exactly what “live” does and does not mean.
Read postCan AI Really Help Farmers? A Plain-English Guide
AI is showing up everywhere, including farming. So what can it actually do for a farmer today — and what should you not expect from it? An honest look.
Read postGovernment Schemes for Farmers in India (2026): A Simple Guide
There is real support available for farmers — the hard part is knowing which scheme applies and how to apply. Here is a simple, honest guide to the main ones.
Read postHow to Check Today's Mandi Prices Online (India)
Knowing today's mandi price before you sell can be the difference between a fair deal and a loss. Here are the free, official places to check prices — and how to use them.
Read postWhich Crops to Grow on Flood-Prone or Waterlogged Land
If part of your land holds water or floods after heavy rain, the crop you choose matters more than anything. Here is a practical guide to what grows well on wet ground.
Read postड्रिप बनाम फ्लड सिंचाई: कौन ज़्यादा पानी और पैसा बचाती है?
फ्लड सिंचाई शुरू करना सस्ता है पर पानी बर्बाद करती है। ड्रिप में शुरुआती खर्च ज़्यादा है पर यह पानी बचाती है, खरपतवार घटाती है और पैदावार बढ़ा सकती है। फ़ैसला कैसे करें, यहाँ बताया है।
Read postखरीफ और रबी: भारत में फसल बोने का समय
भारत की खेती तीन मौसमों पर चलती है। कौन सी फसल किस मौसम की है — और बोने की सही खिड़की — यही एक फ़ायदेमंद साल की रीढ़ है।
Read postBuild Notes #5: The Unglamorous Week — Wiring Up Real Farm Data
If the data is wrong, a fluent AI just tells a confident lie — and in farming, a confident lie can cost someone a season. The week spent on the boring layer underneath everything else.
Read postDrip vs Flood Irrigation: Which Saves More Water and Money?
Flood irrigation is cheap to start but wastes water. Drip costs more upfront but saves water, cuts weeds and can raise yield. Here is how to decide.
Read postKharif vs Rabi: When to Sow Major Crops in India
India's farming calendar runs on three seasons. Knowing which crop belongs in which — and the sowing window — is the backbone of planning a profitable year.
Read postHow to Increase Crop Yield: 8 Practical Steps
Higher yield rarely comes from one big change. It comes from getting several small things right, in order. Here are eight practical steps that consistently move the needle.
Read postफसल की पैदावार कैसे बढ़ाएँ: 8 व्यावहारिक कदम
ज़्यादा पैदावार किसी एक बड़े बदलाव से नहीं, बल्कि कई छोटी चीज़ों को सही क्रम में करने से आती है। यहाँ आठ व्यावहारिक कदम हैं जो सचमुच फ़र्क़ डालते हैं।
Read postकिसानों के लिए सरकारी योजनाएँ 2026: एक आसान गाइड
किसानों के लिए असली मदद उपलब्ध है — मुश्किल बस यह जानना है कि कौन सी योजना लागू होती है और आवेदन कैसे करें। यहाँ मुख्य योजनाओं की एक सरल, ईमानदार गाइड है।
Read postआज के मंडी भाव ऑनलाइन कैसे देखें
बेचने से पहले आज का मंडी भाव जानना सही सौदे और नुकसान के बीच का फ़र्क़ हो सकता है। यहाँ भाव देखने के मुफ़्त, आधिकारिक स्रोत और उनका इस्तेमाल बताया गया है।
Read postबाढ़ या जलभराव वाली ज़मीन में कौन सी फसल लगाएँ
अगर आपकी ज़मीन के किसी हिस्से में पानी भरता है या बारिश के बाद बाढ़ आती है, तो सही फसल चुनना सबसे ज़रूरी है। यहाँ गीली ज़मीन के लिए एक व्यावहारिक गाइड है।
Read postWhy I'm Building AGRIVISION AI (and Why I'm Telling You Before It's Done)
The honest first post: why I left a career in production AI to build YieldAI Global for the world's agricultural extension workers — and exactly how early we are.
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