Yield
Farm financials built for farmers — by field, crop, and herd
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Russ Brooks

Yield - Farm financials built for farmers — by field, crop, and herd

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Yield is the first farm financial platform built for independent farmers and ranchers. Most farmers track nothing — they don't know their true cost per acre or which crops are profitable. Yield speaks farming language: P&L by field & crop, livestock tracking, Farm Health Score (0–100), Schedule F auto-preview, and AI monthly summaries in plain English. Free → Grower $12/mo → Ranch $29/mo

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Russ Brooks
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Hey PH! 👋 I built Yield because I couldn't find a financial tool that actually understood how farms work. Farmers don't think in "Chart of Accounts" — they think in fields, crops, and herds. Every financial decision is tied to a specific piece of land or a specific animal. Yield is built around that reality. The Farm Health Score is my favorite feature — one number that tells you the financial state of your entire operation, broken down by cash flow, profitability, cost efficiency, and debt load. Would love feedback from this community. What would make this indispensable for a real farming operation? → useyield.org
Anna Timofeeva

@russ_brooks Congrats on the launch! Really interesting idea building financial tools specifically around how farmers actually think about their operations.

I like the concept of the Farm Health Score. Turning complex financial data into a single understandable number seems very powerful for quick decision making.

From a product perspective I’m curious how the score becomes actionable for farmers. Do users get recommendations or insights explaining what is affecting the score the most?

It feels like that could make the tool even more useful in day to day decisions.

Russ Brooks
Maker

@annatimopheeva Thank you — that's exactly the right question to ask.

Yes, the AI Advisor does exactly this. After calculating your score, it breaks down which pillar is dragging you down (cash flow, profitability, cost efficiency, or debt load) and gives you specific actions to improve it — things like "your cost-to-revenue ratio is high, consider renegotiating your seed supplier contract" rather than just a number.

The goal was never just a score for its own sake — it's a weekly gut-check with a path forward. Would love to hear what a real farming operation would need to trust a tool like this day-to-day.