Platform, Data & Integrations
Data, APIs & Integrations
Integrate what is authoritative. Build only what does not exist.
The platform's strategy is to orchestrate rather than replace. This module manages every inbound and outbound integration, documents the licensing and cost of each data source honestly, and provides the public API and developer programme that lets other systems build on the platform rather than around it.
- 12 capabilities
- 2 linked schemes
- Offline capable
- 12
- Capabilities in this module
- 5
- Interactive tools
- 2
- Linked support schemes
- 10
- Data integrations
- 5
- Measures reported
The ground reality
What is actually happening in data & Integrations in the UK
The UK has no single agricultural data stack; its equivalent is assembled from many separate services. Some are authoritative and should be integrated rather than rebuilt — livestock traceability, mapping, weather, market intelligence, carbon codes and the biodiversity register among them. Some carry real commercial cost: Ordnance Survey licensing is free at the point of use for public sector members but chargeable for a private platform, which must operate as an OS Partner.
Figures are as published at the time of writing. Farm policy and payment rates change frequently — verify against the primary source before relying on any number here.
Capabilities
What Data & Integrations does
Every capability below is built on the same underlying record, so entering something once is enough for it to appear wherever it is needed.
Record and plan
- Integration catalogue with status, licensing model and cost for every source
- Inbound connectors to government, commercial and hardware data sources
- Outbound connectors to accounting, assurance, supply chain and scheme destinations
Operate and monitor
- Public REST API with versioning, documentation and sandbox
- Developer programme with keys, quotas and terms
- Webhook subscriptions for event-driven partner integration
Comply and evidence
- Data mapping and transformation between source and platform schemas
- Integration health monitoring with failure alerting
- Rate limiting, caching and cost control on metered sources
Analyse and improve
- Fallback strategies where no production API exists, including user-mediated upload
- Open data publication of aggregate, anonymised platform statistics
- Data licensing register documenting what may and may not be redistributed
Interactive
Tools you actually use, not screens you read
These are working interfaces inside the module — maps, calculators, planners and dashboards that respond to your own holding data.
Integration status board showing every connector and its health
Integration status board showing every connector and its health
DashboardAPI explorer with live sandbox requests
API explorer with live sandbox requests
ToolData licensing viewer stating exactly what each source permits
Data licensing viewer stating exactly what each source permits
ToolWebhook subscription manager
Webhook subscription manager
ToolIntegration cost dashboard for metered data sources
Integration cost dashboard for metered data sources
DashboardEnd to end
How Data & Integrations runs, start to finish
The module is modelled as a state machine, so at any point the business knows exactly which stage every record is at and what has to happen next.
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Catalogue the required data sources
This is where the record starts, and getting it right here removes work at every later stage.
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2
Establish licensing and commercial terms
The platform prompts only for what this stage genuinely needs, and carries everything forward.
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3
Build and test the connector
Conflicts with scheme rules, regulatory windows and existing commitments are flagged here rather than discovered later.
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4
Map schemas and transform
Capture works offline, so this stage is completed in the field rather than remembered afterwards.
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Monitor health and cost in production
Everything recorded at this point becomes evidence automatically, in every format that will later ask for it.
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6
Publish outbound APIs and webhooks
This is the stage most businesses currently do twice, once for the operation and once for the paperwork.
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7
Support third-party developers
Results feed the whole-farm view, so the effect of this stage is visible against the rest of the business.
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8
Review licensing and cost annually
The cycle closes here, and what is learned is carried into next season's plan rather than lost.
Who uses it
Built around four real jobs, not one generic user
Each of these people needs something different from the same record. The module is designed so none of them has to work around the others.
Platform engineer
Building connectors
Needs documented schemas, sandboxes and honest licensing terms.
Third-party developer
Building on the platform
Needs a stable, versioned public API.
Farm business
Connecting existing software
Needs their accounting and machinery systems to connect without re-keying.
Data provider
Licensing data
Needs terms respected and usage reported accurately.
Schemes and funding
Support schemes this module works with
Agrivencia holds these schemes as data, so eligibility, payment rates, caps and windows update the day they change rather than at the next software release.
Digital and Data Modernisation in Farm Support
Modernise the digital systems through which farm support is delivered.
Defra, DSIT and the devolved administrations EnglandFarming Innovation Programme
Fund research and development that solves practical problems for farmers and growers.
Defra with Innovate UKRates, caps and windows change frequently and sometimes without notice. Always confirm against the current published scheme rules before applying.
Measurement
How you will know it is working
The module reports against these measures from the day it is switched on, so the value is demonstrable rather than assumed.
- 01Integrations live and healthy
- 02API uptime
- 03Third-party developers active
- 04Data licensing compliance
- 05Cost per thousand API calls
Questions answered
What people ask about Data & Integrations
Does this replace the software I already use?
Not necessarily. Agrivencia integrates with authoritative sources and mainstream packages rather than insisting on replacing them. Where an incumbent does one job well, the platform connects to it; where the job spans several systems and nobody does it, the platform does it.
Will it work where I have no signal?
Yes. Field capture in Data & Integrations is offline first, storing locally and synchronising when a connection returns. Only around a fifth of UK farms report reliable signal across the whole holding, so this is a design assumption rather than a feature.
What happens when the scheme rules change?
Scheme rules are held as data rather than code, so a rate change, a cap change or a window closure is a content update that takes effect the same day. The platform also alerts you to what the change does to your own position.
Who owns the data I put in?
You do. The Farm Data Charter gives you a complete export in open formats at any time, and every instance of data sharing requires an explicit, revocable consent that is visible in your account.
Does it work if I farm across a border?
Yes, and that is one of the main reasons the platform exists. A business with land in more than one nation sees one reconciled view rather than two portals, with obligations and deadlines from both administrations in a single calendar.
Can my agronomist or land agent use it too?
Yes. You grant scoped, time-limited access per holding and per module, and you can revoke it in one click. Advisers never get a shared password or a blanket view.
What is the biggest limitation of this module?
No guaranteed public production API for some government services. Mitigated by partnership routes and user-mediated upload fallbacks. We would rather state that plainly than let you discover it after signing.
See Data & Integrations running on your own holding
Thirty minutes, using your parcels, your schemes and your enterprises rather than a sample farm. No obligation and no sales script — if it does not fit your business we will say so.
- Free tier available
- No card required
- Your data stays yours