The Single Farm Account
Farm Account: Questions Answered
Straight answers to the questions people actually ask.
Including the awkward ones. If something is a genuine limitation of the module we would rather say so here than let it be discovered later.
Questions answered
What people ask about Farm Account
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 Farm Account 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?
Identifier mismatch producing wrong-holding data. Mitigated by explicit reconciliation with human confirmation. We would rather state that plainly than let you discover it after signing.
Everything included
The full capability list, grouped
Record and plan3
- Business, holding and person records with the full identifier graph
- Identifier reconciliation across SBI, CRN, CPH and devolved equivalents
- Multi-holding and multi-nation business structures
Operate and monitor3
- Federated sign-in with government identity where available
- Role-based and attribute-based access control at holding and module level
- Adviser, agent, contractor and vendor access with scoped, revocable permissions
Comply and evidence3
- Consent management with a visible record of every data sharing agreement
- Delegation and successor access for continuity planning
- Two-factor authentication and session security
Analyse and improve3
- Complete audit trail of every access and change
- Data export in open formats under a farmer-owns-their-data policy
- Account closure with defined data retention and deletion
Detail
The short version
The account is the spine of the platform. It reconciles every identifier a UK farm business carries — business, customer, holding, parcel and the devolved equivalents — into one coherent record, and it governs who can see and do what, across the business, its advisers, its contractors and its buyers.
A UK farm business is identified differently by every system it touches: a Single Business Identifier and Customer Reference Number in the English rural payments estate, County Parish Holding numbers for livestock, and separate identifiers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Government policy has signalled movement towards a single digital farming account over time, and the identifier reconciliation is the technical foundation on which every cross-module feature depends.
Everything Farm Account records is written into the same platform data spine as every other module, which is why a single entry can satisfy an operational need, a scheme evidence requirement, an assurance clause and a carbon activity line at once. That is the whole design premise: the work is already being done, and it is the recording of it that is duplicated.
How we handle evidence
Where these figures come from
Agrivencia grades every figure it publishes. Primary legislation, official statistics and audit reports are treated as authoritative. Levy body and professional body data is treated as reliable. Commercial trackers and trade press are treated as indicative and labelled as such. Where sources conflict, the conflict is shown rather than resolved silently.
- Authoritative Legislation, statutory instruments, official scheme rules, national audit and public accounts reporting, departmental annual reports and accredited official statistics.
- Reliable Parliamentary committee evidence, peer-reviewed research, independent economic institutes and levy body analysis.
- Supporting Professional bodies, land agents, certification schemes and industry associations.
- Indicative Commercial market trackers and trade press, used for corroboration only and always labelled.
Payment rates, caps and windows in UK farm support change frequently and sometimes without notice. Nothing on this platform is a substitute for the current published scheme rules or for professional advice.
Free download
One Account, Four Nations: Reconciling Farm Business Identifiers
A practical handbook, written for UK farm businesses, with the sources cited and the working shown. No sales call attached — the guide is the point.
See Farm Account 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