Education

Educators

Teachers, professors, researchers, and student programs can use OpenFMIS as a hands-on platform for real-world AgTech learning and experimentation—whether in a high school ag class or a university research lab.

It’s open, flexible, and ready to teach the next generation how to manage digital farms, not just read about them.

Use Cases:

• High school & FFA programs: Use OpenFMIS for student Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) projects, mapping school plots, and introducing digital farm tools in a no-cost, no-risk environment.

• Universities & colleges: Incorporate OpenFMIS into precision ag, agronomy, or ag econ curricula with lab modules using real satellite imagery, weather data, or yield maps while giving access to your farmers on their own farms or ranches. 

• Extension educators: Provide demo tools and templates for farmers to explore recordkeeping, compliance, and data sharing in workshops—without pitching commercial platforms.

• Research teams: Use the system for collecting standardized field data, testing new models, or building experimental modules with real-world integration.

• Hackathons & student dev projects: Let CS and ag students co-create new tools and analytics on top of the open core—turning classroom ideas into working features and future businesses. 

Summary:

OpenFMIS is a living textbook and a real farm lab in one. It helps educators connect students and producers to the digital side of ag—on their terms.