Safe Age Systems from South Australia gives farmers software to keep up with rules and cut their paperwork
Farmers can use the mobile software app for the Safe Ag Systems QR code reader to check or update machinery maintenance records.
Safe Ag Systems software launched in 2017 to help small farmers manage in an increasingly corporate industry after occupational health and safety laws were harmonised in Australia.
Based in Adelaide, Safe Ag Systems attracted more than 600 customers and 4000 users across Australia and New Zealand. With one death on average per week in Australian agriculture, Safe Ag Systems started in the safety space but realised agriculture has a huge amount of compliance requirements.
The software aim to help farmers deal with compliance and paperwork in running their business. It uses a cloud-based platform that can be set up on a desktop computer and accessible through a mobile app. The farmers can create a set of policies and inductions, store employee and training records and compliance certifications.
The mobile app provides on-the-ground information on safety, task management, communication and an emergency alert. QR codes attached to pieces of machinery can store maintenance records, pre-operational and safety checks that can be accessed and updated in real time through the app.
Safe Ag Systems co founder and CEO, Katy Landt, from a five-generation farming family on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, said the software was also being used by insurance companies to set or reduce premiums based on use and good safety practices: “Our company mission is to remove the paperwork associated with compliance for agribusiness globally without compromising the productivity and the quality assurance of this industry that feeds and clothes us.”
Safe Ag Systems secured a $500,000 grant through the South Australian government’s early commercialisation fund, allowing it to increase staff and ramp up development and allow the software to covering additional regulatory needs.
