AI agent for farmers
Crop Marketing Price Watch Agent
Sell each crop at a price that clears costs, with terms the farmer has approved.
What it does
Most farmers sell when they need cash or when the price feels right, not when it clears their costs. This agent watches futures prices and local buyer bids each day and compares them with the farm's cost of production, storage cost and interest on stored grain. It flags when a target price is reached and when the gap between a local bid and the market is unusual. It compares buyers on delivered price, payment terms and pickup dates, and drafts a sale proposal with the numbers. It checks the proposal against the amount still unsold and the storage limit. The farmer approves any contract. Edge case: a high bid with a 60 day payment delay is ranked below a lower bid paid in 10 days when interest cost closes the gap.
How it works
Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.
Read the steps as a list
- Daily price check
- Read market prices and local buyer bids
- Compare with cost, storage and interest
- Has any bid reached the target price?If not: Keep watching and report the gap to target weekly. Back to step 2.
- Compare buyers on delivered price and terms
- Check the unsold quantity and storage space
- Draft a sale proposal with net price
- Does the proposal stay within the unsold quantity and the target?If not: Reduce the quantity or ask the buyer for better terms. Back to step 7.
- Farmer approves any contractThe agent waits here for your OK.
- Approved sale recorded
How it decides
It ranks offers by net price after storage, interest and delivery, and recommends a sale only when the net price clears the target.
- Recommend selling only when net price is at or above the target
- Charge interest at the farm's borrowing rate on delayed payments
- Never propose selling more than the unsold quantity
- Prefer a buyer with pickup that fits storage limits
Make it yours
Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.
- Target price per crop
- Interest rate for delayed payment
- Storage limit
- Buyers to compare
What keeps you in control
It always asks you first
- Farmer approves any sale or contract
Hard limits
- Never sign or accept a contract
- Never sell more than the unsold quantity
It stops when
- Done: a sale is approved and recorded
- Stop: no bid reaches the target and the farmer keeps watching
Set it up
We guide you through the set-up, step by step
Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.
- One set of instructions to paste into your AI, with the clicks for ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini and Grok
- The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
- A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide
