Rebalancing our relationship with nature to leave a healthier landscape for future generations.
Supporting stewardship of western ranchlands since 1994, WSE works with ranchers, businesses, and organizations to balance the health of soil, water, climate and wildlife habitat while increasing ranch profitability through regenerative agriculture practices. By working with nature, we are able to leave a legacy that encompasses ecological health, economic prosperity, and community well-being.
The Challenge
Having the ability to utilize real-time data to make adaptive management decisions is a game-changer. Whether you're tracking grazing plans, soil and precipitation data, or changing wildlife patterns. WSE wanted to build a SaaS platform, enabling ranchers to independently access year-to-year herd and data comparisons.
WSE recognized the need for a comprehensive tool to measure and monitor the progression of regenerative management practices on ranches. They sought to harness the power of machine learning and specific datasets to collect both qualitative and quantitative data that would accurately reflect the environmental benefits achieved at the individual ranch level. Additionally, they aimed to utilize this data for AI-backed decision-making, explore novel markets, and enhance the verification of value-added animal products.
Hatchery jumps in
As a software development company specializing in creating user-friendly SaaS applications with advanced functionalities, WSE partnered with Hatchery to develop the Land Health Dashboard. Recognizing the unique requirements of WSE's project, Hatchery immersed itself in the field of regenerative agriculture, becoming experts in the intricacies of land management practices and environmental impact assessment. The major complexity in this system is that the data comes in many forms including JSON, RDMBS data, CSV/Excel, satellite content, KML/KMZ, ESRI Shape Files and more. We needed to provide technology to normalize the various types into a format a single API could "talk to".
Our Approach
Hatchery dedicated significant resources to understand the nuances of regenerative agriculture and the specific needs of WSE's target demographic. This involved conducting extensive research, consulting with experts in the field, and collaborating closely with WSE's team to define clear objectives and requirements.
User-Centric Design: With a deep understanding of the end-users' needs, Hatchery designed an intuitive and user-friendly interface for the Land Health Dashboard. The application was carefully crafted to provide obvious prompts for entering data, ensuring ease of use even for users with limited technical expertise.
Advanced Functionality: Leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as machine learning and AI, Hatchery developed robust algorithms to analyze the data collected by the dashboard. This enabled WSE to derive actionable insights for decision-making and explore new opportunities for market development.
Reporting and Analytics: The Land Health Dashboard is equipped with comprehensive reporting metrics, allowing end-users to track their progress, identify areas for improvement, and make proactive decisions to enhance land health and sustainability.
Hatchery has delivered a highly dynamic product, fueled by complex and layered data. In addition to the technical product, Hatchery has also developed a close relationship with WSE domain experts and WSE customers. This relationship allows Hatchery to work very closely with the WSE team.
The Solution
Land Health Dashboard
- Multi-tenant SaaS product supporting custom user roles
- Complex graze tracking
- Stripe payments integration
- Complex algorithms for building and displaying interactive maps.
- AWS Serverless system
- Dynamic client with drag and drop capabilities
- Very rich React-based client talking to a Hatchery Java ROVA backend system - supports a drag-and-drop interface for building events
- Proprietary equations for calculating and tracking regenerative processes
- Administration management system including Shapefile upload capabilities