Some people have asked me to create a list of features the perfect faming software solution should have. Here is my list of features:

The whole idea behind a software solution for the farmer should be to make it as easy as possible to manage the farm.

1. It should really bring the web and e-commerce closer to the farmer without alienating him/her from what he/she is used to.
2. It should be cross platform, working on PC/Mac/Linux as well as on all portable devices like iPhone and Android.
3. It should be able to integrate with social networking tools such as facebook and twitter in order to allow the farmer to network with friends.
4. It should be an free platform that will allow others to write extensions for as well as give people the freedom to use the software as per the Free Software Foundation.
5. It should be build upon a solid business model in order to allow software engineeers to make a living from it.

In Conclusion: The perfect software solution for farmers should be a farming Application Programming Interface (API) build upon software standards.