Guides
Farm tech, in plain English.
Short guides to the technology decisions farms are facing now, written the way Daniel would explain them across the kitchen table. Each one starts with the short answer.
6 minute read
The landline switch-off on a farm
The old copper phone network is closing, and every landline is moving onto broadband.
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How to get Wi-Fi to your barn
The parlour PC, the cameras, the sensors, the workshop laptop: all of them want a signal in a building the router can't reach.
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Starlink on a farm: is it worth it?
Starlink has changed what's possible on farms the phone line forgot.
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Farm CCTV: what you actually need
Thieves target farms for quads, GPS kit, fuel, tools and livestock, and they come after dark.
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Making Tax Digital: the computer checklist
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax means keeping your farm's records in software and sending HMRC a summary every quarter.
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Spotting scam emails, texts and calls
Farms are tempting targets: real money moving, government payments, suppliers paid by bank transfer and a busy office.
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Windows 10 has ended: what now?
Microsoft stopped updating Windows 10 for most people in October 2025, and the paid year of extra security updates for home users ran out in October 2026.
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Backing up your farm records
Medicine records, movement books, invoices, maps, five years of photos for inspections.
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