Farming and growing
Arable farms, growers and contractors want field records, spray and fertiliser logs, labour planning and buyer reporting held in one place and usable from a phone in the cab, not reconstructed at the end of the season.
East Midlands
Software and website development for Lincoln and its farmland
Lincoln looks after a cathedral and a castle with nearly a thousand years of history, builds gas turbines that ship around the world, and sits in the middle of some of the highest-graded farmland in England. We build the websites, web apps and connected systems that businesses here depend on, with every project run remotely.
- Delivered remotely to businesses in Lincoln
- Video calls in UK working hours
- A written proposal before any work starts
- Progress, files and invoices in your client panel
Local context
Farming, turbines and a thousand years of visitors
Food is the backbone of the wider county. The Greater Lincolnshire LEP describes an agri-food sector that combines farming and food manufacturing with a strong focus on agri-tech, robotics and the supply chain, notes that the area has more Grade 1 agricultural land than any other LEP area in England, and calls it strategically important to national food security. Its reputation rests on food, fish and farming alike.
The city's university feeds directly into that economy. The University of Lincoln's Institute for Agri-Food Technology, at the Riseholme campus, runs a working farm with specialist research facilities and brings together expertise in artificial intelligence, robotics, engineering, crop science, environmental sustainability, food manufacturing and product development. Farms, growers and processors around Lincoln are therefore surrounded by new ideas about automation and data.
Heavy engineering has deep roots too. Siemens Energy, the UK's only industrial gas turbine manufacturer supplying customers globally, employs a large workforce in Lincoln, and its engineers recently restored a 1932 Ruston car in the same factory where it was first built. Up the hill, Lincoln Cathedral has welcomed people for almost a thousand years and Lincoln Castle holds one of the original 1215 Magna Carta documents alongside its Victorian prison, giving the city a steady visitor trade for hotels, shops and guides.
Sectors
Sectors we build software for in Lincoln
Food processing and packing
Processors and packers supplying retailers deal with specifications, allergen data, intake checks and audits. We build traceability that links every lot from field or boat to finished pack and makes recalls quick to trace.
Engineering and energy supply chain
Machine shops and service companies working for turbine and energy customers need quoting, inspection records, certificate tracking and works orders that a demanding client can audit at short notice.
Heritage tourism and hospitality
Hotels, guest houses, cafes, guides and event organisers around the cathedral and castle want direct booking, timed tours, gift vouchers and pre-arrival messages, reducing their reliance on commission-charging platforms.
Agri-tech and research start-ups
Young companies working on robotics, sensors and crop data need dashboards, customer portals and subscription billing to turn a successful trial into a product farmers will pay for.
Common requests
Typical requests from Lincoln
Most Lincoln briefs start with records, timing or seasonality. The following come up again and again.
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Traceability buyers can trust
Lot and batch histories linked from intake to dispatch, with supermarket and audit reports generated in minutes rather than days.
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Seasonal labour planning
Rotas, skills and hours for harvest and packing teams that grow and shrink through the year, with timesheets that feed payroll.
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Farm data in one dashboard
Machinery, sensor and field information gathered from different systems into a single view a manager can act on.
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Bookings for heritage visitors
Rooms, tours and events sold through the business's own website, with deposits, reminders and capacity limits.
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Supplier quality documentation
Certificates, inspection results and drawings filed against each order so an engineering customer gets the evidence it asks for straight away.
Services
Software, app and web development services in Lincoln
Website design and development
Buyers, contractors and visitors check a Lincoln business online before making contact. We build quick, accessible sites that load well on rural connections and make enquiring or booking simple.
Custom software and web applications
When harvest records, packhouse checks or job sheets live in separate spreadsheets, we build one web application around how your Lincoln operation actually runs through the seasons.
App development
Our web apps install from the browser on phones, tablets and desktops and can keep working offline in fields and yards where signal comes and goes, syncing once a connection returns.
SaaS product development
Agri-tech founders often have a proven trial and no product. We help launch a focused first release with accounts, billing and data dashboards. See SaaS development.
E-commerce development
Farm shops, producers and makers can sell boxes, hampers and produce online, with delivery zones, collection slots and stock rules that suit fresh and seasonal goods.
API and system integrations
We connect farm management, weighbridge, accounting, payroll and customer systems so data is entered once and reports stay accurate. Our integration services explain more.
How we work
Remote delivery for Lincoln businesses
We run Lincoln projects online, which suits clients whose busiest months are spent in fields, packhouses or on the shop floor. Calls are arranged around harvest, peak trading and production schedules, and the client panel keeps designs, test versions and every decision in one place for whenever you have time to look.
A written proposal with scope, milestones and price comes before any build work. Each milestone ends with a demonstration and your approval, so you can plan around the project rather than being surprised by it.
A call about your brief
A video call to understand the business, the people who will use the software and what has to change.
A written proposal
Scope, milestones and price in writing. Nothing starts until you accept it.
Build in visible stages
Each milestone is reviewed with you; progress, files and decisions stay in your client panel.
Launch and look after it
Go-live when you are ready, then maintenance and hosting if you want them.
Nearby
Also working with businesses near Lincoln
Sources
Sources for the local facts on this page
- Greater Lincolnshire LEP: agri-food sector (accessed 5 November 2026)
- University of Lincoln: Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (accessed 5 November 2026)
- Greater Lincolnshire CCA: Siemens Energy showcases Lincoln's engineering legacy and future (accessed 5 November 2026)
- Lincoln Cathedral (accessed 5 November 2026)
- Lincoln Castle (accessed 5 November 2026)
FAQ
Questions from businesses in Lincoln
Do you build software for farms and food businesses around Lincoln?
Yes. We build record-keeping, traceability, labour and ordering systems for agriculture and food producers. See our agriculture and food and drink pages.
Will the software work where signal is poor?
Web apps can be built to store entries on the device and sync later, so staff can keep working in fields and outbuildings without a reliable connection.
Can you connect our farm or packhouse systems together?
Usually, yes, where the systems offer an API, data export or file exchange. We link them so information is captured once and shared automatically.
Do we need to meet in Lincoln?
No. Discovery, reviews and sign-off all take place over video and in the client panel, at times that suit your season.
How do you price a project?
Each project is priced on its scope in a written proposal. Answering the questions in our project quote lets us prepare one.
Plan your project with us
Prefer to give the full picture? The quote wizard asks about your business, your current systems and what should change, and we reply with a clear, competitive proposal.