Agri-Commerce & Markets
Agri-Inputs Store & Buying Groups
Buy against the plan, aggregate with your neighbours, compare on nutrient.
A multivendor input marketplace that starts from the farm's own nutrient and protection plan rather than a catalogue, compares products on active ingredient and nutrient cost rather than headline price, and supports group aggregation so smaller holdings can buy on terms usually reserved for large ones.
- 12 capabilities
- 2 linked schemes
- Offline capable
- 12
- Capabilities in this module
- 5
- Interactive tools
- 2
- Linked support schemes
- 5
- Data integrations
- 5
- Measures reported
The ground reality
What is actually happening in inputs store in the UK
Input costs have risen materially since 2020 and are the largest controllable variable cost on most holdings. Buying groups and cooperatives already aggregate demand successfully in the UK, but the aggregation is manual and the price comparison is rarely normalised to the unit that matters — cost per kilogram of nutrient or per hectare of active ingredient.
Figures are as published at the time of writing. Farm policy and payment rates change frequently — verify against the primary source before relying on any number here.
In the field
Inputs store, as it actually looks
Photography from working UK holdings alongside the interface that records it. Every frame below is a commissioned slot: the brief is stated until the photograph is taken.
Inputs Store — a walkthrough
A working pass through inputs store: entering the record once, and watching it appear in the evidence pack, the calendar and the scheme application without being typed again.
- 0:00 What the module is for
- 0:48 Entering the record
- 2:05 Where it appears next
- 3:20 The evidence pack
Photography slots state their own brief until the shot is commissioned, so the layout never shifts when real images arrive.
Capabilities
What Inputs Store does
Every capability below is built on the same underlying record, so entering something once is enough for it to appear wherever it is needed.
Record and plan
- Multivendor catalogue for seed, fertiliser, crop protection, feed, minerals and sundries
- Requirement-led ordering generated from the nutrient and protection plans
- Normalised comparison on cost per kilogram of nutrient or per hectare treated
Operate and monitor
- Group buying with demand aggregation across participating holdings
- Authorisation and certification checking before a restricted product can be added to a basket
- Professional user verification for products requiring operator certification
Comply and evidence
- Delivery scheduling with farm access constraints and storage capacity checks
- Order history feeding directly into the stock and application records
- Price alert subscriptions against a target purchase price
Analyse and improve
- Supplier performance rating based on delivery accuracy and service
- Credit terms and account management with vendor-set limits
- Returns, damages and short-delivery workflow
Interactive
Tools you actually use, not screens you read
These are working interfaces inside the module — maps, calculators, planners and dashboards that respond to your own holding data.
Basket builder pre-populated from the season plan
Basket builder pre-populated from the season plan
BuilderNutrient cost comparator normalising every product to cost per kilogram of nutrient
Nutrient cost comparator normalising every product to cost per kilogram of nutrient
ToolGroup buy board showing open aggregations you can join
Group buy board showing open aggregations you can join
DashboardPrice alert manager with target price triggers
Price alert manager with target price triggers
ToolDelivery calendar with storage capacity checking
Delivery calendar with storage capacity checking
ToolEnd to end
How Inputs Store runs, start to finish
The module is modelled as a state machine, so at any point the business knows exactly which stage every record is at and what has to happen next.
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1
Generate requirement from the season plan
This is where the record starts, and getting it right here removes work at every later stage.
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2
Compare products on normalised cost
The platform prompts only for what this stage genuinely needs, and carries everything forward.
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3
Join or open a group aggregation
Conflicts with scheme rules, regulatory windows and existing commitments are flagged here rather than discovered later.
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4
Verify certification for restricted products
Capture works offline, so this stage is completed in the field rather than remembered afterwards.
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5
Place the order and agree delivery
Everything recorded at this point becomes evidence automatically, in every format that will later ask for it.
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6
Receive, check and record into stock
This is the stage most businesses currently do twice, once for the operation and once for the paperwork.
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7
Feed usage into the application record
Results feed the whole-farm view, so the effect of this stage is visible against the rest of the business.
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8
Rate the supplier
The cycle closes here, and what is learned is carried into next season's plan rather than lost.
Who uses it
Built around four real jobs, not one generic user
Each of these people needs something different from the same record. The module is designed so none of them has to work around the others.
Farm buyer
Annual input purchasing
Wants to compare properly rather than accept the first quote.
Small holding operator
Below merchant minimum order
Needs group aggregation to access sensible pricing.
Input supplier
Vendor on the platform
Needs qualified demand rather than price-only enquiries.
Buying group manager
Aggregating members
Needs demand collected and committed before approaching suppliers.
Schemes and funding
Support schemes this module works with
Agrivencia holds these schemes as data, so eligibility, payment rates, caps and windows update the day they change rather than at the next software release.
Farming Equipment and Technology Fund
Contribute towards the cost of specified equipment and technology that improves productivity, slurry management or animal health and welfare.
Defra / Rural Payments Agency EnglandSustainable Farming Incentive 2026
Pay farmers for environmental actions taken alongside food production, as the principal replacement for area-based direct payments in England.
Defra / Rural Payments AgencyRates, caps and windows change frequently and sometimes without notice. Always confirm against the current published scheme rules before applying.
Measurement
How you will know it is working
The module reports against these measures from the day it is switched on, so the value is demonstrable rather than assumed.
- 01Order value
- 02Saving against list price
- 03Group buy participation
- 04Delivery accuracy
- 05Requirement-to-order conversion
Shopfront
Sell through inputs store
A storefront that already knows what you produce, because it reads your holding record. Assurance status, batch and provenance travel with every listing, so a buyer sees the evidence rather than a claim.
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Meat and dairy No listings yet Cold chain and use-by handling required
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Grain and flour No listings yet Sold by weight, priced per tonne
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Fruit and vegetables No listings yet Seasonal availability, grade declared
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Eggs and poultry No listings yet Registered packing centre code shown
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Drink No listings yet Duty status and ABV declared
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Wool and fibre No listings yet British Wool grade where applicable
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Inputs and seed No listings yet Authorisation number shown for treated seed
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Machinery No listings yet Hours, service history and V5C status
What the shopfront handles for you
- Collection, local delivery or carrier Rural postcodes are priced honestly rather than hidden at checkout.
- Weight-priced and graded goods A tonne of wheat and a box of eggs need different maths. Both are handled.
- Assurance carried through Red Tractor, organic certification and farm assurance status shown from the record, not typed in.
- Batch and provenance attached Every order can produce the traceability record behind it.
Market board
What things are worth this week
A board of the prices a UK farm business actually trades against, with the publishing body named beside each line. Prices are shown per the unit the trade uses, not converted into something tidier.
| Commodity | Price | Change | Trend | Source | Updated |
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| Feed wheat | — £/t | -1.0% | AHDB | awaiting feed | |
| Milling wheat | — £/t | +0.3% | AHDB | awaiting feed | |
| Feed barley | — £/t | +4.9% | AHDB | awaiting feed | |
| Oilseed rape | — £/t | +4.7% | AHDB | awaiting feed | |
| Deadweight cattle | — p/kg dw | -2.6% | AHDB | awaiting feed | |
| Deadweight lambs | — p/kg dw | -3.4% | AHDB | awaiting feed | |
| Farmgate milk | — p/litre | -3.5% | Defra | awaiting feed | |
| Standard pigs | — p/kg dw | +4.7% | AHDB | awaiting feed | |
| Ammonium nitrate | — £/t | -1.4% | Trade | awaiting feed | |
| Red diesel | — p/litre | -3.3% | Trade | awaiting feed |
Questions answered
What people ask about Inputs Store
Does this replace the software I already use?
Not necessarily. Agrivencia integrates with authoritative sources and mainstream packages rather than insisting on replacing them. Where an incumbent does one job well, the platform connects to it; where the job spans several systems and nobody does it, the platform does it.
Will it work where I have no signal?
Yes. Field capture in Inputs Store is offline first, storing locally and synchronising when a connection returns. Only around a fifth of UK farms report reliable signal across the whole holding, so this is a design assumption rather than a feature.
What happens when the scheme rules change?
Scheme rules are held as data rather than code, so a rate change, a cap change or a window closure is a content update that takes effect the same day. The platform also alerts you to what the change does to your own position.
Who owns the data I put in?
You do. The Farm Data Charter gives you a complete export in open formats at any time, and every instance of data sharing requires an explicit, revocable consent that is visible in your account.
Does it work if I farm across a border?
Yes, and that is one of the main reasons the platform exists. A business with land in more than one nation sees one reconciled view rather than two portals, with obligations and deadlines from both administrations in a single calendar.
Can my agronomist or land agent use it too?
Yes. You grant scoped, time-limited access per holding and per module, and you can revoke it in one click. Advisers never get a shared password or a blanket view.
What is the biggest limitation of this module?
Restricted product sold to an uncertified buyer. Prevented by verification gating. We would rather state that plainly than let you discover it after signing.
Documents
Take it away with you
Everything here is printable and works on a kitchen table with no signal. Where a document asks for an email address, it says so on the button rather than after you press it.
Buying Inputs Properly: Normalised Comparison and Group Aggregation
The practical handbook for inputs store: what the rules require, what the evidence has to show, and the mistakes that cost people money.
inputs store — evidence checklist
Every document an audit or a claim asks for, in the order it is asked for, with the validity period of each.
inputs store — record template
The record structure the module uses, as a spreadsheet, so a business not yet on the platform can start keeping it correctly today.
Data model reference
Entities, fields and integration points for inputs store, for advisers and software partners.
See Inputs Store running on your own holding
Thirty minutes, using your parcels, your schemes and your enterprises rather than a sample farm. No obligation and no sales script — if it does not fit your business we will say so.
- Free tier available
- No card required
- Your data stays yours