CropCircuit is building a small-farm systems laboratory in Southwest Michigan. The farm is the proving ground; the audit, tools, and protocols are what other farmers can reuse.
CropCircuit combines hands-on farm work with systems thinking. The farm tests methods; the lab turns what works into clear protocols, cost models, and practical tools other small farms can adapt.
Everything here is designed to be useful: exact process notes, practical calculators, and honest tradeoffs without sponsor pressure.
Actionable field notes, how-to guides, and breakdowns from real work on the ground.
A real excerpt from Module 1 of the Rural Veterinary Practice Workflow Simulator: the Willow Creek case, a live decision point, and the instructor key. See exactly what students get before you buy.
Ready-to-teach curriculum for university vet and animal-science programs: three simulation modules, rubrics, syllabus alignment. $279, single-department perpetual license.
Nobody has had this job before: one farmer, a crew of AI agents, and a consultancy that ships human-reviewed work. The receipts from one week — the radar we built, the bots we interviewed, the product that came out in 24 hours, and everything that broke on the way.
This site publishes with AI help. Here's the fail-closed rule that keeps unverified farm advice off the internet — and why the drafts wait.
My website pointed at a music artist's Facebook page for months, and the donate buttons were dead while the blog advertised them. The AI-crew failure series starts here.
Before you buy a Small Farm Systems Audit, see one. We audited a composite Michigan farm and published the thinking, the rubric, and the recommendations.
Two perspectives. Hard questions. Useful tradeoffs for small farms and homesteads.
Real photos from daily work, livestock care, and family-scale operations in Michigan.
Brooding, feed management, and predator planning are where the real poultry work starts.
Rotations, fence moves, and forage pressure are tracked as operational decisions, not guesses.
Animal systems are documented with real constraints: weather, time, labor, and infrastructure.
A practical planning audit for layout, chore flow, equipment priorities, and automation decisions. $95 flat — delivered within three business days after payment and a sufficiently complete intake.
A practical planning audit for layout, chore flow, equipment priorities, and automation decisions on small farms and homesteads.
Buy NowIf these guides or tools help you save time, improve results, or avoid mistakes, your support directly funds field work, tooling, livestock care, and content updates.
Donate / Support CropCircuitBook the Small Farm Systems Audit and get a focused written recommendation for one property and one primary workflow goal.
This project is built around real farm work in Michigan. We publish progress, setbacks, and practical outcomes so readers can use what works and avoid what doesn't.
Each update ties back to a core goal: better soil, healthier livestock systems, and durable small-farm operations that can be replicated.
