Record livestock, crops, inventory, tasks and money info in one place — with KB, your AI farm manager, on WhatsApp.
Example conversation — not a real user.
What's wrong with her mouth?Example conversation — not a real user.
KB is your AI farm manager. He is available on WhatsApp and the HerdHive app.
HerdHive works where farmers already are. Message KB to log an animal, ask how many animals you have, get a reminder about an overdue task, or send a photo of a sick animal and get an instant read on what might be wrong. The full app (iOS, Android, web) is where you will get the full experience, dashboards, reports and more detail.
WhatsApp, iOS, Android and web all share the same data. Log something on WhatsApp in the kraal, and it's in the app instantly.
Most farm tools just give you forms to fill in. KB gives you a farm manager you can message. He reads your real data — every animal, every expense, every task — and answers in plain language. Ask why you're over budget and he tells you where the money went. He notices trends before they cost you, and says what to do about them. And when you ask, he acts.
KB answers from your own farm data — not generic advice off the internet.
Ask “why” and KB digs into the data to show you the cause, not just the total.
KB watches your weights, costs and stock, and flags what's drifting before it hurts.
Tell KB to log a sale, draft an order or set a task, and he does it across the whole system.
Ask in any of 18 languages. KB replies in the one you farm in.
Only owners and managers get financial answers. Workers never see the numbers.
Real questions, answered from your own farm data. These are examples — not real users.
Ask why — KB reads the data to answer.
KB firstKB reaches out when he spots a problem.
Tell KB what happened — he logs it and looks ahead.
Everything KB does over WhatsApp lives in the HerdHive app as well — iOS, Android and web — with dashboards, charts and full reports when you want the whole picture. Same farm, same data. Reach it whichever way suits the moment.
Your farm today
HerdHive isn't just for the owner. Your whole team can capture what's happening on the ground — from WhatsApp or the app, free, no limit on how many workers. KB's intelligence — the diagnosis, the recommendation — goes to the people who make the calls: the owner, manager or team lead holding an AI seat.
Unlimited team members — everyone can log animals, stock, tasks and photos from WhatsApp, free.
Workers capture and report; KB's answers and recommendations surface on the manager's phone.
Workers never see the farm's money — and AI is reserved for the people who run the decisions.
From the kraal to the manager’s phone, with KB in between. These are examples — not real users.
A worker captures it from WhatsApp — free, no AI seat needed.
The manager is alerted — with KB's recommended actions.
A worker captures it from WhatsApp — free, no AI seat needed.
The manager is alerted — with KB's recommended actions.
One system for the whole operation. Here is what it does.
Works on WhatsApp.
Works offline; syncs when you're back online.
Works in 18 languages.
Your whole team can use it — with the right access for each person (owner, manager, worker, observer), so workers never see money and sensitive data stays protected.
Advanced features — some still rolling out.
Farm Health Score
A 0–100 score for your operation that can support loan applications.
Farmer-to-Buyer Marketplace
Connect directly with buyers for what you produce.
Insurance
Cover for your animals and crops, built in.
Traceability certificates
QR-coded certificates that follow your produce.
Weather-triggered alerts
Get a heads-up when the weather affects your plans.
Seasonal Worker marketplace
Find extra hands when the season calls for it.
Track health, breeding, weight and history — whatever you keep.
Plan plantings, map your fields, and track input costs through the season — from planting to harvest.
From the waitlist to running your whole farm — here's the path.
Join the waitlist now; we'll set you up at launch — a real person helps you get started.
Join the waitlistYour animals, fields and stock. Type it in, or just tell KB on WhatsApp.
Log births, treatments, harvests and jobs as they happen — from the app or a WhatsApp message.
KB reminds you what's due, flags low stock, and answers questions about your farm any time.
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HerdHive started because I was drowning.
I'm KB — an IT consultant who became a commercial farmer. My partner and I started CSR Farms outside Pretoria with goats, sheep, and a lot of ambition. In our second year, she passed away. I was alone on a farm I didn't fully know how to run yet.
I needed something to hold the operation together — to track my animals, plan my crops, manage my inventory, remind me what needed doing before it was too late. Nothing existed that worked the way I actually farmed: on WhatsApp, in the kraal, between load-shedding and broken equipment.
So I built it myself.
Every feature in HerdHive exists because I needed it first. I planned my breeding program while building the breeding program feature. I tracked my first commercial maize crop from planting to harvest inside the same tool I was still debugging. When something broke on the farm, I fixed it in the app that evening.
HerdHive got my farm from survival to stability. Now I use it to expand — more hectares, more animals, more crops. It is the operating system my farm runs on.
I built HerdHive to fill a gap on my own farm. Now it's yours.
The biggest change came when I taught the app to think.
KB is the AI that runs alongside me now. He reads everything the farm records — animals, feed, money, tasks — and hands it back as plain answers. When I'm over budget, he tells me why, line by line. When my weaning weights start slipping, he catches it before I would have. When I'm standing in the kraal with no time to sit at a screen, I ask him on WhatsApp and he answers from my own numbers.
He didn't replace the work. He gave me back the hours I was losing to admin, and caught the things I'd have missed on my own. That's the difference between surviving a season and planning the next one.
Capturing your farm is always free — the free plan stays free, supported by relevant, opt-in offers from trusted suppliers (never intrusive ads). You only pay for KB's intelligence — the part that does the thinking — so what you pay tracks what you actually use.
Every new farm gets 3 months of full access — every feature unlocked.
A generous monthly AI allowance applies during the trial — enough to put KB through his paces.
Your farm, on record.
No AI seats
After your 3-month trial.
Join the waitlistAsk KB when you need him.
1 AI seat
Join the waitlistKB answers, and eyes from the sky.
1 AI seat
Join the waitlistExtra AI seats ~R150/mo
KB runs it for you.
3 AI seats
Join the waitlistExtra AI seats ~R150/mo
Save 20% when you pay annually.
One account, many farms.
Built for cooperatives, aggregators, input suppliers, agribusiness, NGOs and government programmes.
Let's talk
Talk to usThe first farms to join lock in a preferential lifetime rate and get hands-on onboarding directly from the HerdHive team. Join the waitlist to be considered — we'll reach out personally.
| Features | Free | Lite | EssentialPopular | Full Farm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KB / AI | ||||
| Data-entry team | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| AI seats (KB) | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| KB questions | ~5/mo (taster) | ~15/mo | Included | Unlimited |
| AI photo diagnosis | 3/mo | ~5/mo | Fair-use | Unlimited |
| Proactive alerts (KB messages you) | ||||
| KB write-actions (orders, tasks, certs) | ||||
| Extra AI seats | ~R150/mo | ~R150/mo | ||
| Records & data | ||||
| Livestock, crops, inventory, tasks | ||||
| Breeding, lineage, health timelines | ||||
| Field mapping & harvests | ||||
| Offline + sync · 18 languages | ||||
| Export your own data | ||||
| Insight & automation | ||||
| Satellite imagery | Weekly | On-demand | ||
| Receipt scanning | ||||
| Reports & exports (CSV/PDF) | ||||
| Weather automation & auto-reorder | ||||
| Outbreak alerts | ||||
| Money & growth | ||||
| Log income & expenses, budgets | ||||
| Budget-vs-actual & reports | ||||
| VAT, bank reconciliation, variance | ||||
| Farm Health Score & loan applications | ||||
| List & sell on marketplace · post jobs | ||||
| Traceability certificates & insurance | ||||
Prices in ZAR. Marketplace sales carry a 3.5% commission on completed transactions.
We're onboarding farms in small intakes so every new farm gets proper support. Join the waitlist to claim your place in the next one.
⭐ Join now for a chance to be selected as a Founding Farmer — preferential lifetime pricing and direct support from our team.
The operating system for your farm: livestock, crops, inventory, tasks and money in one place, on your phone or over WhatsApp.
No. You can run HerdHive entirely from WhatsApp by messaging KB. There's also a full app for iOS, Android and web when you want more detail.
The app works offline and syncs when you're back online. WhatsApp needs a connection like any chat.
Start with 3 months free — full access to every feature. After that, keep a free plan that always holds onto your data, or upgrade: Lite (R79/mo) gives you KB on WhatsApp with a monthly allowance; Essential (R200/mo) adds satellite imagery, receipt scanning and reports; Full Farm (R500/mo) unlocks unlimited KB with proactive alerts, financial tools and everything in the app. Pay annually and save 20%. Cooperatives and agribusinesses can get a custom plan — get in touch. Founding Farmers get a preferential lifetime rate — join the waitlist to be considered.
Yes, free is free. We keep it sustainable with relevant, opt-in offers and sponsored content from trusted agricultural suppliers — like a feed or seed deal when you're running low — plus sponsored preferred suppliers in the shop. No intrusive banners, you choose what you opt into, and paid plans stay clean. We never sell your data.
So every new farm gets proper support getting set up — a real person helps you bring your animals, fields and stock across. We open access in small batches and work down the waitlist, so the sooner you join, the sooner you're in.
18, including isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sepedi, Sesotho, Afrikaans, Swahili and more.
Yes. Your farm data is yours. Sensitive information is protected, workers can't see your money, and we follow South Africa's POPIA rules. See our privacy page for the detail.
Adding workers is free, with no limit — everyone can log animals, stock and tasks and send photos from WhatsApp. KB's answers, diagnoses and recommendations go to AI-seat holders (an owner, manager or team lead): Essential includes 1 AI seat, Full Farm includes 3, and you can add more for about R150 each. Workers never see the farm's money.
Soon — join the waitlist and you'll be first to know.
A working farmer. Read the story above.