Farmers Business Network

Farmers Business Network (FBN) is a farmer-to-farmer ag-tech network serving 117,000+ member farms across the U.S. and Canada. Its membership platform pairs the FBN Direct inputs marketplace with seed and farm analytics, crop marketing, agricultural financing, and Norm, an AI agronomy advisor. FBN exposes these as member-facing web and mobile product surfaces; it does not publish a public or partner developer API.

Farmers Business Network publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including FBN Direct Inputs Marketplace, FBN Analytics and Insights, FBN Crop Marketing, and 2 more. Tagged areas include AgTech, Agriculture, Marketplace, Farm Analytics, and AI Advisor.

Farmers Business Network’s developer surface includes documentation and 6 more developer resources.

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22.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 16/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
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1 APIs
AgTechAgricultureMarketplaceFarm AnalyticsAI Advisor

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Composite quality — 22.7/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 7.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.9 / 20
Access Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Contract Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 16/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
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APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

FBN Direct Inputs Marketplace

FBN Direct is the member-facing ecommerce marketplace offering 7,200+ crop protection, seed, fertilizer, livestock, and farm supply products at transparent pricing with direct-t...

FBN Analytics and Insights

FBN Insights and seed analytics deliver personalized benchmarking, seed performance analysis, and crowdsourced agronomic data from the network. Delivered as a member-facing prod...

FBN Crop Marketing

FBN Crop Marketing lets members review local bids, manage contracts, track scale tickets, and receive payments through a technology platform. Delivered as a member-facing produc...

FBN Finance

FBN Finance offers agricultural operating lines, equipment and land loans, refinancing, and crop insurance to member farms. Delivered as a member-facing product surface; no publ...

Norm AI Advisor

Norm is FBN's LLM-based AI agronomy advisor, answering members' questions on seed selection, crop protection, pest and disease management, irrigation, fertilization, and rotatio...

FBN Member Platform

The fbn.com member application - account, farm, and field management plus access to agronomy insights, pricing transparency, and marketplace ordering. Member-only product, not a...

FBN Analytics

Precision-agronomy product that ingests planting, application, and harvest data from 60+ precision monitor types, normalizes it, and benchmarks performance across the FBN networ...

FBN Direct Marketplace

Direct-to-farmer e-commerce marketplace for crop inputs - seed, crop protection, adjuvants, and animal health - with transparent pricing and direct-to-farm delivery. Member-only...

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Open Collections 2

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Farmers Business Network API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Farmers Business Network Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Farmers Business Network Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Farmers Business Network Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Farmers Business Network Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: farmers-business-network
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/farmers-business-network/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Farmers Business Network
kind: company
description: Farmers Business Network (FBN) is a farmer-to-farmer ag-tech network serving 117,000+ member farms across the
  U.S. and Canada. Its membership platform pairs the FBN Direct inputs marketplace with seed and farm analytics, crop marketing,
  agricultural financing, and Norm, an AI agronomy advisor. FBN exposes these as member-facing web and mobile product surfaces;
  it does not publish a public or partner developer API.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/farmers-business-network.png
tags:
- AgTech
- Agriculture
- Marketplace
- Farm Analytics
- AI Advisor
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: farmers-business-network:fbn-direct-inputs-marketplace
  name: FBN Direct Inputs Marketplace
  tags:
  - Marketplace
  - Inputs
  - E-Commerce
  tags_raw:
  - Marketplace
  - Inputs
  - Ecommerce
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.fbn.com/direct
  properties:
  - url: https://www.fbn.com/direct
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/_original/farmers-business-network-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: FBN Direct is the member-facing ecommerce marketplace offering 7,200+ crop protection, seed, fertilizer, livestock,
    and farm supply products at transparent pricing with direct-to-farm delivery. Delivered as a web and mobile product surface;
    no public developer API is documented.
- aid: farmers-business-network:fbn-analytics
  name: FBN Analytics and Insights
  tags:
  - Analytics
  - Benchmarking
  - Seed
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.fbn.com/insights
  properties:
  - url: https://www.fbn.com/insights
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/_original/farmers-business-network-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: FBN Insights and seed analytics deliver personalized benchmarking, seed performance analysis, and crowdsourced
    agronomic data from the network. Delivered as a member-facing product surface; no public developer API is documented.
- aid: farmers-business-network:fbn-crop-marketing
  name: FBN Crop Marketing
  tags:
  - Crop Marketing
  - Grain
  - Contracts
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.fbn.com/crop-marketing
  properties:
  - url: https://www.fbn.com/crop-marketing
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/_original/farmers-business-network-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: FBN Crop Marketing lets members review local bids, manage contracts, track scale tickets, and receive payments
    through a technology platform. Delivered as a member-facing product surface; no public developer API is documented.
- aid: farmers-business-network:fbn-finance
  name: FBN Finance
  tags:
  - Finance
  - Lending
  - Insurance
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.fbn.com/finance
  properties:
  - url: https://www.fbn.com/finance
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/_original/farmers-business-network-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: FBN Finance offers agricultural operating lines, equipment and land loans, refinancing, and crop insurance
    to member farms. Delivered as a member-facing product surface; no public developer API is documented.
- aid: farmers-business-network:norm-ai-advisor
  name: Norm AI Advisor
  tags:
  - AI Advisor
  - Agronomy
  - LLM
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.fbn.com/norm
  properties:
  - url: https://www.fbn.com/norm
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/_original/farmers-business-network-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Norm is FBN's LLM-based AI agronomy advisor, answering members' questions on seed selection, crop protection,
    pest and disease management, irrigation, fertilization, and rotation. Free for registered members and delivered through
    FBN's web and mobile apps; no public developer API is documented.
- aid: farmers-business-network:member-platform
  name: FBN Member Platform
  description: The fbn.com member application - account, farm, and field management plus access to agronomy insights, pricing
    transparency, and marketplace ordering. Member-only product, not a public API.
  humanURL: https://www.fbn.com/
  baseURL: https://www.fbn.com/
  tags:
  - Member
  - Farm Management
  properties:
  - type: Information
    url: https://www.fbn.com/
- aid: farmers-business-network:analytics
  name: FBN Analytics
  description: Precision-agronomy product that ingests planting, application, and harvest data from 60+ precision monitor
    types, normalizes it, and benchmarks performance across the FBN network. Surface is the FBN member app; underlying integrations
    include John Deere Operations Center and CNH AFS Connect.
  humanURL: https://www.fbn.com/analytics/data-storage-integration
  baseURL: https://www.fbn.com/analytics/data-storage-integration
  tags:
  - Precision Ag
  - Data Integration
  - Analytics
  properties:
  - type: Information
    url: https://www.fbn.com/analytics/data-storage-integration
- aid: farmers-business-network:marketplace
  name: FBN Direct Marketplace
  description: Direct-to-farmer e-commerce marketplace for crop inputs - seed, crop protection, adjuvants, and animal health
    - with transparent pricing and direct-to-farm delivery. Member-only ordering surface.
  humanURL: https://www.fbn.com/direct
  baseURL: https://www.fbn.com/direct
  tags:
  - Marketplace
  - Inputs
  - E-Commerce
  properties:
  - type: Information
    url: https://www.fbn.com/direct
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/farmers-business-network-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/farmers-business-network
- type: Website
  url: https://www.fbn.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.fbn.com/community/blog
- type: Plans
  url: plans/farmers-business-network-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/farmers-business-network-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/farmers-business-network-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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