The program
farmers.guide Alerts sends text messages about your own crops and weather to people who have a farmers.guide account and have asked for them:
- Crop and weather alerts. Frost and freeze warnings for things you have growing, severe weather warnings for your location and, if you choose, your other farmers.guide alerts.
- Sign-in codes. A 6-digit code, sent only when you type your mobile number into the sign-in screen and ask for one.
We do not send advertising by text.
How you sign up
Text alerts are off until you turn them on. In the app, open More, then Alerts, and switch on Text messages. Before any alert is sent you are shown this, and must agree to it:
Turn on text alerts to your number? You agree to get automated text messages from farmers.guide about your crops and the weather. How many depends on the weather. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to end them or HELP for help.
We then send one message confirming you are signed up. Agreeing to texts is not a condition of buying anything. Text alerts are part of the Pro plan.
How many messages
Message frequency varies with the weather and with what you have growing. Most people get a few a month; a cold snap or a stormy week brings more. Sign-in codes are sent one at a time, when you ask.
Cost
Message and data rates may apply, according to your mobile plan. We do not charge per message.
How to stop, and how to get help
- Reply STOP to any message to stop all texts from farmers.guide. You will get one last message confirming it.
- Reply START to allow them again.
- Reply HELP for help, or write to support@farmers.guide, or see the support page.
- You can also turn text alerts off in the app at any time, under More, then Alerts.
Your number
We use your mobile number to send the messages above and for nothing else. We do not sell, rent or share mobile numbers or text-message consent with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Our privacy page covers the rest.
The fine print
Texts are delivered by your mobile carrier and can be delayed or fail. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. Do not rely on a text as your only warning of frost or severe weather. The program works with the major United States carriers; it is not offered outside the United States. These terms are part of the farmers.guide terms of use.