Yancey Farm

Agricultural R&D

Hardware, software, and consulting for rural businesses.

An agricultural R&D company founded by Justin Lock, an inventor and entrepreneur.

Woodville, Virginia

The work

Closing the digital divide by making exceptional technology available in the places it gets used.

Where

Woodville, Virginia

County
Rappahannock
Region
Blue Ridge foothills

What we build

  1. 01

    Hardware

    Physical tools and devices for rural operations.

  2. 02

    Software

    Systems built for how rural businesses actually run.

  3. 03

    Consulting

    Direct, on-site work with the businesses themselves.

The farm

A snow-covered road curving away through bare winter woods.
Photographed December 2020
  • A single beehive on a mulched pad inside an electric fence, pasture falling away below.
    Photographed March 2021
  • Open hardwood forest on a slope, bare trunks against a clear sky.
    Photographed March 2021
  • A vertical outcrop of dark rock rising out of the forest floor.
    Photographed March 2021
  • A pink pinxter azalea in bloom in the understorey.
    Photographed April 2021
  • A beehive inside a fence, with tall green growth grown up against it.
    Photographed May 2021
  • Sunrise through mist at the end of a gravel lane, tall trees close on both sides.
    Photographed June 2022
  • A heavily burled trunk of a mature tree standing in open winter woods.
    Photographed November 2022
  • A single bare tree on a hillside in heavy fog.
    Photographed December 2022
  • Three white geese at the edge of a pond, low sun on the water behind them.
    Photographed March 2023
  • White geese beside a wire partition, ducklings and chicks crowded round a galvanised feeder on the other side.
    Photographed April 2023
  • A freshly cut live-edge slab resting on the bed of a portable band sawmill.
    Photographed July 2023
  • A portable band sawmill part-way through a log, a gloved hand on the carriage.
    Photographed July 2023
  • A country road in autumn, board fence along the shoulder and mountains beyond.
    Photographed October 2023
  • Fallen leaves banked along a road running between pasture and bare woods.
    Photographed November 2023
  • Sunrise light on a long mountain ridge above an open field.
    Photographed December 2023
  • A spotted salamander crossing wet asphalt at night.
    Photographed February 2024
  • A freshly sawn board lying on gravel beside a tape measure.
    Photographed October 2024
  • A sawn board with its dimensions written across the face in chalk.
    Photographed October 2024
  • A wide sawn board tapering along its length, laid out on gravel.
    Photographed October 2024
  • A hen settled down into a rubber tub of feed inside a shed.
    Photographed June 2025

Contact

info@yancey.farm

Every message reaches Justin directly.