Field Scouting/Product Recommendation
 





It is a great tool to report what is happening in your field, you can enter details like, weather conditions, seeding depth, root development, weed identification, insects found, comments about irrigation, and you can upload images

Navigate to this screen

  • From the top menu select Field Info
  • From the dropdown menu select Field Manager

 

field Manager-Menu

  • Locate the Field Scouting Report section on the page

Functions that you can do

Add a Field Scouting Report/Product Recommendation

Field Scouting Report

  • Click on the Field Scouter Add icon

Field Scouter 1

  • A new page will be displayed where you can  enter details like crop stage, the weather, etc

Field Scouter 2

  • To get the weather, just click on the Get Weather button. This function will looks at the legal land location, and then it will find the nearest weather station to get the data in. if there is not a weather station near you, the values might be off, but you can go and adjust the values manually.
  • Make sure to set the date and time correctly.
  • Click on the blue arrows to display the forms.
  • You can attach pictures to your reports via email.
  • You don’t have to fill all the sections available on the report, you only fill those that apply to your field conditions that you wish to report.
  • After filling all the sections desired, click the Save button.

Product recommendation

  • It is located at the very end of the form. You can write a recommendation for that field. 

Field Scouter 3

 

  • Fill the suggested and expiration date, what type of product will be applied, at what rate, etc.
  • You can easily add more than one product recommendation by clicking on “Plus” sign icon located at the end of the product information
  • You can also apply the same recommendation to more than one field. Just select the desired fields that you wish to apply it
  • To save the information, click the Save button.
  • At the very bottom, you will notice a set of buttons
  • Click save, to Save the report
  • If you wish to go back to the Field Manager screen click the Exit button
  • If you wish to delete the report, just click the Delete button
  • The Print button displays a print preview of the report with all the information entered.
  • The Print Product Report will only display the information entered in the section of Product Recommendation
    • To print the reports, click the Print/Print Product REport button.
    • A new window will be displayed were you will notice all the information entered in the report
    • Right click on the window and select the option Print…  and print as you usually do

Field Scouter 4

Upload pictures

  • After you save the form, the Add Photos link will be activated and you might be able to upload pictures.
  • Click on the Add Photos link
  • It will take you to the Farm Files page, fallow the same procedure that you did on the Farm Files
  • Click the Browse button, and locate the image you want to add from your computer
  • After you fill the description information, click the Save button

Field Scouter 5

  • After you have saved the image, the upload bar will be left. On the top there will be a link that says Back to Field Scouter.

Field Scouter 6

  • Click the Back to Field Scouter link.
  • Once again, you will be redirected to the Field Scouting Report, and the image will be attached at the end

Field Scouter 7

 Edit Images

  • if you want to learn how to edit the image or replacing them in your Field Scounting report <Click here>

Preview/Edit:

After you save the information, and go back to Field Manager, you will notice under the Field Scouting/Product Recommendation section the report submitted.

Field Scouter 8

At the end of the row you will see some icons where you can

  1. Preview the report
  2. Edit the report
  3. Product Application form
  4. PDF format Report 

There is another way to enter a Field Scouting Report, and is in the Farm Calendar, just click on the legend named Scout, or add it by clicking on the date that you desired to add the report and select the option Scout

Another way to enter a Field Scouting Report, is going to the Field Scouter form 

You may find the Product Recommendation report in the top menu go to Events/Data,  from the dropdown menu select the  Field Report and Recommendation Search option, where you might be able to print or edit the report