A Planting represents a crop for a growing season on a Field. You may have at least one Planting for a Field or you may have multiple Plantings for a Field if multiple commodities are grown within the bounded area.
Basic Planting Setup
Use the location navigator to choose the desired field.
Next, use the feature navigator and navigate to growers, farms, fields.
Select 'New Planting' in the bottom right corner.
The Field boundary will appear when you create a new planting. Fill out the text boxes to the right of the map. Boxes with asterisks are required, but all other information is optional.
Single or Multi-Year: Use multi-year plantings for perennial crops and single year for seasonal crops.
Season: The growing season for the planting. It allows a user to organize plantings by season. Filterable in the List and Map view. When the planting is done for the season, simply select 'New Planting' and create a new planting for the new season.
Commodity: Select a commodity.
Variety: Select a variety.
Name: Add a name for the planting.
Code: Abbreviation of the name used for mobile. The default is the first ten characters of the Planting name.
Field: The field will automatically populate based on the current field you have selected. To change the field, click on the drop-down box.
Date Planted: Defaults to today's date. To change the date, click on the calendar icon, and choose a date.
Expected Harvest Date: To add an expected harvest date, click on the calendar icon and choose a date.
Planting Size: Size of the field boundary.
Traits: Select a trait.
Growing Medium: Select a growing medium
Planting Method: Select a planting method.
Growing Method: Select a growing method.
Tillage Type: Select a tillage Type.
Intended Use: Select an intended use.
Bearing: Depending upon the crop, select whether it is Bearing or Non-bearing.
Status: Defaults to Active but can be changed.
5. Click 'Save' in the bottom right of the form to finish or continue to the advanced form by clicking 'Advanced' at the top of the form.
Advanced data fields are not required but are used for other agronomic activities.
Creating Multiple Plantings
Select the field(s) to create plantings by checking the box.
Next, hit the arrow next to Print Field Map and select 'Plant Selected'.
The next window gives the option to create mass plantings depending on the commodity/variety.
Creating Multiple Plantings of the Same Commodity/Variety
First, select the season the plantings will be planted.
Next, check the boxes next to the fields that will be planted the same and hit 'Edit Selected'.
3. Add the following information:
A. Chose the variety
B. Select the Planting Date
C. Select the Name of the planting to be displayed.
D. Select the Name of the planting to be displayed.
4. Once complete, select 'apply'
5. Notice that all sections are now populated with the information set on the previous page. To complete the creation process, hit Save.
6. Now navigate to the Plantings tab, and the mass plantings just created now appear.
Creating Multiple Plantings With a Different Commodity/Variety
Select the fields to create new plantings and hit 'Plant Selected'.
2. In this scenario, each field is going to be planted with different commodities. Select the dropdowns, or fill in all the information.
A. Season - Select the correct season.
B. Check Box - Select Fields to multi-delete or multi-plant (if just planting each field differently, no need to check the boxes).
C. Commodity - Choose the Commodity.
D. Variety - Choose the Variety.
E. Plant Date - Select the Planted Date.
F. Name - Name the planting (This will default to the year and commodity or year and variety).
G. Size - Field acreage (This is auto-generated).
H. Status - Shows Active or Inactive fields.
I. Delete Selected - Removes the selected fields from the window (if a field was checked by mistake).
J. Save - Saves the information entered.
3. Navigate to the plantings tab and the recently created plantings with different commodities appear.
Create A Planting From As Planted Data
Navigate to the As Planted Event.
Select the single product map.
After the map updates so only the single product map is displayed, select 'Add Planting'.
A new window will render to create the planting. The shapefile will resemble the shape of the as planted event. Fill in the necessary information.
Save the planting.
See Add a Planting for more specifics on planting creation.
Create Yield Estimates From Multiple Plantings
To add yield estimates, navigate to growers, farms, & fields and choose multiple plantings from the list view and create yield estimates.
Mapping the Boundary
You can use the entire field boundary or map a portion of the field to represent the number of acres planted with this commodity.
Choose one of the links below for additional instructions on your desired method of mapping.
Editing a Boundary (Using the Split Tool)