With harvest just around the corner we are introducing a new feature so you can easily see where your machinery is alongside your other farm information: Vehicle Locations. This allows you to see the location of John Deere machinery, including tractors, combines and forage harvesters on the farm map so that you can see progress … Continue reading fieldmargin launches live John Deere vehicle locations
Author: Camilla Hayselden-Ashby
fieldmargin announces live locations for team and machinery at Cereals 2018
Introducing two new features that will help give an overview of what is happening on your farm by showing where your team and machinery are: Team Radar and Vehicle Locations.
Introducing Farm Chat: an instant messenger group for your farm
Communicating with your team just got easier thanks to Farm Chat; an instant messaging group for everyone on your farm. Discuss plans, share information, pictures and ask questions quickly alongside the rest of your farm’s information. Having work and conversations in a single place saves time and effort. No need for back and forth to coordinate when … Continue reading Introducing Farm Chat: an instant messenger group for your farm
Introducing tasks: Planning work on your farm just got easier
Keeping track of all the work you have to do on the farm, as well as actually getting it done, can be overwhelming. Tasks let you easily plan your work, when it needs to be done and by whom. Easily filter to see just the things that matter to you. Know where you are with … Continue reading Introducing tasks: Planning work on your farm just got easier
Fields just got a major upgrade
When talking to our users it’s become clear that fields are special. That’s why we are have given them a big upgrade. They now have their own section on our web and mobile apps and new functionality with more to come in the next few months...
New feature: Draw shapes by walking or driving around them
We have released a new feature on our iOS and Android apps which we have received lots of requests for and that we hope will make mapping your farm quicker and easier. You can now draw areas and lines for features or notes by recording your location as you walk or drive around them When you … Continue reading New feature: Draw shapes by walking or driving around them
Digitising drainage maps to prevent waterlogging
Waterlogging can have a serious impact on crop and pasture health, as well as being an important indicator of other soil health issues. In cereals, waterlogging can cause a reduction in yield of over 40%. Cleaning ditches and clearing outfalls is a simple, cheap and effective method of improving the effectiveness of existing systems. Learn how to use our new Map Upload feature to digitise our maps to help with drainage management.
3 steps to clearing your farm office clutter
Familiar sight? It’s all too easy to end up with a desk buried in papers. Letters and invoices from suppliers, jotted notes and requests from the rest of the team on the farm quickly build up. With precious little time free to sort and file everything the clutter builds up. Here are some of our … Continue reading 3 steps to clearing your farm office clutter
fieldmargin now connects with the John Deere Operations Center
We are excited to announce that you can now import data from your John Deere machinery to your fieldmargin account. When you go to the fieldmargin web app and click on ‘Import fields’ on the features tab you will see an option to connect your MyJohnDeere™ account. This allows us to import field boundaries that you have set up in the John Deere Operations Center to your fieldmargin farm as features.
7 tips to keep your harvest running smoothly
Harvest is one of the most busy and stressful times of year on any arable farm. With new people on the farm, temperamental kit and long hours to contend with (not to mention the weather!) it pays to be prepared.