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As an agronomist, close collaboration with your clients is key to providing them with the support they need to improve farm productivity and meet their business goals. Technology that you, the farmer and the farm team enjoy using can help towards this, and also save time and reduce the opportunity for error. By having all … Continue reading How to use fieldmargin with your Agronomy clients
This article outlines how you can use fieldmargin to help with mapping out environmental stewardship plans for things like subsidies, Countryside Stewardship or Biodiversity Net Gain and then how you can keep records of management such as establishment, inputs used, grazing and keep photographic evidence.
To help you get started with fieldmargin reporting can upload some of your farm recommendations or historic jobs into fieldmargin.
No matter what size your farm is, collecting and making the most of your farm data is incredibly valuable. The more information you have, the more you can make decisions tailored to your farm’s specific needs. You can easily record and analyse data in fieldmargin using monitoring sites. Monitoring sites do not require any special … Continue reading Collecting farm data with monitoring sites on fieldmargin
Nutrient management planning matches nutrients in inputs such as fertilizers and organic manures to crop demand. Good nutrient management is one of the keys to farm profitability. It is also important for your audit records and compliance with regulations. Plants need a range of nutrients in order to grow and maximise yield. The key macronutrients to look at for crops … Continue reading Using fieldmargin for nutrient management and planning
This year we are going to start running a monthly webinar. These webinars are going to be interactive with many opportunities to ask questions. The second will be on livestock management including how to take control of your grazing with smart tools to monitor herd moves and pasture rest days This was inspired by the results of our end-of-year … Continue reading February Webinar: Streamlining livestock management with fieldmargin
Gevin Steed farms on Hualapai Valley Farm in Arizona. The farm grows produce across 12,000 acres, this includes garlic and lettuce. Gevin has been using fieldmargin to help with farm management and communication for two years. Today, Arizona ranks second, following California, in the production of lettuce. Lettuce production in Arizona includes head, leaf, and romaine … Continue reading Using fieldmargin for lettuce and garlic production in Arizona and California – “Communication with various growers has never been better”
Farmer feedback and suggestions is key to everything that we build here at fieldmargin. Doing our end of year survey and reading all of your responses is something we really enjoy which is also very useful for planning what new features and improvements we should add to fieldmargin. This year we had over 300 responses … Continue reading What fieldmargin farmers had to say in our 2022 survey
Matt Leach and his wife Charmaine own a 430 acre cattle farm which is on the Buchan river, Australia. They produce grass-fed Angus beef cattle on predominantly summer pastures. They have only had the property for two years and have been working hard to improve it, with further changes planned! Originally developed in Scotland in … Continue reading Keeping track of grazing rest periods from your mobile
Getting a plan in place is the first step to farming success. While challenges like weather, disease, breakdowns or animals not behaving themselves may mean you can stick to them, having something to refer to over the season that all the team can update provides a strong foundation to make your farming season as efficient … Continue reading Getting set-up for the season ahead
