Batch Crop Area

Accessing Batch Crop Area

The Batch Crop Area tool allows users to create crop areas for multiple fields at a time at both the grower and farm levels. 

To begin, navigate to the desired Grower or Farm within the Profile tree. Next click on the tools menu located to the right of the map and select Batch Crop Area.

Now click on the Crop Area Generation in the new window to get started.

Crop Area Generation

This section will go through the options available within the Crop Area Generation Tab within the Batch Crop Area tool.

Within the Crop Area Generation tab, fields represented by a red boundary already have a crop area created for the year set. Yellow boundaries represent fields that do not currently have a crop area.

1. Crop Areas can be designated by year here, users can assign past, current, and future crop areas
2. Clicking here will display a calendar to select the Planting Date
3. Clicking here will display a calendar to select the Harvest Date
4. Clicking on the Crop box will display the most common used crops, if the desired crop is not populated in the drop down menu, begin typing the name of the crop and select the appropriate crop from the list.
5. Users can assign a yield goal for the selected crop by typing in this box. Clicking the right half of this box will allow users to select the correct yield unit/acre

6. Click on the Variety box will display a new window to select the desired variety by selecting Crop then Manufacturer, and finally the variety. Clicking the i next to the variety will display the Seed variety details 

   

7. Users can add a crop description here. Ex: White or Yellow Corn, Winter or Spring Wheat, etc. 
8. The menu box at the right of each row allows users to apply each option to all fields that are selected with option 9
9. Selecting this box allows for the use of apply all function from option 8. The boxes in each row also need to be selected to submit and finish the Crop Area Generation.
10. Fields also can be selected from the Map Selection function by clicking on the desired fields on the map and clicking Continue with Selected Fields. Having the toggle at the bottom right of the map set to Yes will only display fields that do not currently have a crop area created for the given year.

11. Users can change the number of fields displayed on one page here. Page Size options are 25, 50, 100, 200 and All

Batch Crop Area to Management Zone Creation

As the continued establishment and utilization of Assigned Crops/Crop Areas grows, new user tools to easily work with and define other data set layers from these defined areas are now available.

Clients who have either field level or sub-field defined crop areas can easily transition these data sets to Management Zone layers to enable utilization and functions specifically defined and available for this data type.

From the Crop Area Management tab, users will define their assigned crops and any needed sub-field conditions for situations where more than 1 crop is required. Once created, the user can then easily select any number of field (or All) and then select the hamburger menu action button. Beyond the existing tool options to apply either select or all attributed defined to other selected fields, the user will also now see an option to "Apply Conversion Function to All Selected".

Select this text option to then expose the "Management Zone Conversion" modal. The user will be presented with an option then to "Name" the Mgmt Zone layer(s) that the system will be generating.

After selecting the "Submit" button, the system will then process the request and generate a newly created Management Zone layer under each field within the selection.

From the Main tab, go into any field profile from the previous selection and within the Mgmt Zone data folder, a new layer will show with the provided name given in the previous tool page.

Beyond just the crop name and area passing over, the system will also bring over the defined Yield Goal value entered into the Batch Crop Area tool.

Easily then add any needed additional "Data Columns" or modify the values to meet the need for this new zone layer. Fertilizer Rx layer, Yield by Management Zone reports or any other system functions are then available for use against these established layers.