Soil Sampling in FarmQA

Overview

FarmQA Scouting can be used to capture soil sampling location points and sample information. This can be done by creating a soil sampling template, then using the map notation tools within the App to drop GPS pins. See the instructions below for more detail.

Creating a soil sampling template

• Open FarmQA Controller on a computer
• Click Scouting->Templates-> then click the blue "+" button to create a new template 
  • NOTE: Additional information on creating a new scouting template found here
  • Contact FarmQA Support if you need help with this step
• Title the template something like "Soil sampling" and click the black "+" button to add a new section. You can add any question you would like, some example questions are
  
  • Sample information
    • Time- Pick list
    • Moisture- Pick list
    • Core length-Number, set a default
    • Location- Text
• Click Save- in the top right-hand corner

Marking locations in FarmQA Scouting

• Open FarmQA Scouting
• Locate and select the field you are soil sampling within the app
• Click the blue plus button when you are at your sample location, this will drop a GPS pin using your devices GPS (see below).
• Next click "choose template"-> Then "soil sampling" (see below)

• This will allow you to fill out the sampling questions per location, like time of day, core length, soil moisture etc.
• After completing the questions you can click the back arrow in the top left-hand corner and drive to your next sampling location.
• Once arrived, click the blue plus button again and repeat the process.
• Submit the report when done. The locations and data can now be viewed within FarmQA Controller.

Please contact FarmQA Support with any further questions