Adding chemical products in FarmQA

Overview

The first step to using FarmQA Advice is to create a set of products that can be used for recommendation writing. Chemical products can be added to your FarmQA account though 1) a product look-up via an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) integration, 2) a spreadsheet import via FarmQA support, or 3) manually adding products. This article will walk you through all three options.

If you are looking for more general instructions on the recommendation writing process, see this article.

Adding Products via the EPA Look-up

Importing products via the EPA Look-up is an easy way to get products added to your account. The detailed instructions can be found below.

• Log in to your FarmQA Controller account.
• Click on the Advice icon, then navigate to the Products tab.
• Click on the dropdown arrow next to the + New product button, and select the +Import from EPA option (pictured below).

• On the following screen you can search products in the EPA registry by inputting one of the following search terms:
  • The product's EPA registry number.
  • The product's common name.
  • The name of one of the active chemical ingredients in the product.
• After finding the product you want to add, click the Add product  icon to the left of the product. You can then repeat the process before importing a group of products in bulk.
• After finding all relevant products you want to add, click the Add products button at the bottom right-hand corner of the window (pictured below).

• The following product information will automatically be input for your imported product(s):
  • Type (Adjuvant, Biological, Desiccant, Fertilizer, Fungicide, Herbicide, Insecticide, or Other)
  • Name and Registered Name
  • Manufacturer
  • Registration Number
  • Label (added as a link to the label on the EPA site)
• You can manually add in the following product information for the product:
  • Target pest or disease
  • Rate and units for the rate (i.e. setting the rate of Propiconazole to 3 fl oz/ac)  
  • Preharvest interval (days)
  • Rainfast (hours)
  • Re-entry interval (hours)
  • Associated crops
  • Application method
  • Application period

Manually add products in FarmQA

FarmQA also allows you to manually enter in product information. Products manually entered in to FarmQA have the same functionality as those setup with the EPA import, it will just take longer to build up your product database. Steps for manually adding products can be found below.

• Log in to your FarmQA Account if you haven't already.
• Click on the Advice icon, then navigate to the Products tab.
• Click the New product button to access the dropdown menu.
• In the dropdown menu, click the + New product option (pictured below).
• This will populate a blank form to fill out for your product. 
  • NOTE: only the name section is required

Importing Products to FarmQA

Please contact FarmQA Support with any further questions