Field Journals
A field journal collects every event on a field (scouting reports, recommendations, application records, planting, harvest, rain, irrigation, and more) in one chronological view. Use it to review a field's season, see when a field clears its pre-harvest intervals, and export a PDF that stands on its own as the field's application history for a grower, processor, or auditor.
| Action | Where | Who |
|---|---|---|
| View a field journal | Web and mobile | Enterprise Administrator, Agronomist, Technician plus, Technician, Operator, QA Farmer |
| Export a field journal to PDF | Web | Enterprise Administrator, Agronomist, Technician plus, Technician, Operator, QA Farmer |
For every role and what it can do, see Breakdown of user permissions.
Open the field journal
You can open a field's journal from two places in the web app.
From the Home tab:
- Select the Growing Season you want to review, then select the field on the map.
- In the slide-out pane, select Events.
From the Fields tab:
- Select the Fields tab and confirm you're in the correct growing season.
- Find the field by scrolling the list or using the Search bar in the upper right.
- In the Events column, select the highlighted number.
The journal opens showing events from the current growing season, most recent first.
What the journal shows
At the top of each field entry, beneath the area, the journal shows Earliest Available Harvest: the first date the field clears the pre-harvest intervals of the applications recorded on it. It's the same date the Home map field panel shows for that field, so you don't have to work it out from each application.
On each completed application entry, alongside the products, rates, totals, product type, and completion date, the journal shows:
- Pre-harvest interval, in days
- Re-entry interval, in hours
- Application period
- Application method
- Applicator: the applicator's name, license number, and licensing entity
These values come straight from the application record. The journal shows what was recorded; it doesn't calculate, fill in, or check them. To change a value, edit the application record.
Filter and group events
Filter by event type
Use the event type selector at the top of the journal to show only the event types you want:
- Harvested
- Planted
- Scouting reports
- Recommendations
- Applied (application records)
- Water events
Select several types, or clear them all to return to the full list.
Group events
Use Group by to organize events beyond date order:
- No grouping: every event sorted by date. This is the default.
- Group by event: events grouped by type (Planted, Scouting report, Recommendation, Applied, Water, Harvested), with a count for each group.
- Group by event with fertility: the same groups, with recommendations and application records split into Fertility and Non-fertility sub-sections. Totals, such as nutrient totals for fertility applications, appear at the sub-section level.
Show expanded details
Select Show expanded details to show product and rate information on each event card, without opening each event.
View events across all seasons
To see a field's full history across every growing season:
- Select the Filter icon in the journal header.
- Check Show all events across seasons.
To narrow the cross-season view to one crop, use the Select crop dropdown.
Export a PDF
The PDF matches what you see: whatever grouping, filters, and expanded details setting you have applied in the journal is what exports. The new harvest, interval, method, and applicator details export with it.
- Set your grouping, filters, and expanded details in the journal.
- Select Export PDF at the top of the events panel.
- Under Water events, choose how rain and irrigation appear:
- Individual water events: each rain or irrigation event listed separately.
- Water event totals: one total of all rain and irrigation for the period, with start and end times.
- Select Export.
The PDF header names the grouping and the settings you had on, so anyone reading it can tell which view was exported.
To export only one event type, such as every recommendation on a field, filter the journal to that type before you export.
Get recommendation totals for a field
To see the total of each product across a season's recommendations:
- Open the field journal from the Home or Fields tab.
- In the event type selector, show only Recommendations.
- Select Export PDF.
- On the last page of the PDF, find Combined product totals: every product and the total amount the season's recommendations call for on that field.
Use the field journal on mobile
The FarmQA mobile app has the same grouping, sorting, and sub-section totals as the web, and shows the same Earliest Available Harvest date and application details.
- Go to the field and select Events.
- Use the grouping and filter controls at the top of the event list to organize events by type.
Frequently asked questions
Q: Why is the pre-harvest interval, re-entry interval, or application method blank on an entry? A: The journal shows only what's on the application record. If a value wasn't recorded when the application was saved, the journal leaves it blank. Add it to the application record and it appears in the journal.
Q: Does FarmQA check that the applicator's license is current? A: No. The journal shows the name, license number, and licensing entity on the applicator's record. It doesn't check license status or whether the license covers the application.
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