Field Journals

Field journals are FarmQA's way of conveniently storing all the events associated with your fields in one place. Field journals for your fields can be accessed from either the Map or Fields  tab. Your field journals can even be exported to PDFs to share with your growers or get you recommendation totals for your fields. Check out the article below to learn how to use field journals in your FarmQA account. 

Access Field Journals from Map tab

Access Field Journals from Fields tab

View multiple seasons worth of field events from the Map tab

View multiple seasons worth of field events from the Fields tab

Exporting field events from Map tab

Exporting field events from Fields tab

Getting recommendation totals for your fields

Access Field Journals from Map tab

• Log in to your FarmQA account from the web app.
• Make sure you're in the Map  tab, then make sure you're in the Growing Season you want to see the field journal for, then select your desired field. 
• In the map slide out pane, click on the events button (pictured below). 

• All of the events in the field journal are ordered by date, each of which can be clicked on to get to a full-page detail view.
  • NOTE: Recommendations that show a check mark next to them have been completed. Completed recommendations will include weather data in the detail view.

• The field journal list can be edited to only include the report types you want to see. For example, you might just want to export all of the scouting reports for a field. Use the dropdown menu and only select the report types that you want to see in the field journal (pictured below).

• The field journal can also be used to see all events across all growing seasons in FarmQA. This can give you a comprehensive list of scouting reports for a field, for example. Clicking on the Filter icon will make the Show all events across seasons button appear.  Check the box next to that text to populate your field journal with all events across growing seasons (pictured below).  

Access Field Journals from Fields tab

• Log in to your FarmQA account from the web app if you aren't already. 
• Click on the Fields tab, then make sure you're in the Growing Season you want to see the field journal for, then select your desired field. 
• Scroll down the list of fields until you find your desired one or use the Search bar in the upper right-hand corner of the screen to search for your desired field. 
• Once you've selected your desired field, scroll over to the Events column and click on the blue highlighted number to open the field journal. Field journal functionality is the same when accessed from the Fields as it is from the Map tab. 

View multiple seasons worth of field events from the Map tab

• Log in to your FarmQA account from the web app if you haven't already. 
• Click on the field you want to view the field journal for and click on the Events button in the slide-out map pane. 
• Complete in the following steps in the Events page (pictured below):
  1. Click on the Filter button.
  2. Check the box next to Show all events across seasons.
  3. Use the Select dropdown menu to select the crops you'd like to filter this list by. 

View multiple seasons worth of field events from the Fields tab

• Log in to your FarmQA account from the web app if you haven't already. 
• Click on the Fields icon, then find the field you want to view a field journal for in the field list. 
• Scroll to the right-hand side of the field list table and click on the blue highlighted number in the Events column.
• Complete the following steps in the Events page (pictured below). 
  1. Click on the Filter button.
  2. Check the box next to Show all events across seasons.
  3. Use the Select dropdown menu to select the crops you'd like to filter this list by. 

Exporting field events from Map tab

• Log in to your FarmQA account from the web app if you aren't already.
• Select the Growing Season you want to see data for, then click on the desired field.
• Next click on the Field events button in the field details slide out pane (see below).

• Filter the event list to customize what events you want in your report. The list can be filtered down by event type by clicking the event drop down list and selecting the events you want to see. You can filter the following event options:
  • Harvest date(s)
  • Planting date(s)
  • Scouting reports
  • Recommendations
• Once you have selected your desired events, click Export PDF at the top of the list to download your report (pictured below).

Exporting field events from Fields tab

• Log in to your FarmQA account from the web app if you aren't already. 
• Click on the Fields tab, and make sure you're in the correct Growing Season by checking the growing season in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. 
• Locate the field you want to download your field journal for. You can easily find the field you want by using the Search bar in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. 
• Select the blue highlighted number under the Events column to view all events in the field for the selected growing season. 
• Select the events you want in your report, then scroll to the bottom of the list and click the Export PDF option. 

Getting recommendation totals for your fields

One application of exporting events in your field journal is being able to see the total quantity of products applied to a field over a season. Reports like this can be useful to provide growers with product usage summaries or for general record keeping. Follow the instructions below to see how you can use field journals to get a recommendation total for a field. 

• Access the field journal for a field from the Map or Fields tab. 
• Use the Events dropdown menu to filter out all field events except for Recommendations (pictured below).
• Click the Export PDF button at the bottom of the window.
• Scroll to the last page of your downloaded PDF to view the total amount of each product that was applied to the field in the current growing season as per the recommendations that were made in FarmQA (pictured below).

Please contact FarmQA Support with any further questions