What’s New in Mobile Apps for Farming?
There’s an app for just about everything these days, and growers and crop consultants can benefit from these applications that you can operate from your smart device.
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FieldAlytics Explorer
FieldAlytics Explorer from EFC Systems increases speed and accuracy of the field data collection and soil/tissue sampling process. It makes job management easy by allowing data to synchronize to the FieldAlytics web system wirelessly from the field, eliminating a trip to the office, saving time, and allowing jobs to be completed faster. It incorporates directed sampling events, field data layers, and management zones to assist with the sampling process. Use integrated GPS services and navigation tools to easily navigate to target sample points with ease and accuracy.
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John Deere Connect
The John Deere Connect Mobile app is used to help monitor, optimize, and better understand machine performance. The app connects to the machine through a Wi-Fi network to document and display machine performance and agronomic data about the operation performed by the machine. It works in conjunction with either the GreenStar 3 2630 or Generation 4 4600 CommandCenter displays. The Connect Mobile app also can wirelessly send data to the John Deere Operations Center using either a Wi-Fi network with internet access or through cellular service. The app also can be used for basic crop scouting activities through the field review feature. Field review provides access to every map layer documented by the Connect Mobile app and can be displayed on your iPad at any time.
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Farmobile Notes
The free Farmobile Notes app lets farmers who use Farmobile PUC to collect, share, and sell field data easily capture and attach details and observations via mobile devices to their Electronic Field Records (EFR). Users can send a text or photo image, which is time-stamped and tagged with geospatial metadata. Geotagging allows Farmobile to pinpoint the exact location on the EFR where the content or photo was recorded. The content easily can be viewed on the EFR using the Farmobile Dashboard in-cab with a mobile device, computer, or laptop. Synced to the EFR, the Farmobile Notes app provides an all-in-one, easy-to-use solution to generate a more complete picture of what’s happening out in the field — as it happens.
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Quantix and AV DSS
AV DSS consists of three elements — the dashboard, analytics portal, and mobile app — all working together to help growers and service providers make more informed decisions. The mobile app automatically syncs with AV DSS, allowing users to upload, share, and contribute data and images to AV DSS from any location.
Imagery is collected using the company’s drone to provide intelligence on what is occurring in the field to help growers make management decisions and target stress areas in fields to optimize crop performance. Mobil app is available for iOS and Android.
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FieldAlytics Explorer
John Deere Connect
Farmobile Notes
Quantix and AV DSS
Just search the app store on your smartphone or tablet to learn more about each of the mobile apps for farming featured in the gallery above.
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Paul Rusnak is the Senior Online Editor of American Vegetable Grower, American Fruit Grower, and Greenhouse Grower magazines, all Meister Media Worldwide brands. He is based in Northeast Florida. See all author stories here.