SCOUTING

3. Overview | Download | Install

4. Login

5. Fields

6. Field View

7. Scouting Navigation

8. Add New Record

9. Add New Record (continued)

10. Scouting Details

11. Download Map Layers

12. Crop Conditions

13. Crop Injury

14. Disease

15. Insect

16. Weed

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Scouting Manager is a powerful tool for growers and farmers that have signed

up with Smart Solutions. FarmCommand™ Scouting is an infield observation

app, that enables growers to view their fields on a mobile device, download field

borders, health maps, and Field Variability Maps (FVMs). Growers can also enter

observations within a field boundary, use their mobile device (android and IOS)

to drop markers, take pictures, enter comments and have them synchronized

and saved into their FarmCommand™ account .

In addition, multiple users on a farm can utilize this app, if the owner provides the

user name and password, all users can use the app to scout and see each

other’s observations and pictures .

From your app store (Google Play or Apple App Store) download

FarmCommand™.

Follow the instructions on your device to install the app FarmCommand™

Scouting.

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Your Username and Password is the same as your FarmCommand™

account.

NOTE:

Contact your Farmers Edge Representative for questions about your

FarmCommand™ account.

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When you open the app, your Dashboard displays.

1. Tap Menu.

2. Tap Fields.

All of the fields you have as a grower

will appear.

Tap Search and enter the field name

to quickly locate the field that you are

scouting.

Alternatively, scroll through your list

of fields.

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Field borders will appear in the Map view. Tabs offer easy access to:

1. Field Info — summary of total acres, type of crop, etc.

2. Recent Layers — most recent image layer will be the first on the list,

whereas the further you scroll, the older the image. The dates will be

captured in the title of the image

Recent Jobs

Sample Farm

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NOTE:

If you are going to a field that has intermittent, poor or zero cellular coverage OR

your tablet does not have sim card, download the image layers onto your device

before you head out to the field.

When you complete your scouting details and records, you can upload them from

your device when you return to an area with coverage.

1. Tap Menu.

2. Tap Scouting.

3. In the lower right-hand corner of the

screen, tap + New Record.

Sample Farm

Sample Farm 2

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1. Tap the Field drop-down to select a specific field or use the search bar to

locate the field that you are scouting.

2. Tap Crop, to select the Crop on the field.

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1. Tap the Hybrid drop-down to select the specific hybrid.

2. Tap Start Date, to reflect the date of the scouting record.

3. Use the Comments field to record observations.

4. Tap Start.

NOTE:

Your hybrid or variety may not appear in the list, if this is the case, please

contact your Farmers Edge Representative to add your hybrid variety to the

list.

In the interim, type it in the comments field.

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Tap Scouting Details that reflect the observation you will record.

1. Crop Conditions

2. Crop Injury

3. Disease

4. Insect

5. Weed

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1. Tap the Observation category (crop conditions, injury, weed, insect or

disease).

2. Tap the Layer Icon.

3. Search for the layer image you are scouting.

4. Tap Download.

5. Tap on the image to display in the main window.

Sample Farm

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1. Tap Conditions.

2. Add Comments.

3. Upload a photo. You can either take the image

from here or upload one from your device’s

library.

4. Provide details of the Growth Stage observation

and quantify it.

5. Provide as many details in the form as possible.

6. Tap Save, to save the crop condition record.

7. Tap Finish if you have added all scouting

observations.

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1. Working from the Layer you are

scouting, tap on the Crop Injury.

2. Add observations to the Comments

field.

3. Upload a photo. You can either take the

image from here or upload one from

your device’s library.

4. Provide as many details of the injury as

possible, such as:

A. Injury Category

B. Source of Injury

C. Overall Injury Severity

5. Tap Save to save the details of the

Crop Injury.

6. Tap Finish if you have added all

scouting observations.

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1. Working from the layer you are

scouting, tap Disease.

2. Use the Comment field to

record observations.

3. Upload a photo. You can either

take the image from here or

upload one from your device’s

library.

4. Provide as many details of the

disease as possible, such as:

A. Disease

B. Overall Disease Damage

(Scale 0-6)

C. Edges Disease Damage

(Scale 0-6)

D. Patches Disease Damage

(Scale 0-6)

5. Tap Save.

6. Tap Finish if you have added all

scouting observations.

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1. Working from the layer you are

scouting, tap Insect.

2. Use the Comments field to record

observations.

3. Upload a photo. You can either take

the image from here or upload one

from your device’s library.

4. Provide as many details of the

disease as possible, such as:

A. Insect

B. Life Stage

C. Scale

D. Overall Insect Density

E. Edges Insect Density

F. Patches Insect Density

5. Tap Save.

6. Tap Finish if you have added all

scouting observations.

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1. Working from the layer you

are scouting, tap Weed.

2. Use Comments to record

your observations.

3. Upload a photo. You can

either take the image from

here or upload one from your

device’s library.

4. Provide as many details of the

weed as possible, such as:

A. Weed

B. Growth Stage

C. Growth Stage Units

D. Overall Weed Density

E. Edges Weed Density

F. Patches Weed Density

1. Tap Save.

2. Tap Finish if you have added

all scouting observations.