Digital Farm Hand
We want to understand how you keep track of your farm or ranch and what would make the process easier. Your answers help us create an easy way to collect farm data. We may ask you to help test early versions of the product.
Name
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First Name
Last Name
Email
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example@example.com
Phone Number
Please enter a valid phone number.
Format: (000) 000-0000.
Would you be interested in testing early versions of the Digital Farm Hand tool?
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Sure, send me more details
No, I'll wait for the bugs to get worked out
Which of the following do you currently keep records of? What would you like to track?
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Rows
Currently Track and Like the Process
Currently Track and Dislike the Process
Would Like to Track
Not Applicable
Crop Planning (planting dates, methods, varieties, locations of plants)
Certification Records (sources and certificates for seeds and amendments)
Field Operations (irrigation, cultivation practices, amendments, fertility practices)
Crop Health (pest pressure, disease pressure, growth patterns)
Weather and Environment (temperature, weather patterns, day length)
Harvest (weights, seconds, discards, loss rates)
Soil Health (changes in soil test results over time, nutrient ratios, soil biodiversity and biological ratios)
Food Safety (wash/pack processes, milking or egg collection processes, cooler temperatures, worker health and other food safety protocol adherence)
Post Harvest (shelf life, storage processes, product loss in storage)
Income (sales numbers, sales channels, product loss during the sales process)
Equipment maintenance
Budgets and financial performance
Labor - how much time is spent on which tasks
Veterinary Records (animal health data, birth details and reproductive data)
Production (animal production metrics, growth rates and mothering abilities)
Feed (feed types, amounts consumed and feeding schedule)
Grazing (pasture quality, grazing rotations and animal movements)
Observations of animal behavior and physical characteristics
Other - please explain
What other farm information would you like to be able to easily monitor?
How would better records help your farm or ranch?
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Improve efficiency of farm tasks
Troubleshoot problems
Understand the impact of soil health practices and amendments
Improve harvest and post harvest handling
Track inventory to minimize loss
Understand the flow of money through your business
Other - Please explain
What other ways would better records help your farm?
When you forget to record something important, what do you usually do?
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I try to go back and capture the data
I take my best guess on what the data is
I work around the missing data
How often do you miss recording important information?
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Daily
Weekly
Monthly
How do you currently keep records on your farm? Select all that apply.
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Ledgers, notebooks, printed forms and other paper records
The notes app on my phone
Voice memos on my phone
Pictures of things I want to remember
Whiteboards
Spreadsheets
Farm management software
How do you use your farm records?
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I review them weekly to make decisions
I use them for seasonal planning
I check them when problems come up or I have questions about what I did previously
I rarely refer back to them
My records are not in a format to easily use
In an ideal world, how would you manage farm records and data capture?
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Have someone follow me around and record and organize everything
Speak about my actions, observations and important info and have the data automatically be collected and organized
Capture images of important actions, observations and info and have the data automatically be collected and organized
Online forms, spreadsheets and/or farm management software
Ledgers, notebooks, printed forms and other paper records
Use my phone notes or voice memos
Rate how important the following features would be for your ideal record-keeping system
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Rows
Essential
Very Important
Might Use It
Wouldn't Use It
Easy to capture data
Flexible setup to work for my farm
Options for different types of input - voice, images, notes, etc
Easy to search and retrieve data
Built in analysis options
Built in formatting options - organic certification records, food safety records, etc
Reminders to record data at intervals and triggers that I control
Can work on phone, tablet or computer
Integrate with other systems on the farm (PoS, inventory management, farm management)
Please rank the following features from most important to least important:
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If you found a record-keeping system that met your needs, what would be a reasonable monthly cost?
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I wouldn't pay for this
$25-50
$50-100
$100-200
More than $200
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