Automated fertilizer and pesticide application tracking

Purpose

1.1. Centralize and automate the recording, monitoring, and reporting of all fertilizer and pesticide applications in crop production.
1.2. Ensure compliance with regulations and certifications, improve resource planning, and enable traceability for audits and food safety.
1.3. Capture field-level operations, operator details, dosage, weather data, equipment used, and schedules, integrating with other business and government systems.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New fieldwork task logged in farm management system.
2.2. Operator submits application completion via mobile app or telematics device.
2.3. Incoming sensor data (weather, spray rigs) indicating activity completion.
2.4. Arrival of supplier dispatch notification for fertilizers/pesticides.
2.5. Scheduled recurring compliance verification.
2.6. Digital form submission by field staff.

Platform Variants

3.1. Agworld API
• Feature/Setting: ‘Task Activities’ endpoint to receive new or updated application jobs; configure webhook for activity capture.
3.2. John Deere Operations Center
• Feature/Setting: ‘Field Operations’ API; set up push notification for machine-logged spray events.
3.3. Trimble Ag Software
• Feature/Setting: Data synchronization with ‘Field Activities’ and ‘Materials’ records.
3.4. Granular
• Feature/Setting: Integrate ‘Work Events’ API to log and retrieve application records.
3.5. Climate FieldView
• Feature/Setting: Webhook subscription for ‘Field Activity Data’ to detect inputs.
3.6. Raven Slingshot
• Feature/Setting: Configure ‘As-applied’ data reporting callback API.
3.7. Cropio
• Feature/Setting: Use ‘Operations’ and ‘Input Application’ endpoints to fetch application logs.
3.8. FarmLogs
• Feature/Setting: ‘Activities’ API triggers for pesticide/fertilizer updates.
3.9. SAP Rural Sourcing Management
• Feature/Setting: Workflow integration for ‘Field Activities’ feed.
3.10. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Trigger on new SharePoint ‘Field Report’ item.
3.11. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Record ‘Fertilizer Application’ entry automation in linked tables.
3.12. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Trigger on new Google Form submissions for operator-reported applications.
3.13. ESRI ArcGIS Field Maps
• Feature/Setting: Configure ‘Survey123 Webhook’ for geotagged application submissions.
3.14. Oracle Netsuite
• Feature/Setting: ‘Production Work Order’ event integrations.
3.15. Quick Base
• Feature/Setting: Automation on new ‘Application Records’ table entry.
3.16. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Script on new row in ‘Application Log’ worksheet.
3.17. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Event-based flows on ‘Field Application’ custom object.
3.18. IBM Maximo
• Feature/Setting: Integration for ‘Work Order Completion’ notifications.
3.19. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming webhook from ‘Field Ops’ channel input.
3.20. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Card creation in ‘Field Operations’ board for each scheduled/finished event.
3.21. SMS via Twilio
• Feature/Setting: Auto-collect confirmation SMS from field operators and parse with webhook.
3.22. Mailgun
• Feature/Setting: Process incoming emails with application receipts to trigger automation.

Benefits

4.1. Eliminates manual data entry, reducing error and work duplication.
4.2. Enables proactive compliance and certification reporting.
4.3. Enhances traceability for product quality and food safety audits.
4.4. Optimizes resource use, cost monitoring, and inventory planning.
4.5. Streamlines multi-source data aggregation for analytics and reporting.