New features for fieldmargins app
FIELD and farm management app, fieldmargin, has added new features to help users comply with assurance schemes and regulatory requirements.
Records can now be annotated with weather, the start and finish times for each task, and the operator or team member who carried it out.
“There’s more to farm records than simply keeping track of progress, or analysing performance,” said the company’s Camilla HayseldenAshby. “Farm assurance and new regulations, be they legal obligations or environmental requirements, also rely on good record-keeping. Assessors and watchdogs expect farmers to have quick and easy access to this type of information.”
The new features, available on fieldmargin’s web, iOS and Android apps, allow users to record wind speed, direction, temperature and other weather factors for each field task completed. Start and finish times for each operation can also be added, while the app will also record which user was responsible for completion of each task.
Data can be uploaded retrospectively, added Camilla. “We’ve all been there – you’re in such a rush to get something done before the weather changes that any delay – even the couple of minutes it takes to open the app and record the information there and then – feels like too much.”
The new data features comply with farm assurance requirements for schemes from the likes of Global GAP, Red Tractor, Soil Association, Organic Farmers and Grower, and various supermarket protocols and marketing initiatives.
“We hope this new update will not only help with the overall objective – allowing users to make better, more informed farming decisions – but also the practical demands of preparing for assurance or regulatory inspections and farm audits,” she added.
Founded in the UK in 2014, fieldmargin is used by farmers in more than 170 countries, from Australia to Zimbabwe.