How can I create a Nutrition Plan?

The Nutrition Plan feature is available in the Atfarm web app in your desktop browser, not in the Atfarm mobile app on your mobile device.

 

Once you've added your field, you can generate customisable Nutrition Plans for it. Nutrition Plan recommendations are calculated using crop-specific calibrations. Find here the crops for which you can create Nutrition Plans.

 

 

Follow these steps to create a Nutrition Plan for your field:

 

 

1) Select field

 

Initiate the Nutrition Plan creation as follows:

 

  1. Log in to Atfarm from your desktop browser.
  2. Select the desired farm in the farm overview.
  3. Click Nutrition Plan in the left navigation bar.
  4. The Nutrition Plan overview will open, showing all the farm's fields.
  5. Click on the field for which you want to create a Nutrition Plan.
    • Use the search bar to find your field in the list.
  6. You'll see the Nutrition Plans that already exist for that field.
  7. Click + Create a new Nutrition Plan.
    • If the option to create a Nutrition Plan isn't available for a field, the region or crop type is not yet supported. Find here the crops for which you can create Nutrition Plans.
  8. The input mask will open for entering crop, soil and organic fertiliser data on which the Nutrition Plan calculation is based.

 

 

2) Add crop data

 

Complete the crop data section as described below. The input fields vary according to crop type and field region.

 

  1. Enter the target yield in the first input field. Click the unit dropdown to select the unit.
  2. Select if residues are to be removed or incorporated from the next dropdown.
  3. Select the annual rainfall in mm from the next dropdown.
  4. Select if liquid fertiliser is to be applied or not from the next dropdown.
  5. Select the previous grass production option for the last three harvest years from the next dropdown.
  6. Enter the harvest year of the previous crop in the corresponding input field.
  7. Enter the date of the last soil analysis in the next input field.
  8. Enter the sowing date in the next input field.
  9. Tick the Selected soil release natural potash box if the soil releases natural potash.
  10. Select the pre-crop from the last dropdown.

 

 

3) Add soil data

 

Complete the soil data section as described below. The input fields vary according to crop type and field region.

 

  1. Select the soil type from the first dropdown.
    • Deep clay soils: Tick the box that appears if the soil released potash. This will affect the recommended Potassium.
  2. Select which soil analysis nutrient values should be used for the calculation of the plan from the next dropdown.

 

 

4) Add organic fertiliser

 

If you'll use organic fertiliser, add one or more products as follows:

 

  1. Select the product from the first dropdown.
  2. Enter the quantity per ha in the next input field. Click the unit dropdown to select the unit.
  3. Enter the planned application date in the next input field.
  4. Select the spreader technology from the following dropdown.
  5. Click + Add another product to add another organic fertiliser.
    • Click the bin icon next to a product to remove it.

 

 

5) Create plan

 

Create the Nutrition Plan as follows:

 

  1. If necessary, adjust the recommendation name in the last input field.
  2. Click Create a Nutrition Plan to generate the Nutrition Plan.
  3. You can see your newly created Nutrition Plan. Learn here how to read and adjust the Nutrition Plan.

 

All created Nutrition Plans can be found in the Nutrition Plan overview, which can be accessed from the left navigation bar. Nutrition Plans created for a field can also be found on the field page under Recommendations.

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