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Notes from the field

Plain answers about satellite monitoring, scouting, and farm economics — written by the team that migrates farms for a living. No marketing fog, numbers included.

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PracticeAugust 19, 20266 min readFarm scouting software for field teamsFarm scouting software helps agronomists record field observations, assign inspections, and review field history even when mobile coverage drops. What a scouting workflow looks like in a real season.Ibragim Shirinov

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MigrationAugust 19, 20266 min readMove from Cropwise to Planva in 2026Move from Cropwise Operations to Planva with migration handled by the Planva team — usually in one day and without stopping field work. What transfers, how the day looks, and who should stay put.Ibragim Shirinov

EconomicsJune 10, 20269 min readHow field monitoring cuts crop protection costs: four mechanisms and honest mathCrop protection is usually the second-biggest line in the budget after fuel — and the one with the most quiet leaks. Here are the four places money escapes, and what monitoring actually changes, with numbers.Ibragim Shirinov

PracticeMay 19, 20268 min readHow to roll out field monitoring in one season: a week-by-week planMonitoring fails not from bad software but from rollouts that try to change everything at once. Here’s the sequence that works: what to launch in week one, what to add mid-season, and what to skip until next year.Ibragim Shirinov

EconomicsApril 24, 20267 min readWhat farming without monitoring actually costs“We drive around and look” is also a monitoring system — just an expensive one. Where its costs hide, why Excel and messengers don’t plug the holes, and what honestly changes in the first season.Ibragim Shirinov

Q&AApril 2, 202610 min readField monitoring: the 12 questions we hear mostSupport answers hundreds of farm questions a season — and they repeat. Here are the twelve we hear most, answered the way we answer on the phone: honestly, with numbers, and without marketing fog.Ibragim Shirinov

BasicsMarch 12, 20267 min readNDVI in plain words: how to read a vegetation mapNDVI is the most used and most misread word in field monitoring. What the index actually measures, when red zones are a false alarm, and what it can’t see — without formulas (well, one).Ibragim Shirinov

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