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Notes from the field

Guides from the Planva team on moving between systems, keeping field records and evaluating farm software.

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MigrationAugust 21, 20265 min readMove from Cropwise to Planva in 2026A seamless move to Planva from your current platform, with migration handled by the Planva team and included in the contract. What transfers, how the move works, and who should stay put.Ibragim Shirinov

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EconomicsJuly 29, 20266 min readCrop protection costs: a field monitoring break-even exampleCalculate monitoring costs with explicit assumptions for field operations, scouting time and software. Includes a worked example and break-even test.Ibragim Shirinov

PracticeJuly 29, 20267 min readHow to roll out field monitoring in one season: a week-by-week planA field monitoring rollout is easier to test when it changes one habit at a time. Here is a sequence for the first week, the first months, and the year-end review.Ibragim Shirinov

EconomicsJuly 29, 20266 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&AJuly 29, 20267 min readField monitoring: nine questions buyers askNine recurring questions about field monitoring, answered with product facts, clear limits, and no invented customer results.Ibragim Shirinov

BasicsMarch 12, 20266 min readNDVI explained: how to read a vegetation mapRead an NDVI map with an annotated example. Learn the formula, compare the same field over time, and separate image artefacts from areas needing inspection.Ibragim Shirinov

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