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Cover Crop

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Within the cover crop tab, you can:

Within each report, administrative users can edit and delete records.

Before the cover crop tab can be used, an administrative user must have entered:

Additionally, a cover crop can only be incorporated in a field in which it was seeded.

To use the input form:

select the seeding date
select the field
select the percentage of the field to be seeded
select the seeding method (drill or other)
select the tool used to incorporate the seed
select the tractor used
select the number of tillage passes over the field
select the minutes spent in the field (seeding and seed incorporation)
use the "Add Row" button to add each of the cover crop species seeded. For each species:
- select the species name
- select the seeding rate (lbs./acre)
- FARMDATA will automatically calculate the amount of seed to plant
enter any comments
click "Submit"
confirm data correctness by clicking "OK", or "Cancel" to modify any aspect of the cover crop seeding record

To run a cover crop seeding report:

select a date range
select a field (or All)
click "Submit"
FARMDATA will then display a table of all cover crop seeding records that satisfy the selected parameters, along with the total area seeded and the amount of each crop seeded (in pounds). Note that you can find these totals for a particular field by selecting that field.
administrative users can edit and delete cover crop seeding records
- to delete a cover crop seeding record, click the "Delete" button next to that record
- to edit a cover crop seeding record:
  - click the "Edit" button next to that record
  - in the resulting page, modify an aspect of the record that needs to be updated
  - click "Update Record"
if desired, use the "Download Report" button to download the report as a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file that can be opened as a spreadsheet.

To use the input form:

select the incorporation date
select the field
select the seeding date for the area you are incorporating
FARMDATA will find and display the cover crops seeded in that field on that date
add biomass calculations
- to measure biomass, remove and weigh all plant material in a four square foot area of the field
- for greater accuracy, repeat this process several times in different areas of the field and let FARMDATA calculate the average biomass (enter each measurement and click "Calculate")
select the tool used to incorporate the cover crop
select the tractor used
select the number of tillage passes over the field
select the percentage of the field tilled
enter any comments
click "Submit"
confirm data correctness by clicking "OK", or "Cancel" to modify any aspect of the cover crop incorporation record

To run a cover crop incorporation report:

select a date range
select a field (or All)
click "Submit"
FARMDATA will then display a table of all cover crop incorporation records that satisfy the selected parameters, along with the total biomass incorporated and the average biomass incorporated per incorporation record. Note that you can find the total for a particular field by selecting that field.
administrative users can edit and delete cover crop incorporation records
- to delete a cover crop incorporation record, click the "Delete" button next to that record
- to edit a cover crop incorporation record:
  - click the "Edit" button next to that record
  - in the resulting page, modify an aspect of the record that needs to be updated
  - click "Update Record"
if desired, use the "Download Report" button to download the report as a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file that can be opened as a spreadsheet.