The details you’ll want later

01Where

The farm and field.

02What & when

The activity and work date.

03The useful detail

Crop, quantity, notes, or photos.

Log seeding, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilizing, spraying, tillage, scouting, or other work. Keep separate operations in separate entries.

One field. A story you can follow.

North quarter · illustrative activity history
DateActivityCropNote
May 12SeedingSpring wheatNorth section complete.
May 13SeedingSpring wheatSouth section complete.
June 4ScoutingSpring wheatUneven emergence by west gate.
September 10HarvestingSpring wheatFirst pass; west corner still standing.

Use the date the work happened, even if you enter it later. These example entries describe record keeping, not crop recommendations.

A short routine for each job

  1. Pick the field. Check the farm and field name before entering work.
  2. Date the work. Choose the activity and add the details you need.
  3. Save. Web waits for server confirmation. Mobile saves locally and shows pending sync.

Need a correction? Edit the existing activity so the same job doesn’t appear twice.

Leave yourself a useful note

“East half finished; wet corner left” tells you more than “done”. Explain partial work, observations, and whether a quantity covers the whole field or just this entry.

Return to the field or farm journal to review earlier work. Archive a field to keep its history. For a specific job, try our planting or harvest guides.

A general journal does not establish that you’ve met a particular reporting or certification requirement.