hour period for rainfall at the National Weather Service is not midnight to midnight. It is mid-morning to mid-morning, so late-afternoon rainfall will not be posted in the application until 6 a.m. the next day. If you have an observed measurement of rainfall, such as from a rain gauge, enter it rather than waiting for an NWS update. If the NWS shows a rainfall amount but none actually occurred, enter 0 in the Field Precip column. If other fields on the farm also received the same amount of rainfall, click the check boxes beside their names at the bottom of the page.
To access a report for printing, go to Report in the main menu (Figure 13). Select the field to print and click Print.
The Crop Stage page allows you track the growing degree days based on maximum and minimum daily temperatures for crops in your fields. For some crops, such as cotton, scientists at the University of Missouri Fisher Delta Research Center are developing recommendations relative to the current growth stage. To access the recommendation, click the black box in the last column (Figure 14).
The Weather page provides links to real-time weather stations in your region. The weather is updated several times each hour and can be useful for helping make decisions about your farm, such as whether it is too windy to spray.
The Tech Support page shows contact information for staff at the University of Missouri who can help you with irrigation management.
Edit precipitation and irrigation amounts for a field.
To save time, check boxes next to other fields irrigated at the same rate.
Example field reports showing daily rainfall, irrigations and crop evapotranspiration.
The Crop Stage function shows the predicted growth stage for plants in a field.