You probably will want to give other people access to your ranch so that they can either view or enter irrigation or fertilizer events for your plantings. In ranch settings you can add new members to your ranch. Each member needs to have CropManage login credentials. Only the ranch manager or members with permission can […]
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Let’s Get Started with CropManage
Welcome to the CropManage irrigation and nutrient management decision support tool. This online software was developed by University of California, Cooperative Extension Advisors and Specialists to assist growers to better manage irrigation water and nitrogen fertilizer. There are some simple steps to getting CropManage up and running for your farm: Create a ranch (farm). You […]
Curso de CropManage en Español
Introducción Crear un Usuario Crear un Rancho Crear una Siembra Crear un evento de Fertilización Crear un evento de Muestra de Suelo
Adding Fertilizer Events for Vegetable Commodities
Fertilizer events can be entered for each planting to track how much fertilizer was used to produce a crop. CropManage can recommend a nitrogen fertilizer rate for a vegetable crop based on the nitrogen uptake rate, current soil nitrate status, and nitrate concentration of the irrigation water. CropManage will also adjust the recommended rate for […]
Adding soil sample test values
Soil sample analyses can be entered for a planting in CropManage. The values can be from a laboratory analysis or from tests conducted in the field such as the soil nitrate quick test. On the upper right corner of the planting summary card select the “+” icon and “soil sample.” Enter the date that the […]
Scheduling an irrigation event
Irrigation events can be added to a planting for an upcoming, present, or past date. Begin in the ranch view by selecting a planting. A Planting Summary Card will display. Schedule an irrigation event by clicking on the add (+) event icon on the upper right-hand corner of the planting card, and select irrigation. An […]
Add a new planting
After setting up a ranch, plantings can be added by clicking on the “add new planting” button in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. An “add planting” form will display. Enter the planting name, and select a commodity and then an appropriate crop type. A crop type is a subcategory of the commodity, such […]
Adding and Managing Planting Areas
Planting areas are the geographical areas of a farm or a ranch where crops are planted and often referred to as fields, lots, blocks, paddocks, orchards, etc. The planting area retains information about the soil type and the latitude and longitude of where you are growing your crop. Add a new planting area under ranch […]
Selecting Weather Stations
CropManage requires evapotranspiration data for estimating crop water use. The software can automatically import reference evapotranspiration and precipitation data from any weather station that is part of the California Irrigation Management and Information System (CIMIS) operated by the California Department of Water Resources. Every ranch in CropManage must be associated with one or more CIMIS […]
Introduction to CropManage
CropManage is an online decision support tool for assisting growers and farm managers in determining water and nitrogen fertilizer applications on a field-by-field basis. The software automates the calculation of crop water needs using weather data and crop development models. It also estimates fertilizer N requirements by combining infield measurements with models of crop N uptake and […]