Is your farm data answering the right questions? Learn how focused data collection can help you make key farm management decisions.
Key Points
- Farm data is only worth collecting if a plan is in place to make the data answer the right questions. To derive value from farm records, you must measure the cost or benefit of a specific farm practice or product.
- Design simple trials that use your farm records to test new and old processes on the field or in the barn. Direct your data collection so it tells you something you don’t know.
- Data collection that answers a specific question puts a hard number on the experience and helps you make the decision to change things or stay the course.
- Farm management software, like FCC’s Field Manager PRO, allows farmers to easily track and manage farm data.