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From advice to action

Turn an answer into work that gets done: actions, a management plan for the season, and field notes fed back to ORTH.

Advice counts once it happens in the field. ORTH has three building blocks for that: an action is one task on a date, a plan is a set of dated actions for a season or a problem, and a field note records what you saw and did.

  1. 1

    Create an action

    Open Create and choose Create action, or use Add Action in the Farm view. Give it a name, a due date, a category, a plot and who it is assigned to, then Save.

  2. 2

    Follow it in the Farm view

    Upcoming actions appear under Upcoming Actions and on the plot on the map. Once the date has passed, an open action shows as Overdue.

  3. 3

    Pick a plan type

    For a season or a bigger job, build a management plan. Open Create, choose Create plan and pick a type: Crop Protection, Nutrition, Irrigation, Harvesting, Monitoring, Crop Selection, Machinery & Equipment, Business Planning, or General for any farm goal.

  4. 4

    Build the plan

    Answer ORTH’s questions, then review the dated actions it proposes: rename the plan, add an action, and tap Create. A full season can take ORTH a few minutes to build, and the Farm view then shows how many steps are done.

  5. 5

    Manage the plan

    Open the plan from Upcoming Plans. Filter its actions by date, status, category, person or plot. With Edit Plan, select actions and use Date, Category, Plot or Assign to give them to a team member, or Delete. The ⋯ menu adds an action, renames the plan or changes its category.

  6. 6

    Add a note and close it

    Tap Note to record what you saw or did. ORTH writes a summary and saves the weather at that moment. Then tick the action off as Successful, Partial or Unsuccessful, and add a result note if you like.

  7. 7

    Pin the exact spot

    A note starts at Farm level. Tap Change to link it to a plot, or Drop Pin, tap the exact spot on the map and Confirm Location. Edit sets the date and time, for a note you write up later.

Tip. In the mobile app, field notes and actions save offline and sync when you are back online.

Check yourself

1. What is an action?

2. Which plan type fits a goal outside the listed topics?

3. How do you close an action?

ORTH Fundamentals

  1. 1Set up your farm and plots
  2. 2Chat with ORTH
  3. 3Ask better questions
  4. 4From advice to action
  5. 5Teach ORTH how you work
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