- Author: Michael D Cahn, Ph.D.
Hands-onCropManageWorkshop
Bringing CropManage to the Field
Date: Thursday, April 13, 2017 8:00 am – 12pm
Location: Monterey County Agricultural Conference Room. 1432 Abbott St, Salinas, CA 93901
- Learn how to use CropManage to support irrigation and nutrient management decisions and record keeping
- Learn about the new version of CropManage (3.0)
- 2.5 hours CCA CEU hours
CropManage is a free online decision support tool for water and nutrient management of coastal crops. Even with the wet winter, water conservation will continue to be of concern in the Salinas Valley, and water regulations will continue to be tied to efficient nutrient management. CropManage can play an important role in providing quick decision support on water and nutrient management on a field-by-field basis.
At this free workshop, we provide hands-on training so you can learn how to navigate and use CropManage for assisting with water and nitrogen management decisions and record-keeping. We will also cover updates to CropManage, which will making it more compatible with in-field use by farm staff.
Crops currently supported by CropManage include strawberry, head and romaine lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, celery, spinach, baby lettuce, cilantro, and mizuna. CropManage will soon include leaf lettuce and bell peppers.
Who should participate: Central coast vegetable and berry growers, ranch managers, and other farm staff, and technical service providers are welcome. The workshop is for both new and current CropManage users.
What to bring: This is a hands on workshop so please bring a tablet or laptop computer so that you can follow along. If you need to borrow a laptop, contact Laura Murphy (831-759-7365) for assistance.
AGENDA (subject to change)
8:00 – 8:30 Registration and Refreshments
8:30 – 9:00 Introduction and updates on CropManage 3.0
9:00- 10:15 Getting started
10:15 BREAK
10:30 – 11:15 Strategies for using CropManage for decision support and record-keeping
11:15- 11:45 Advanced features and interfacing sensors with CropManage
11:45-12:00 Discussion of new features or changes needed
Please RSVP by Monday, April 10, 2017 to Lennis Arriaga at 831 759-7353 or larriaga@ucdavis.edu. Space is limited.
- Author: Michael D Cahn
CropManage Workshop
Monterey County Agricultural Center Conference Room
1432 Abbott St, Salinas CA 93901
Thursday, May 1st 2014
(8:30 am – 12 pm)
We will offer a hands-on training to learn in depth about the features of CropManage, a free decision support tool for water and nitrogen management of coastal crops. In addition to head and romaine lettuce, CropManage now supports broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and strawberries.
This training will provide an opportunity to learn how to use CropManage for improving the efficiency of your farming operations or for adding value to your consulting services. We will provide in depth hands-on training so that you can learn step-by-step how to navigate and use CropManage for assisting with fertilizer and water management decisions and record keeping. Wi-Fi internet access is available at our conference room so please bring a laptop or tablet computer so that you can follow along as we tour through the features of the software. There should be sufficient time to answer questions as we cover the following topics:
Agenda:
8:30 – 9:00 Registration and Refreshments
9:00 – 9:30 Introduction to CropManage
9:30-10:15 Getting started with CropManage
10:15 (Break)
10:30 – 11:15 Using CropManage for decision support and record keeping
11:15- 11:45 Navigating around and advanced features
11:45-12:00 Discussion of new features or changes needed.
To keep the group size manageable so that we can provide individual help, we would like to limit the workshop to 30 participants. If you have attended previous workshops and or feel proficient in using the on-line tool, then you are welcome to just attend the second half of the workshop (10:30-12 pm). Whether or not you plan to attend the entire or part of the workshop, please RSVP in advance by sending an email to larriaga@ucdavis.edu or mdcahn@ucdavis.edu with the subject heading “CropManage workshop” and let us know the number of participants in your group. We will email you a confirmation. Thank you, and I hope to see you soon.
Respectfully,
Michael Cahn, Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor
Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties
- Author: Michael D Cahn
CropManage Workshop
Monterey County Agricultural Center Conference Room
1432 Abbott St, Salinas CA 93901
Wednesday, March 13th / Tuesday, April 2nd 2013
(9 am – 11 am)
We will offer two hands-on workshops to learn in depth about the features of CropManage, a new Web-tool that provides decision support on irrigation and N management of lettuce. Learn how to use CropManage for improving the efficiency of your farming operations or for adding value to your consulting services. Wi-Fi internet access is available at our conference room so you are welcomed to bring a laptop or tablet computer so that you can follow along as we tour through the features of the software. There should be sufficient time to answer questions as we cover the following topics:
- Purpose and main features of software
- Getting started with CropManage (login, setting up new ranches, adding new plantings, fertilizers).
- Using CropManage for decision support and record keeping (soil nitrate quick test, recommendations on N fertilizer and irrigation schedules, maintaining fertilizer and irrigation records).
- Additional features (advanced settings, exporting data, integrating flow meter data).
- Discussion of new features or changes needed.
To keep the group size manageable so that we can provide individual help, we would like to limit each workshop to 20 participants. Please RSVP in advance by sending an email to larriaga@ucdavis.edu with the subject heading “CropManage workshop” and let us know which workshop (March 13 or April 2) you will be attending and the number of participants in your group. We will email you a confirmation
Hope to see you soon,
Michael Cahn
