Farm Ops ManagementBborie Park

What to manage?• Inputs/Output• Fields• Storage• Personnel• Finance• Planning• Execution

Where are these operations?

• Spatial context–Where are the activities to be done?

• Local conditions– How is the weather?– Can I work this field?

• Fleet movement–Where are my personnel and

equipment?

When to do these operations?

• Long-term planning–What is the general plan?–What is needed to execute the general

plan?• Near-term planning–What can be done today, tomorrow and

the day after?–Who is available to do the work?

Who did what?• Operator– What did the operator?– Where did the operator work?

• Equipment– Two words: machine data

• Reconciliation– Do my Operator info and Equipment data match?

• Analysis– What was the completion rate for the day?– How much product did we harvest from that

field?

Why these operations? • Planning for next season– Strategies– Restrictions based upon local contexts

• Analytics– Benchmarking– Productivity

• Budgeting– Land– Inputs– Contracts