Useful Apps, Web resources, and other tools

Harold Watters

watters.35@osu.edu 937 599-4227

Developed during 2010 Signature Program for Yield West Region grant.

And from a survey of friends in the Ag Crop Industry, who have more $ to spend on technology.

What’s an App?

• Mobile application is software designed to run on smartphones, tablet computers and other mobile devices. – “app phones”, not just smartphones

• Available through application distribution platforms, which are typically operated by the owner of the mobile operating system, such as the – Apple App Store, Google Play, Windows Phone Store and

BlackBerry App World• Some apps are free, while others have a price.

– Apple - App Store has 650,000 available apps to download as well as "an astounding 30 billion apps" downloaded from the app store, Tim Cook 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_app

iPad vs. iPhone

• Some apps work better on the iPad or the iPhone (and vice versa).  I am not sure of the cross-functionality with the Droid system, since everything I am using is Mac iOS, except my laptop computer.

Company apps

• Pioneer Seed Population App

• Monsanto– http://www.asgrowanddekalb.com/programs/

agTools/Pages/default.aspx?mbl=f

• Agrium

• GrowMark

– Designed to sell their products

Weather

• WeatherBug

• Intellicast (iPad)

Productivity

• Google• Email• Numbers (field data collection)• Pages• Keynote• iBooks (for labels and MSDS)• Penultimate (hand written notes)• QuickOffice HD PRO for Word, PowerPoint and

Excel file handling from my Windows machine.• MagiCAlc• FileApp Pro

Agriculture

• Soy Diseases (SDCES)• DTN/PF• Growing Degree Calculator • SoilWeb• TankMixCalc• Corn N Rate• NPIPM Guide• N Price• IPNI Plant Nutrient Deficiency Symptom App

iTunes Corn search

location

• GPS Log• Google Earth• Google Maps• ArcGIS• Built in maps function• FarmWorks, Trimble, John Deere

• Really need something better for scouting– Tried Corn Pro Scout, Soy Pro Scout

Apps are personal

• Find the ones you like

• I look for suggestions from friends

• I find suggestion in agriculture related articles & stories

• University websites

• I look for free– Make sure you know the value before you

buy, check reviews

iPad setup

AgCrops.osu.edu

http://corn.osu.edu/mobile

AgCrops Team (http://agcrops.osu.edu) on-farm reports

• Range from simple to complex systems trials• 347 reports

– In 2004 we moved to AgCrops Team reporting• No reports in 2003

– 86 fertility 39 since 2003– 46 tillage 21 – 34 seeding rates 9 – 25 RoundupReady 3– 23 Manure 21– 22 Fungicides 11– 20 Variety testing 1

Web access

2010 Team website update added search capabilities

blogs

West Central since 2007