Citrus Scouting Interns Generate Valuable Reports for Growers
Land.db proves a valuable and versatile tool for citrus scouting interns to report their findings.
For participants in the annual Syngenta Citrus Scouting Internship Program, the tablets and smartphones that the company provides come with far-reaching responsibilities. The interns use them to generate critical pest reports for Florida citrus growers, by tapping into the Land.db® farm-management software that’s accessible to them. Land.db is the same platform available to Syngenta AgriEdge Excelsior® growers.
“Before interns begin scouting, they save information about the blocks they will cover from Land.db directly to their devices,” says Morgan McKenna, the Syngenta sales representative who manages the interns’ data. “That way they don’t lose the pest data they collect if signal service drops, and they can synchronize with the software whenever service is available.”
Each intern generates reports by block or field and emails them to the grower and the appropriate Syngenta sales representative.
“This information allows growers to see when pest populations rise and fall, providing an excellent overview for when they need to apply a pesticide or gauge how well a particular treatment is performing,” says McKenna.
“Before interns begin scouting, they save information about the blocks they will cover from Land.db directly to their devices,” says Morgan McKenna, the Syngenta sales representative who manages the interns’ data. “That way they don’t lose the pest data they collect if signal service drops, and they can synchronize with the software whenever service is available.”
Each intern generates reports by block or field and emails them to the grower and the appropriate Syngenta sales representative.
They can generate the reports with various degrees of detail, depending on grower preference and level of pest activity occurring in the grove. They can also create graphs with specific date ranges that show the peaks and valleys of pest populations within a block.“This information allows growers to see when pest populations rise and fall, providing an excellent overview for when they need to apply a pesticide or gauge how well a particular treatment is performing.”
“This information allows growers to see when pest populations rise and fall, providing an excellent overview for when they need to apply a pesticide or gauge how well a particular treatment is performing,” says McKenna.
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