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Your farm maps, field work, inputs and reporting in one, easy to use app. Spend less time dealing with paperwork and more getting farm work done. Works on PC, iOS and Android. Map your farm in just 30 minutes. Record crops and plan rotations. Plan and share Field Jobs with inputs such as seed, spray or fertilizer. Assign to team members, add planned dates and record when theyve been completed Take the stress out of audits and reviewing farm performance with high quality records.
Provider
fieldmargin
Located In
United Kingdom
Foundation
2017
Open API
Unverified
Deployment
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Mobile Apps
iOS, Android
Training
Documentation
Trusted by thousands of farms in over 170 countries from smallholders to large contractors. Works on all types of farm including arable, livestock, horticulture and vineyards.
Content Source: fieldmargin
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fieldmargin Reviews
Pros
Some features like the ability to overlay imported maps such as historical maps are really nice touches and could be very helpful for planning things like hedgerow restoration.
Good to store photo'slinked to a field. Nice to syncronize between cellphone and desktop.
I absolutely love Fieldmargin and recommend it to all my farming friends. Customer support is fantastic and very helpful.
Input Tracking, Field mapping, notes, task creations, yield tracking, unlimited history storage. Also, this app is very user friendly and the customer service has been outstanding.
Cons
I'm a large lifestyle block owner in NZ, if that makes sense, 11 acres.
I have the following problems. I have included plant protecting tools as inputs ( there is no such option as an active substance).
The software has developed and ironed out most of its failings.
If your field layouts are complex or you're trying to manage an environmental scheme you might find it frustrating, as we have.
"Fieldmargin on extensive ranching management"
Pros: Ease of use and specially the possibility that it gives for managers to track the completion of single activities while on the field.
Cons: It could integrate with unitary cattle control - allflex, trutest, etc. and with 3rd party maps such as dji go or trimble - so that it could become the primary source of information.
"Fieldmargin does makes life easier"
Overall: Brilliant app. I love it, the lads on the farm get on well with it. It simplifys what others have made complicated.
Pros: Fieldmargin is a great app for planning field work and getting tasks sent out to my employees. Other app tend to overcomplicate this but Fieldmargin is really easy to use and helps to keep us compliant with legislation.
Cons: Fieldmargin is getting better all the time as its constantly improving.
"Not only for the big guys, great for little guys too."
Overall: Easy to set up, simple to use, great for keeping track of paddock use and herd inputs
Pros: Ease of use, multi-platform, simple to look back and see what you've done in the past. The mapping of the individual paddocks was simple and very handy.
Cons: I'm a large lifestyle block owner in NZ, if that makes sense, 11 acres. I'm using the free version and only being able to have 2 herds is an issue. Other than that, I really rate this app highly
"Great to-do list for the basics, with limitations"
Pros: We started using Gatekeeper to manage jobs for our estate team and it is a testament to the usability of the product that our team has taken it up with great enthusiasm. It looks good and is quite straightforward for simple task assignment. The fact that it works well (best) on mobile helps a great deal when most of the team are out and about and the ability to geotag tasks and notes is critical. Having portable farm data is great. Some features like the ability to overlay imported maps such as historical maps are really nice touches and could be very helpful for planning things like hedgerow restoration. The support team are really responsive and friendly.
Cons: Mapping controls are basic, and drawing and crucially editing fields is limited. The app does allow for import of field shapes from the RPA which is essential and does support KML imports, but manipulating field shapes (removing points, splitting, adding buffers, subtracting areas) is not supported, and there is no undo functionality. If your field layouts are complex or you're trying to manage an environmental scheme you might find it frustrating, as we have. Fieldmargin distinguishes between fields and features, but too much of the functionality of the app is predicated on working in fields - so woodlands, beetle banks, ponds and other features have to be recorded as features which are managed differently, and tasks cannot be attached to them. Sorting and filtering jobs isn't good and the list of jobs can become cluttered. Input and yield recording is basic and there is no stock control or the ability to record any more than basic data from an operator. This isn't a substitute for a farm management package such as Gatekeeper; we'd be unlikely to adopt Fieldmargin to enter this data if we end up having to enter it elsewhere a second time.
Vendor Response
"Fieldmargin 👌"
Overall: Have been using Fieldmargin for over a year and love the ease of use, the tracking of tasks and the information that is always available in the palm of your hand.
Pros: It is easy to use software that keeps track of tasks on the farm and keep you up to date on the completion of tasks. Easy to plan for instructions, as when creating tasks it automatically give the volumes of spray and/or fertilizer you need of each product.
Cons: Would like to have a stock system that automatically adjust as you purchase and complete tasks.
