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Crop Scouting & Issue Detection

Field notes without the after hours

Better crop scouting goes beyond replacing pen and paper. Capture field observations, photos and notes as you scout, then compile everything into a professional report and send it to your grower before you leave the field.

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See FarmQA Scouting in 2 minutes

Create a field, scout it, and send advice to your grower.

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FarmQA had the field boundaries on a map, it had a list of the pests that I was looking for, and the one-page report was something I could feel proud to send to a grower.

Hazen, Agronomist · NW Biologic

Field mapping

Draw them, drive them, or import them. Your fields are ready.

Field mapping starts before you ever walk a field. Create field boundaries directly in QA Advisor web or mobile app, assign crops and varieties, and color code fields so you can see what’s planted and where at a glance. Township and section overlays make it easy to locate fields and see how they fit into the surrounding area.

Already have field boundaries saved as shapefiles? You can use those, too.

Every field you map is immediately available for scouting and reporting. No limits on field count — whether you’re managing fifty accounts or five hundred fields, QA Advisor scales with your operation.

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Field entrance finder

Get hands-free turn-by-turn directions for drivers and applicators.

Find any field, any time

Mark field entrances, see distances at a glance, and get turn-by-turn routing to any field directly from the mobile app. Tap a field and your phone’s mapping tools take it from there.

This is especially useful when seasonal scouts are covering unfamiliar territory — no calls asking for directions, no wrong gate, no wasted time.

Scouting templates

Built for any crop

Corn isn’t grapes. Soybeans aren’t potatoes. Your scouting forms shouldn’t treat them that way. Build custom templates for each crop, operation, or scouting program so your team captures the right observations every time, whether you’re walking row crops or scouting blocks and vineyards.

QA Advisor crop scouting interface showing a field photo alongside mobile scouting forms for weeds and field observations.

QA Advisor scouting reports shown as PDF and on a phone

Observations & reports

Capture what you see. Show where you saw it.

Capture field observations as you scout: notes, photos, map annotations, and customizable scouting forms built for the crop and operation you’re working. Geo-tagged photos and field mapping add the where to the what, giving you a complete scouting map of conditions and issues across every field, block, or growing location.

From field notes to finished reports

When scouting is complete, turn those observations into a professional PDF report with field maps, photos, conditions, and recommendations your grower can act on. Send it before you leave the field as a PDF by text or email, or directly to the QA Farmer mobile app.

Multiple scouts. One report.

When multiple scouts are covering the same operation, merge their individual reports into one consolidated view before anything goes to the grower. One report, one professional presentation, regardless of how many people were in the field.

Grower communication

Know your grower got the message

Sending the scouting report is only part of the job. When you send it through QA Farmer, your grower gets notified and the report lands in their app. Back in QA Advisor, you can see when they’ve viewed it. It’s the same PDF either way, whether it’s sent through QA Farmer, by text, or by email.

No more wondering whether the message got through. QA Farmer also gives growers everyday tools for weather, grain markets, and bin monitoring, so there’s genuine reason for them to open the app regularly, which means your reports get seen.

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Scout the acres that need attention

Spend your time where it matters most. Directed scouting uses satellite imagery and known problem areas to help you focus on the parts of a field that deserve a closer look. Set scouting locations, associate reports with those locations, and return to the same areas to track issues throughout the season and across growing seasons.

Efficient, offline-ready data collection

During scouting season, agronomists live in the QA Advisor mobile app — on a phone or a tablet, in the field. Touch-optimized data entry works fully offline in fields without signal. Your data and scouting templates are cached on the device, so a dead zone never costs you a scouting report. Sync happens automatically when you’re back online.

Tasks

Keep the next step moving

Scouting doesn’t stop when you submit the report. With the Tasks add-on, schedule a follow-up visit while you’re still in the field, assign work to your team, and track what needs to happen next — all tied directly to the scouting data you just captured.

Managing seasonal scouts? See all of their reports in one place and approve them before anything reaches your growers.

Integrated pest management

Integrated pest management start to finish

Integrated pest management is the framework agronomists use to make informed, season-long decisions. QA Advisor supports the full five-step IPM process, connecting scouting, analysis, recommendations, action, and follow-up in one platform.

Identify the pest

Confirm what you are actually dealing with in the field.

In QA Advisor

Scouting Templates

Built for accurate identification

Monitor pest activity

Track how pressure builds across fields and weeks.

In QA Advisor

Scouting Reports

Ongoing activity over time

Determine action thresholds

Decide when pressure justifies a treatment.

In QA Advisor

Analytics

Historical data and trends

Explore & apply treatment options

Pick the option that fits and get it into the field.

In QA Advisor

Recommendations

Treatment recommendations ready to send

Evaluate results

Check whether the treatment did what you expected.

In QA Advisor

Follow-up Scouting

Reporting on what worked

Organizations

Field & organization management

If you manage scouting across multiple farms, growers, or organizations, QA Advisor can handle all of them under one account. Partition your growers and their fields into separate farms using the organization designer, with multiple levels of hierarchy so your account reflects the way your business is actually structured. Every farm has its own fields and reports, and you see all of it in one place without logging in and out or managing separate systems.

Pricing

Priced for real operations

Whether you’re an independent agronomist or managing a large team, we offer flexible pricing based on your users and the capabilities you need. Add more as your operation grows.

SUPPORT

Real people. Practical support.

Have a question? Our team is here to help you get the most out of your FarmQA products. Whether you’re getting started, learning a new feature, or working through an issue, you can reach us by phone or email, or find answers in our online Support Center.

Start scouting smarter today

Capture field observations, photos, and notes as you scout, then turn them into professional reports you can send before you leave the field.

Field notes without the after hours

See FarmQA Scouting in 2 minutes

Draw them, drive them, or import them. Your fields are ready.

Field entrance finder

Find any field, any time

Built for any crop

Capture what you see. Show where you saw it.

From field notes to finished reports

Multiple scouts. One report.

Know your grower got the message

Scout the acres that need attention

Efficient, offline-ready data collection

Keep the next step moving

Integrated pest management start to finish

Identify the pest

Monitor pest activity

Determine action thresholds

Explore & apply treatment options

Evaluate results

Field & organization management

Priced for real operations

Real people. Practical support.

Start scouting smarter today

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