Today’s update is the launch of our Integrated Pest Management planning tool in Contour.

• The options in the plan cover arable, horticultural and grass land uses
• Plans are created per farm per year (plans can be created for multiple farms at once)
• Multiple plans can be created for the same farm and year, for example if you need to create one for the grass side of a business and another for the arable side
• The IPM template is compliant for SFI applications of IPM1
• Coming soon: PDF report of IPM plans and the ability to duplicate a plan!

Here’s how:

• Navigate to the account and click on the new “Environmental” tab in the top menu
• There are no farm or year selectors in the Environmental tab
• IPM plans will be selected and this page will list any plans that have been created for all farms on that account and for all years
• The most recently created plans show at the top of the table
• Select “New plan +“ to enter the wizard and create your plan
• In the details page, select one or more farm(s) and a harvest year
• Name the plan (this has to be unique for the account)
• You can create multiple plans for the same farm and year if needed (e.g. one for grass and one for arable) and name them accordingly
• Enter your BASIS number (required for SFI applications)
• Select the options in each step that apply to the selected farm(s) and year and leave blank the ones that don’t apply
• For step 3 (Monitoring), it is compulsory to select a frequency for each activity
• Add any additional actions or comments on each page
• Once completed and saved, your new plan will show in the listing page. From the three dot menu, you can edit or delete the plan

PDF reporting of IPM plans is coming soon, but we have released without the PDF function to enable plan creation before the busy season starts. 

Log in to Contour to check out the updates today, and please send any feedback you may have to info@digital.originenterprises.com to help us keep improving.