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Useful Apps, Web resources, and other tools

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?.

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Useful Apps, Web resources, and other tools

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  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. Weather • WeatherBug • Intellicast (iPad)

  6. Productivity • Google • Email • Numbers (field data collection) • Pages • Keynote • iBooks(for labels and MSDS) • Penultimate (hand written notes) • QuickOfficeHD PRO for Word, PowerPoint and Excel file handling from my Windows machine. • MagiCAlc • FileApp Pro

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

  8. iTunes Corn search

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. iPad setup

  12. AgCrops.osu.edu http://corn.osu.edu/mobile

  13. 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

  14. Web access 2010 Team website update added search capabilities

  15. blogs West Central since 2007

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