CropWatch
Marion Ag provides growers access to data generating tools that are cost appropriate to their operation. This data asset can be leveraged to enhance decision making and reduce risk.
Data-based Monitoring
Does your farm, vineyard, or nursery have a digital strategy? Marion Ag can help define and assemble layers of data into an appreciating digital asset. Our CropWatch suite of services enables the customization of digital information for your operation’s crop management. Whether it’s a tried and true, decades-old test or a new technology, rest assured that we have taken the time to evaluate its potential applications in monitoring, analyzing, and creating action plans for the variables that impact your crops.
Soil Health
- Standard soil tests provide information for amendment recommendations. We analyze base saturation of soil cations to achieve a balanced pH.
- Variable rate zone applications derived from grid sampling can identify variability in your field. Prescriptive application files are produced and delivered by our VRT-equipped spreaders, ensuring proper placement of your investment.
- Our Soil Health Lab Assessment which is commonly know as a Haney Test, indexes C:N ratios, CO2 respiration, and water-extractable nutrients.
- View soil health indicators in real time with a quick soil test and phone app.
- Our DNA Soil Biome test provides a functional soil analysis that identifies quantitative populations of microbes in your soil.
Plant Health
- The leaf extract analysis delivers advanced nutrient information to make key decisions about nutrient strategies that support plant health. It identifies nutrient movement and demand within the plant at key growth stages.
- A traditional tissue (leaf or petiole) sample utilizes industry-recognized nutrient level standards to determine if the “Law of Minimum” is a limiting factor in crop production.
Imagery
- Daily satellite imagery with 3-meter resolution allows our team to assist in identifying and acting on variables that impact your crop.
- For greater resolution, Marion Ag can utilize our drone to identify areas that require enhanced details for optimum management.
Environmental Telemetry
- The leaf extract analysis delivers advanced nutrient information to make key decisions about nutrient strategies that support plant health. It identifies nutrient movement and demand within the plant at key growth stages.
- A traditional tissue (leaf or petiole) sample utilizes industry-recognized nutrient level standards to determine if the “Law of Minimum” is a limiting factor in crop production.
Scouting
- Marion Ag has always offered a robust, quantitative scouting report with data collected by trained field scouts.
- To make your scouting data easier to consume, and long-term trends easier to analyze, Marion Ag can now bring scouting reports right to your fingertips via your smartphone.
Certification Documentation
Marion Ag can assist with gathering and documenting practices associated with your crops. Ask us about our LIVE Global Gap services.
