Checklist • 4 min read
Weekly orchard scouting checklist for small crews
A practical weekly sequence for one supervisor and a small walking team.
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Farmbit Guides
Evergreen playbooks and field guides for orchard and vineyard operations.
Getting Started
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Getting started • 4 min read
How to run the free satellite check without wasting a morning
A short field-first routine for getting a useful preview before anyone drives out.
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Field note • 4 min read
What a field-ready note should actually contain
The minimum evidence and next-step structure a real orchard note needs.
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Satellite Analysis
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Satellite analysis • 4 min read
NDVI can help, but it will not tell you where to start
Why broad vegetation layers are useful for monitoring and still weak for dispatching a walk.
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Satellite analysis • 4 min read
Drone scouting is for structure, not for every block
Reserve drone passes for the blocks that already proved they deserve the spend.
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Decision framework • 5 min read
Satellite vs drone vs phone for BC vineyard and berry scouting
A practical BC-focused chooser for when to use satellite, drone, or phone-based field confirmation.
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Precision warning • 4 min read
How to read a locality seed without overtrusting it
Why a city-level match is a starting point, not a field confirmation you can trust yet.
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Source-backed field note • 5 min read
Orchard field note: a lower-vigor corner in a redacted cherry block
A source-backed Farmbit product example that sets a first walk without claiming a customer outcome.
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Method note • 6 min read
Method note: comparing orchard zones over time
A stated Farmbit 30-day scouting method, its inspection sequence, and the limits that remain before field confirmation.
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Decision Frameworks
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Decision frameworks • 4 min read
When the cheapest useful check should win
A decision rule for using the lowest-cost check that still changes the next move.
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Decision frameworks • 4 min read
Manual orchard scouting still wins at ground truth
Why no remote signal should pretend to replace the first real row-level inspection.
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Playbook • 5 min read
Orchard scouting playbook for low-signal weeks
A weekly operating routine for mornings when multiple weak signals compete for attention.
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Decision frameworks • 4 min read
DIY sensors vs a managed field decision system
Why a hardware stack is different from a weekly field-decision routine.
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Failure note • 5 min read
Satellite signal failure modes and field checks
A field-check heuristic for separating a satellite pattern from a diagnosed crop condition.
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