Field work

Owned by Lite Farm
Last updated: Aug 12, 2021
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Description

The term “field work” describes a huge number of activities that are performed on the farm.

Creation attributes

 

Attribute

Data type

Required?

Example data

Notes

Attribute

Data type

Required?

Example data

Notes

Type

Enum: {“Covering soil”, “Fencing”, “Preparing beds or rows”, “Pruning”, “Shade cloth”, “Termination”, “Tillage”, “Weeding”, “Other”}

Yes

“Tillage”

 

Other

Text

Only if “Other” selected in Type

 

 

Completion attributes

The following attributes are new when marking a task as completed.

Attribute

Data type

Required?

Example data

Notes

Attribute

Data type

Required?

Example data

Notes

Did you have to make any changes to this task?

Enum: {“Yes”, “No”}

Yes; defaulted to no

 

All other fields are read-only unless “Yes” is selected. “Continue” becomes enabled after “Yes” or “No” is selected.

The following attributes are retained from creation and edit and can be updated when marking a fertilizing task as complete.

Attribute

Data type

Required?

Example data

Notes

Attribute

Data type

Required?

Example data

Notes

Type

Enum: {“Covering soil”, “Fencing”, “Preparing beds or rows”, “Pruning”, “Shade cloth”, “Termination”, “Tillage”, “Weeding”, “Other”}

Yes

“Tillage”

 

Other

Text

Only if “Other” selected in Type

 

 

 

Migration guidance

“Field work” logs with the following type values should be migrated as shown.

Previous value

New value

Previous value

New value

plow

Tillage

Ridge Till

Tillage

Zone Till

Tillage

Mulch Till

Tillage

Ripping

Tillage

Discing

Tillage

 

Other context

 

https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/10/agriculture/content/land_and_environment/environmental_sustainability/conservation_tillage.html

 

 

Because “field work” is such a grab bag of activities, we’ve shown a deeper hierarchy here for those interested in learning more.

  • Fencing

    • Includes building, moving, repairing

  • Mulching / covering beds and / or rows with plastic

  • Prepare beds / rows

  • Termination

  • Tillage

    • Primary tillage (same as ploughing?)

      • Ripping (mechanical)

    • Secondary tillage

      • Harrowing (mechanical)

      • Hoeing (mechanical or manual)

      • Raking (mechanical or manual)

      • Discing (mechanical)

  • Shade cloth

  • Pruning

  • Weeding

  • Other

 

There’s also a bit of background on how we got here: