Checklist • 6 min read
Weekly orchard scouting checklist for small crews
A practical weekly sequence for one supervisor and a small walking crew.
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Farmbit Guides
Evergreen playbooks and field guides for orchard and vineyard operations.
Getting Started
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Getting started • 5 min read
How to run the free satellite check without wasting a morning
A short field-first workflow for getting a useful preview before the crew drives.
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Field brief • 7 min read
What a field-ready crew brief should actually contain
The minimum evidence and next-action structure a real orchard brief needs.
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Satellite Analysis
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Satellite analysis • 6 min read
NDVI can help, but it will not brief the crew
Why broad vegetation layers are useful for monitoring and still weak for dispatching a walk.
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Satellite analysis • 7 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 • 8 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 • 5 min read
How to read a locality seed without overtrusting it
Why a city-level match is a starting point, not an actionable field confirmation.
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Decision Frameworks
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Decision frameworks • 6 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 • 6 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 • 9 min read
Orchard scouting playbook for low-signal weeks
A weekly operating model for mornings when multiple weak signals compete for attention.
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Decision frameworks • 7 min read
DIY sensors vs a managed field decision system
Why a hardware stack is different from a weekly crew-brief workflow.
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