How to use previous year recommendation in a ‘Balanced’ product recommendation?

Overview:

The other applications tab within Nutrient Formulator allows users to account for other applications that may have been applied to the field prior to formulating a new product recommendation. This article will walk you through how to account for your previous years product recommendation. 

Requirements:

• Farms, fields, and cropzones created.

• Nutrient Recommendation Layer created.

• Nutrient Products added to operation. 

Process:

1. Locate the Product Recommendation layer you want to account for in the correct crop year         (ex. 2019).

   
   
   
2. Right-click the layer and navigate to Copy Layers (s) >> Copy as a New Layer
   
   
   
   
3. A window will populate with an option to rename the layer. If you do nothing and continue it will add ‘Copy’ to the end of the original layer name.  If you wish to change the name, do so here. Otherwise, proceed by selecting OK.
   • This will create a layer in the current location (ex. Crop Zone). You will then need to move this layer to the ‘Field Level’ to access in another crop year.
     
     
4. Right-Click the ‘Copied’ layer and select Transfer Domain
   
   
   
   
   
5. A screen will populate with a list of Farms/Field you wish to transfer the layer. You will need to select the Field this recommendation is associated with and continue by selecting OK.
   
   
6. Once the copied layer is under the Field Level and not the Crop Zone Level you can proceed by navigating to the crop year with your ‘Nutrient Recommendation’
   
   
7. Navigate to Fertility in the menu bar >> Nutrient Formulator
   
   
8. Load your current year Nutrient Recommendation by clicking 
   
   
   
   

      9. Select the Other Applications tab

1. Select the Add button
   
   
2. Under this window, you’ll change the source to Map Required, type in the Layer name as the previous year Product Recommendation appears.
   
   
3. Select ‘OK’
   
4. Be sure to select your products under the Products tab and then click Formulate .