FREE APPS FOR AGRICULTURE, FOR IPHONE AND ANDROID
- Tarspotter, the Tar Spot of Corn Forecaster
- Sporecaster, the White Mold Forecaster
- Sporebuster, the White Mold Fungicide Value Calculator
- Manure Tracker
- Wisconsin’s Corn Nitrogen Rate Calculator
- Nitrogen Price Calculator
- IPM Toolkit, news reader, video and IPM image search
- Crop Calculators
- NPK Credit, Manure and Legume Credit Calculator
- Bean Cam, Soybean Replant Calculator
Tarspotter, the Tar Spot of Corn Forecaster
View the Tarspotter app page on this website for info and screenshots.
The purpose of Tarspotter is to assist farmers in making management decisions for tar spot of corn. Farmers can easily input site-specific information about their corn field into this app, which combines this information with research-based models to predict the best timing for tar spot treatment.
Check out this application for iPhone and iPad: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tarspotter/id1454584176
Check out this application for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ipcm.tarspotcalculator
SPORECASTER, For White Mold in Soybean
View the Sporecaster app page on this website for info and screenshots.
The purpose of Sporecaster is to assist farmers in making management decisions for white mold in soybean. Farmers can easily input site-specific information about their soybean field into this app, which combines this information with research-based models to predict the best timing for white mold treatment.
Check out this application for iPhone and iPad: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sporecaster/id1379793823
Check out this application for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ipcm.soybeandiseasecalculator
SPOREBUSTER, A Fungicide Value Calculator
View the Sporebuster app page on this website for info and screenshots.
When a fungicide application is needed to control white mold in soybeans, Sporebuster can help determine a profitable program. You enter your expected soybean price, expected yield, and treatment cost. Sporebuster instantly compares ten different treatment plans at once to determine average net gain and breakeven probability of each. You can mark, save and share by email, the best plans for your farming operation.
Check out this application for iPhone and iPad: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sporebuster/id1438463112
Check out this application for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.wisc.ipcm.sporebuster
MANURE TRACKER
View the Manure Tracker app page on this website for info and screenshots.
The Manure Tracker app allows you to record manure applications on a field by field basis. By creating a list of FIELD names specific to your farm, each manure application is saved to your smartphone and can be sent as a .csv file to an email address for further record management and safe keeping.
Check out this application for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ipcm.counter.prelim2
Check out this application for iPhone and iPad: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/manure-tracker/id1443950715
WISCONSIN’S CORN N RATE CALCULATOR
View the N Rate page on this website for instructions on how to use this app.
The MRTN guidelines are designed to assist producers in selecting an N rate that improves profitability when N and corn prices fluctuate. Maximum return to N (MRTN) is the N rate that will be most profitable for a particular N:Corn ratio. The MRTN rate is the LARGE number expressed in lbs N/acre (total to apply) including N in starter.
Check out this application for iPhone and iPad: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/corn-n-rate-calculator/id455298473?mt=8
Check out this application for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ipcm.calc.nrate
N PRICE CALCULATOR
View the N Price page on this website for instructions on how to use this app.
This app converts the price of each fertilizer product from price per ton to price per pound of nitrogen — allowing for “apples to apples” comparisons. By comparing the price per pound of nitrogen from multiple fertilizer sources on the N Price Calculator’s Price List, the cheapest source of nitrogen can be
identified.
Check out this application for iPhone and iPad: http://itunes.apple.com/app/n-price-calculator/id455090088?mt=8
Check out this application for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ipcm.calc.nprice
IPM TOOLKIT, NEWS AND MEDIA FROM UW EXTENSION AG SPECIALISTS
View the IPM Toolkit page on this website for instructions on how to use this app.
This app allows you to read news articles, view videos, download publications, and access pictures which will aid you in adapting Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices to your agricultural operation. You can customize the news sources in this app to relate to your local agricultural needs.
Check out this application for iPhone and iPad: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ipm-toolkit/id504685615?mt=8
Check out this application for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ipcm.tool.kit
CROP CALCULATORS FOR CORN
View the Crop Calculators for Corn app page for info and screen shots.
Crop Calculators is an app that lets corn growers calculate corn grain yields, corn maturity dates in relation to predicted frost, and corn silage price adjustments in relation to moisture content using their smartphones.
You can also send your reports out using email.
Check out this application for iPone and iPad: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/crop-calculators/id692861569?mt=8
Check out this application for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ipcm.calc.cropmanager
NPK CREDITS – MANURE & LEGUME NUTRIENT CREDIT CALCULATOR
View the NPK Credits app page for info and screen shots.
Farmers can save money and protect the environment by taking credit for the fertilizer value of manure and legume crops. The value of these credits are subtracted from the base (unadjusted) fertilizer recommendations for a field. This app includes three calculators that do the NPK credits math for you.
Check out this application for iPone and iPad: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/npk-credits-manure-legume/id954888966?mt=8
Check out this application for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=npm.calc.ipcm.npmcalc
SOYBEAN REPLANT CALCULATOR
View the Bean Cam page on this website for more information and screen shots.
The Wisconsin Soybean Replant Calculator will calculate plant stand (population) within a soybean field at the VC, V1 or V2 growth stage. The app will use that estimated stand count to calculate expected yield percent at harvest with and without spring replanting. You can then use the calculated values and the economics of your own farming operation to determine if spring replanting is a viable option.
Check out this application for iPone and iPad: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bean-cam/id1072670653?mt=8
Check out this application for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.npmstudent.beancam
Support contact: IPCM-app-support