1. IAgSA – 50th Anniversary Annual Conference
Prepared for IAgSA
By Ben Hatton
March 2017

2. “The quality of being outstanding or extremely good”
50 Years of Excellence
“The quality of being outstanding or extremely good”

3. “Be exceptionally good at or proficient in an activity or subject”
To excel
“Be exceptionally good at or proficient in an activity or subject”

4. How do our customers excel with Gatekeeper?
Aims identified
Effective planning
Time and timing
Gathering data
GateKeeper preparation
Let the dog wag the tail!
Management of data
Support, training and data services

5. How do our customers excel with Gatekeeper?
Aims identified
What are the ambitions of your farm business and how can Gatekeeper help drive this success?

6. How do our customers excel with Gatekeeper?
Plan (suggestions)
Think about the tasks you need to complete through the season and how you can stage your work through the year. Plan for success!
Fine tuning spring recommendations
Creating harvest plans
Closing stock (e.g. winter seeds)
Using Web Apps to import spray records
Regular stock reconciliations
Closing stock where appropriate
Harvest records and maps
Ensuring full link with agronomist ready to receive recommendations
Closing stock
Crop lists
Publish with agronomist
Nutrient plans and shopping lists
Closing input stocks
Harvest Management Package in place
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring

7. How do our customers excel with Gatekeeper?
Time and timing
Not all stock headings need to be closed at the same time. If you have finished drilling for example, close off your seed inputs

8. How do our customers excel with Gatekeeper?
Gathering data
Are there are other data streams such as in-cab displays, Gatekeeper Web Apps or even your agronomist which can be used to drive your crop recording?

9. How do our customers excel with Gatekeeper?
Gatekeeper Preparation
Prepare for success. Setting up a harvest plan now allows you to keep ahead of the game and ensure that the tasks that will benefit you in the long run are completed when it is convenient for you. They can even help inform on where the field performance is going financially.

10. How do our customers excel with Gatekeeper?
Let the dog wag the tail!
Detailed precision farming data such as boundaries and guidelines can be setup in Gatekeeper but if they are created using highly accurate GPS units, why not use this to your advantage?

11. How do our customers excel with Gatekeeper?
Management of data
Gatekeeper Web Apps – can you afford not to afford not to have this?.
Use information recorded by your colleagues whilst they are working to capture detailed operational data and prevent double-data entry.

12. How do our customers excel with Gatekeeper?
You!
Support
Unrivalled
Part of the service
Training
Online
Onsite
Group
Data Services
Precision Farming
Resources
Guides
Videos
Web links
Support, Training, Data Services
Working with Farmplan, we can help you get the most from your software. Don’t be reactive, be proactive!

13. Data Management Services
A new and valuable service that is unlocking the potential of customers data

14. Gatekeeper updates Devices Sentinel & Nutrient Management
MySOYL – non spatial files that contain non-base units (i.e. other than kg or l) can now be imported into GateKeeper.
Multipack product units - The ‘Multipack’ unit type has been changed to ‘Ha Pack’. This makes it clearer for users when planning when applying these products.
Advanced links with Fendt VarioDoc inc. export spatial data, plan & target grids
Integration with Rogator sprayers via Task Doc (Vario Doc re-brand)
MyJohnDeere link
Sentinel & Nutrient Management
Sentinel Product Verification - A number of changes have been implemented in order to provide the user with additional functionality for handling Red failures (for example when applying Glyphosate products). The changes mean that a Red failure can be overridden.
NMax report edits due to Scottish updates
LERAP Interim* - Reducible LERAP Products with an interim (*) can have their buffer zones amended in accordance with the rules associated with LERAP B rated products. Please note that LERAP interim (*) rated products with a buffer zone greater than 5m cannot be reduced.
LERAP Broadcast Spreader Checks - LERAP checking for dry products being applied by broadcast spreader, broadcast air-assisted sprayer and tunnel sprayer is now supported.

15. Gatekeeper updates All Gatekeeper update notes can be found from the HELP section within Gatekeeper

16. Contacts