Fodder Beet Guru App | Advice

The Beet Guru® is an exciting app that makes undertaking yield assessments of fodder beet much simpler.

The accurate measurement of fodder beet yield is technically difficult. This is primarily because as a precision sown crop, gaps are inevitable and lead to increased yield variation across the paddock. Gaps may result from poor or zero seed placement, failure of a seed to germinate or failure of a germinating seed to establish due to environmental or insect pressures. Variable yield estimates make accurate forage allocation difficult, which is especially critical during transition feeding.

The Beet Guru is a tool that allows individual estimates of yield from paddock assessment to be combined into a mean with 95% confidence intervals calculated.

Why Use Beet Guru?

Simple to use
No need for pen and paper in the field
Preview yield with every measurement entered
Assessment reports sent via email as PDF
Assessments stored within the app and used in a spreadsheet
Available on Apple, Windows and Android
Free to download

This Tool is Valuable Because It:

Describes the accuracy with which yield is being stated (i.e. with an estimated 24 tonne average yield and 95% confidence that the true mean will lie between 20 and 28 tonne). This helps put yield estimated into statistical context
Allows you to make decisions in the field on the number of samples to be taken. For example, by increasing the number of samples taken a more accurate estimate of yield can be determined. You could choose to do a few more samples while still in the paddock to achieve the desired confidence interval
Provides a reporting function that can be utilised from the field improving efficiency and speeding up reporting time
Provides a live record of the crop you are managing and allows you to benchmark your results against regions and over years. All assessments completed can be downloaded in a spreadsheet

How It Works

1. Assessments & Measurements

All of the assessment and paddock details are stored within the Beet Guru® app. Simply enter the fresh weights of the bulb and leaves from each sample into the “Measurements” screen fields. You can also add plant numbers to get the plant population.

2. Website Integration

You can access all your assessments through our beetguru.co.nz website. Simply set up your login when you download your app and you can download and analyse them yourself.

3. Reporting Function

We’ll send you all your reports as a PDF attachment via email with a subject header. This includes grower and paddock details. All the details of the assessment will then be saved within the app, with updates to assessments possible should drymatter results change after bulbs have been sent for drymatter evaluation.

4. Preview Function

Every measurement will give you an updated mean and yield range, as well as showing you a predicted mean and range should another five measurements be entered. Great for ‘in paddock’ decision making on the number of samples needed.