Smart Operations Planning Guide — Emergent
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Smart Operations
Planning Guide

A Collaborative Planning Tool for Your Farm & Team

This is not a sales form. It is a structured tool to help your team surface what matters most — so any solution designed for your operation actually fits it.

Your completed guide becomes the foundation for your Smart Farming Ecosystem: designed around your real priorities, not generic packages. Most teams complete this in 45–60 minutes.
Primary Contact
Operation Profile
Row Crops
Grain / Oilseed
Livestock
Dairy
Poultry
Specialty Crops
Ethanol / Processing
Other
ac owned
ac leased
The total field will calculate automatically when you enter owned + leased acres. You can also type it manually.
Irrigated Acres
0
total irr. acres
Center Pivot
Drip / Micro
Furrow / Flood
Subsurface Drip
Traveling Gun
Lateral Move
No Irrigation
Facility Locations
Enter the number of each facility type on your operation. Leave blank if none.
Grain Bins / Bin Sites
Flat Storage / Commodity Sheds
Equipment Shops / Machine Sheds
Livestock Barns / Housing
Hog / Swine Facilities
Poultry Houses
Corrals / Feedlots / Pens
Dairy Parlors / Milk Houses
Chemical / Fertilizer Storage
Fuel Tank Sites
Remote / Satellite Sites
Other Facilities
Tillage Practices
No-Till
Strip-Till
Vertical Tillage
Zone Tillage
Min / Conservation Till
Conventional Till
Chisel Plow
Disk / Disc
Deep Rip / Subsoil
Field Cultivator
Variable by Field / Crop
Employee Count
Full-Time
Part-Time / Seasonal
H-2A (Guest Workers)
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Section 1
What Areas Have Challenges?
Check every area where your operation loses time, money, visibility, or peace of mind. Don't think about solutions yet — just identify where the pain is.
"Where do we lose the most time, money, visibility, or peace of mind today?"
Walk through each area together. Check every category that applies — there are no wrong answers.
Fields & Crops
Grain & Storage
Livestock / Poultry
Water & Irrigation
Fuel & Inputs
Equipment
Facilities
Labor & Workforce
Visibility & Decisions
Data & Systems
Time & Stress
Growth & Future
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Section 2
Identify Your Specific Challenges
Only the areas you flagged in Section 1 are shown below. Click into each one and check every challenge that applies.
Check every challenge that resonates — even if it feels routine. These selections directly shape your Phase 1 recommendations from Emergent.
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Section 3
Prioritize Your Challenges
For each challenge you identified, rate its impact and how often it happens. This tells Emergent where to focus Phase 1.
These ratings don't need to be perfect — your instinct is enough. The goal is to separate what's urgent from what can wait.
# Challenge Impact If Not Solved How Often Priority
Complete Section 2 first — your checked challenges will appear here.
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Section 4
What Does "Better" Look Like?
For each area you flagged, check the outcomes you'd want and the signs that would tell you it's working. Focus on what life looks like — not on how it gets built.
Check what resonates. These aren't commitments — they help Emergent design your ecosystem around real goals, not generic solutions.
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Section 5
Your Assets
Check off the physical assets on your operation. This helps Emergent understand your environment and identify what needs to be monitored, connected, or tracked.
Grain & Crop Storage
Liquid & Bulk Storage
Drying, Handling & Transfer
Buildings & Infrastructure
Livestock, Poultry & Feed
Water & Irrigation
Power & Energy
Mobile Equipment & Security
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Section 6
Current Technology
Check any category you already use and name the specific platform. This prevents Emergent from recommending duplicates and ensures new solutions fit what you already have.
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Section 7
Your Ecosystem Roadmap
Based on everything your team has discussed, check what belongs in each phase and add any notes. Phase 1 should be where pain is highest today.
You are not choosing devices or committing to anything. You're helping Emergent understand your priorities so the right ecosystem can be designed around them.
Phase 1 Priority Foundation — Fix What Hurts Most First
Which of your challenges should Phase 1 address? (check all that apply)
Why does this come first?
Highest financial risk
Most stressful / urgent
Most daily labor
Issues go undetected
Fastest expected ROI
Owner priority
What does Phase 1 success look like?
Fewer manual checks
Alerts before losses
Less after-hours worry
Faster response
Shared real-time view
Measurable ROI
Phase 2 Ecosystem Expansion — Extend Visibility
What becomes important once Phase 1 blind spots are resolved?
Secondary assets
More fields / sites
Labor coordination
Advisor visibility
Equipment tracking
Compliance monitoring
Unified dashboard
Phase 3 Full Ecosystem — Complete the Vision
What does the full connected operation eventually look like?
Single dashboard view
Automated alerts everywhere
Advisor real-time access
Succession planning support
Scalable as we grow
Automated compliance
Predictive alerts
AI decision support

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