🛠 How to post seed treatment on the work order
Seed treatment is the application of fungicide, insecticide, inoculant or another product onto the seed before planting. In upCampo it is posted on a work order, like any other operation — but with a different calculation: the rate is not per hectare, it is per 100 kg of seed, and what you track afterwards is not the area executed, it is the slurry volume withdrawn.
When the order's activity type is a seed treatment one, the screen changes on its own: the header asks for the amount of seed in kilos, each product asks for the rate in milliliters per 100 kg, the system calculates the slurry volume and, during execution, each withdrawal is added up until the order reaches 100%.
The path, in five steps
- Activity type with the Seed treatment category (done only once).
- Order header, with the amount of seed to treat.
- Seed treatment field, on tab 1.
- Products and rates, on tab 2 — the system calculates the slurry volume.
- Withdrawals of slurry, on tab 4, until the order is closed.
1️⃣ Have a seed treatment activity type
Menu: Operations > Work Order/Activity Type
It is the activity type's Category that turns the order into a seed treatment. Register (or check whether there already is) a type — for example, Seed Treatment — with the Seed treatment category. This is done once; after that, every order of that type opens with the right fields.
2️⃣ Create the order and enter the amount of seed
Menu: Operations > Work Order/Activity > New
In the header, choose the seed treatment activity type. When you do, three fields specific to this kind of order appear:
| Field | What it is |
|---|---|
| Seed Treatment KG | How many kilos of seed will be treated in this order. You enter it, and it is the basis for all of the product calculations. |
| Total Qty | Read it as the total slurry volume, in milliliters. It is not typed: it is the sum of the volume of all the order's products, filled in automatically when each product is saved. |
| Total Qty Withdrawn and % Withdrawn | How much of the slurry has already been used and what share of the total that is. They are filled in by the withdrawals on tab 4 (step 5). |
Fill in the rest of the header as in a regular order and save.
3️⃣ Choose the seed treatment field
In the order: 1 - Fields tab
A work order always has a field. For seed treatment, the usual practice is to have a field in the season set aside for it — for example, Seed Treatment CORN and Seed Treatment SOYBEAN — and choose it here. That way the treatment does not get mixed with the crop orders.
4️⃣ Add the products with the rate per 100 kg
In the order: 2 - Product & Service tab
Choose the product and, if the inventory deduction will be done now, the storage location. In place of the flow rate used in other orders, the Seed treatment - Slurry block appears, with three numbered fields:
| Field | What it is |
|---|---|
| 1 - Total seed Qty (kg) | Comes already filled with the header's Seed Treatment KG. |
| 2 - Rate (ml) | The product rate per 100 kg of seed, in milliliters — the rate from the recommendation. |
| 3 - Total slurry volume (ml) | Calculated by the system as soon as the rate is typed: how much of this product goes into the slurry. |
The system also fills in the product's Quantity, which is what leaves inventory. Since crop protection inventory is usually kept in liters, it converts the volume from milliliters to liters. If the product is registered in ML or KG, no conversion is made and the quantity equals the volume.
Total slurry volume (ml) = Rate (ml per 100 kg) × Total seed Qty (kg) ÷ 100
Quantity (product in liters) = Total slurry volume ÷ 1,000
Illustrative example — 2,000 kg of soybean seed, with two products:
| Product | Rate (ml/100 kg) | Slurry volume | Quantity (inventory in L) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fungicide | 200 | 200 × 2,000 ÷ 100 = 4,000 ml | 4 L |
| Insecticide | 50 | 50 × 2,000 ÷ 100 = 1,000 ml | 1 L |
After saving both, the header's Total Qty shows 5,000 — the total slurry volume, in milliliters. Repeat for as many products as the prescription has. In the order's product list, the rate column becomes Rate (ml).
Print the treatment sheet
With the products added, the order's Reports menu issues the OPE.01.04 - Seed Treatment Sheet (formerly 003.A2): the slurry recipe ready to print and hand to whoever prepares it, or to file in the treatment's paper folder.
5️⃣ Post each slurry withdrawal
In the order: 4 - Withdrawals/Consumption tab
In other orders this tab is called Execution and records area. In seed treatment it records how much of the slurry was used, withdrawal by withdrawal:
- Date of the withdrawal. Start time and end time are optional.
- Employee/Operator — who withdrew it. This is what lets reports group withdrawals by person.
- Qty Withdrawn — the slurry volume used, in the same unit as the header's Total Qty: milliliters.
When you save, the withdrawal is added to Total Qty Withdrawn and % Withdrawn is recalculated. In the example above, a 2,500 ml withdrawal takes the order to 50%. Area is not asked for here: in this order, progress is measured by volume.
When the order reaches 100%, finalize it from the header. Finalizing locks the order: it stops accepting changes until someone with permission reopens it.
📊 Reports
Issuing and filters are explained in the Reports quick guide.
- The recommendation rate (ml per 100 kg) becomes slurry volume and inventory quantity with no mental math.
- The product leaves inventory in the unit it is tracked in, liters.
- Each withdrawal is recorded with date and employee, and the order shows how much of the slurry has already been used.
- The printed sheet documents the treatment of each seed lot.
❓ Frequently asked questions
Is the seed treatment rate per hectare?
No. On upCampo's seed treatment work order, the rate is entered in milliliters per 100 kg of seed, in the product's 2 - Rate (ml) field. The system multiplies it by the order's amount of seed and calculates the slurry volume.
What does Total Qty mean in the seed treatment order header?
It is the total slurry volume, in milliliters: the sum of the volume of all the order's products. It is filled in automatically every time a product is saved on the 2 - Product & Service tab.
Why is the product quantity in liters if the rate is in ml?
Because the quantity is what leaves inventory, and crop protection inventory is usually kept in liters: upCampo divides the slurry volume by 1,000. If the product is registered in ML or KG, no conversion is made and the quantity equals the volume.
I changed the amount of seed. Are the products recalculated?
Each product's slurry volume is calculated when the rate is typed. After changing the Seed Treatment KG in the header and saving, open each product on tab 2, check the 1 - Total seed Qty (kg), type the rate again and save — that way the volume and quantity are recalculated with the new amount.
Where do I post the use of the seed treatment slurry?
On the work order's 4 - Withdrawals/Consumption tab: date, employee and Qty Withdrawn, in milliliters. Each withdrawal is added in the header, in Total Qty Withdrawn, and % Withdrawn shows how much of the slurry has already been used.
When should I finalize the seed treatment order?
When the withdrawals reach 100% of the slurry. Finalizing locks the order, which stops accepting changes until it is reopened by someone with permission.