#FieldWatchFebrurary - What IS FieldWatch?

 FieldWatch manages active web-based registries whose primary goal is to allow Crop Producers, Bee Keepers and registered chemical applicators see where sensitive crops are located to promote good stewardship between interested parties. DriftWatch was the first registry, and it was developed because of a need by a large Indiana tomato processor to protect their sensitive crops from damaging off-target spray impact. Purdue University Agricultural and Biological Engineering helped develop this first registry in 2008. In 2012 DriftWatch and the associated access for applicators, FieldCheck, had grown to the point that a non-profit company FieldWatch was formed to further develop and grow these registries.

In 2018 FieldWatch celebrated its 10 year anniversary, and in 2020 despite a global pandemic we now have 22 US states as registered users and 1 Canadian province. 

#FieldWatchFebruary will be our way of helping share a bit about the critical work we do, who we serve and how this work can benefit the ever-growing Agriculture and Food Production industry. Our goal will be very simple - To help more in the Ag industry, such as growers and applicators know about our products, why they are so important and to help get our product to more users to protect more sensitive areas.

As the CEO as well as the first full-time employee of FieldWatch in 2014, I want to take you on an educational journey through #FieldWatchFebruary to help more folks see that we have critical work to do, and we feel as though we have just begun!