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VRS Bulk Settings for Variable Rate Seeding (VRS)

VRS Bulk Settings is a smarter, faster and more personalized way to manage your VRS recommendations by reducing repetitive tasks and simplifying workflows.

Process – Web

Log in to Granular Insights for Canada at https://ca.app.granular.ag.
Click the VRS tab on the left navigation menu.
Enter desired VRS Bulk Settings.
- Varieties – set seeding data for all corn and soybean products in the operation (e.g. Seeding Rate (max/min), Yield (max/min), Rate Increments, Stand Loss, Grain Price and Cost)
- Decision Zones and Yield Goals – set types of data used to generate Decision Zones and Yield Goals (e.g. Decision Zone Productivity Layer, Yield Goal, Minimum Polygon Size)
- Exports – view the status of external connections and view/manage machine type for an operation
Under VRS Bulk Settings, select Varieties.

Notes:
- While in any VRS Bulk Settings selection, click Back at the top of the VRS Bulk Settings window to return to the VRS Bulk Settings menu.
- If you want to close the Operation Overview, click the Close Overview button on the top right of the VRS screen; to reopen the overview, click the Close Overview button again
Click Add Variety to add an operational variety to be used for the VRS recommendations and enter the seeding data for the product (corn and/or soybeans). Click Add.

Notes:
- To customize the seeding curves for irrigation, toggle on and enter the Irrigated preferences to be applied. Click Add.
- If you want to apply the variety preferences to all the operations in the agency, check the box to do so. Click Add.
- Only Sales Representatives will have the option to select Apply these preferences to all the operations in the agency.
- If changes were made to the default values for operational varieties and you want to revert them back to the default values, click the caret to expand the variety to be reset; click Reset at the bottom of the operational variety details. If any modifications were made to an operational variety, the default values will be indicated.
Select Decision Zones and Yield Goals. Click Save once preferences are selected.
1. Generate Decision Zone
  - Rank base productivity options from most preferred to least preferred by grabbing and dragging the option card to the preferred position.
  - Zones will be generated from the first available options.
  - For Yield Predict, select 3 or 5 Zones.
  - Add/remove any productivity options that you want/do not want to be used by clicking on the icon.
  - Enter the minimum polygon size to be used.
  - Select Include irrigation when available if you want the most recently created irrigation layer to be used to generate VRS recommendations.
2. Set Yield Goal
  - Rank Yield Goal options for current crop rotation, from most preferred to least preferred by grabbing and dragging the Yield Goal option card to the preferred position.
  - Select the yield value (max/min/average) for Actual Data and Planned Data.
  - Historical data from the past 6 years will be used. Minimum of 3 years of data required for Planned and Actual yield goal settings. If this requirement not met, the next priority will be used.
3. Only generate flat rate recommendations
  - Select if you do not want to generate variable rate seeding recommendations.
Select Exports. Click Save when preferences entered.
1. Set the Machine Type that the recommendations are to be generated for by selecting the type in the dropdown menu.
2. To automatically generate reports when exporting recommendations, check the box beside Generate report on export.