How often should you scout — and what should you count?
A scouting cadence and thresholds that catch problems while they're still cheap to fix. Free from the FieldCommandCenter agronomy team.
The short answer
The point of scouting isn't finding bugs — it's making treat / don't-treat decisions with numbers instead of nerves.
A weekly W-pattern walk, counts compared against published economic thresholds, and a photo record of what you saw pays for itself two ways: the sprays you skip because the count was below threshold, and the one outbreak you catch a week early.
What's in the full guide
- The weekly W-pattern walk — stops, edges, and critical windows
- Economic thresholds: treating on numbers, not nerves
- Photo records that hold up later
- The crop-by-crop windows that deserve twice-weekly walks
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