VRAFY Knowledge Base

Create Prescriptions from Satellite Imagery

Published April 30th, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

Overview This article covers the basics on the types of imagery and how to create a manual prescription from it. It includes an example of creating a prescription for 28% UAN Nitrogen application based on an in-season NDVI map, including a cost estimate. Process Chose the right Imagery Map Click "Analysis" next to your preferred Field Name Click t

102 - Land

Published June 9th, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

How you can use Land Land allows you to manage your fields, boundaries, guidance lines and flags. Advanced features allow you to merge fields together, export field reports, create new field boundaries from field data, and even create AutoPath (from Boundaries) guidance lines for Gen4 and newer John Deere displays. How to get to “Land” From any p

Exporting Field Boundaries from Ag Leader SMS

Published April 30th, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

Overview Using these steps, you will build a setup file for a John Deere display that can then be uploaded to VRAFY for field boundaries in your Operations Center and the VRAFY system. It will also include the existing Grower/Farm/Field naming structure from SMS. Process If you have additional questions or you would like some assistance, feel f

Manually Importing Data to Operations Center

Published October 10th, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

In Operations Center, on the top toolbar, select the More dropdown, then select Files. Once You're in the Files Page, you can select the Upload Files Button at the top. Then chose your work type that you are adding. For any monitor data, you will select Work Data You can now either click and drag your files to the box, or press the Choose

How much does VRAFY Cost?

Published June 26th, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

Our Service Offerings: At VRAFY, we offer 3 separate service offerings to fit your farm's needs. VRAFY Basic, Plus, and Complete. Subscriptions are good for 1 calendar year. You can only be enrolled in 1 service level at a time. You can upgrade from a lower service level at any time, you can downgrade to a lower service level at your annual rene

Creating A Prescription With VRAFY

Published April 25th, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

Overview In five steps, learn how to create and download customized variable rate fertilizer prescriptions using VRAFY. Plus or Complete Customers Only Creating your own prescriptions is available for VRAFY Plus and VRAFY Complete service level customers. Process Step 1: Launch the Formula Creation Tool Load a Soil Sample Results Layer in Field

How To Find Your Soil and Imagery Layers

Published April 30th, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

Overview VRAFY data layers will be available within the Field Analyzer tool within the John Deere Operations Center™. Follow the steps below if you are unfamiliar with navigating this tool. This example covers soil data, but the steps are similar for Satellite imagery, Soil Sampling Plans, or VRAFY-generated prescriptions. Process If you have add

Do I need a John Deere Operations Center account for VRAFY?

Published June 17th, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

Yes, you will need to create an Operations Center account for VRAFY. VRAFY uses John Deere Operations Center as it's customer interface. We use Operations Center because it's free to get an account, it is extremely user-friendly, and it has a mobile app so you can bring your soil data and satellite imagery with you on the go. Currently using Fiel

Navigating to Soil Points using Operations Center Mobile App

Published April 23rd, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

If you have additional questions or you would like some assistance, feel free to call or text us at 507-800-0898 or schedule some time with one of our experts here: Schedule Meeting

Gen 4 or G5 Displays

Published June 27th, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

Step by Step guide Insert your USB Drive Is your display a Command Center Display or a Universal Display? Command Center Display- Armrest Display (4600 or G5) Universal Display- Mounted on the corner post (4240, 4640, or G5 Universal) Plug the USB into the port next to the AUX port near the bottom of the back-right window. Plug the USB into

How frequent is the Satellite Imagery?

Published June 17th, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

The satellite imagery source we use takes a new image every 2 to 3 days. We cannot guarantee imagery to come through this frequently because of cloud and smoke cover. A cloud filter has been put in place so that images containing large amounts of clouds are not used, ensuring that any images that come through are good, clear images that provide yo

101 - Map and Field Analyzer

Published June 9th, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

What it's used for: Map is the most commonly used portion of Operations Center. Within map, you can monitor your equipment, analyze your field data, compare or overlay maps next to or on top of each other and much more! Field Data Field(s) Menu When Fields is selected on the Left Menu, you'll see all of your fields listed with any fields that have

Exporting Soil Data from Ag Leader SMS

Published April 30th, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

Overview Follow the steps in this article to export your historical soil test results stored in Ag Leader SMS so VRAFY can import them. They will be visible in your John Deere Operations Center and available for use in creating soil-based variable rate prescriptions. Process If you have additional questions or you would like some assistance, feel

Soil Sampling with VRAFY

Published April 23rd, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

Overview This article walks you through collecting soil samples as a VRAFY customer. It includes an overview of the equipment needed and the in-field process. Process Before Going to the Field Contact VRAFY to request soil sample points to be created and sent to your John Deere Operations Center. We will need to know the following: Will you be using

Connect Fieldview to John Deere Operations Center

Published April 30th, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

Overview This process will walk you through connecting your John Deere Operations Center with Climate FieldView to pull your yield, planting, and/or as-applied data from FieldView. The data retrieval for historic data will occur overnight after you make the connection, and automatically for any new data uploaded to FieldView in the future. This co

How do I add previous year's soil data?

Published June 17th, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

To add previous year's soil data, go to https://www.vrafy.com/ and go to Returning Users. https://www.vrafy.com/returning-users/ - Link Enter in Customer Name Upload CSV with longitude and latitude or zipped Shapefiles And any additional comments VRAFY Staff will get your results uploaded to our system. Shapefiles All we need is .shp. To Zip, righ

Creating field boundaries from existing data.

Published May 16th, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

Field Boundary Creation:

Filling Out A Midwest Labs CheckIn Sheet

Published April 23rd, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

Overview Please complete the required information so that the lab can process the samples efficiently and get you your results as quickly as possible. If you intentionally didn't collect a sample, please note this on the sampling sheet next to the sample number(s) to help prevent delays from the lab waiting until all samples arrive. Required Infor

104 - Connections

Published June 9th, 2025 by Sawyer Hansen

Why you should use Connections: Connections in Operations Center are a great way to eliminate the manual work of moving data from your monitors into Operations Center, especially if you're already using a software that has telematics right in the cab with you. How to get to Connections: On the top toolbar in Ops Center, select Setup, then choose C