Before You Start
Make sure the following are in place before recording a harvest:
You are in the correct season. Records in TELUS Crop Management are season-specific. A crop sown in autumn 2025 and harvested in summer 2026 belongs to the 2026 season. Check the season selector at the top of the screen before you begin.
Your fields have a cropping record for the current season. The harvest job must be linked to a field that has a crop and variety recorded against it for the season.
A Harvest activity exists in your setup. Go to Setup > Activities and confirm a Harvest activity has been created. If not, add one by selecting + New Activity, giving it a name (e.g. "Harvest"), and assigning it the Harvest activity type. A price can also be entered against the activity (e.g. "a combining cost per hectare").
A Harvest product exists in your setup. Go to Setup > Products and confirm a Produce product has been created. If not, add one by selecting + New Product, giving it a name (e.g. "Feed Wheat"), and assigning it an appropriate Unit type (e.g. "Tonne"). Optional. A price can be entered against the product for the cropping season (e.g. Projected/agreed sale price of Feed Wheat per tonne).
Optional: Set an Intended Harvest Date on the Cropping Record
If you are a Premium license user and use the Chemical Checking Audit Service, you can record an Intended Harvest Date against each cropping record. This allows the system to flag any products applied within the harvest interval of that date — for example, if you set an Intended Harvest Date of 14 June and apply a product with a 7-day harvest interval on 8 June, the check will flag that product.
To set it:
Open the field's cropping record via the field's Cropping Setup button.
Enter the Intended Harvest Date date and save. This is optional and does not affect the harvest job workflow.
Step 1: Create the Harvest Job
Tip: We recommend creating a separate Harvest Job for each produce product.
Go to the Jobs module from the main navigation.
Select + New Job.
On the Job Summary tab:
Enter a Job Name (e.g. "Winter Wheat Harvest 2026").
Select your Harvest activity from the activity list.
Optionally enter a Target Date (your planned harvest date), Advisor, Target Operator, and any Notes.
Select Next to move to the Select Fields tab.
Step 2: Select Your Fields
On the Select Fields tab, search or filter for the fields you want to harvest (e.g. "all of your Winter Wheat Fields").
Select each field you wish to include in this job.
Select Next to continue.
Tip: You can include multiple fields in a single harvest job. You will record completion data for each field individually in Step 5.
Step 3: Add Products Harvested
For a harvest job, the product picker defaults to showing Produce and Secondary Produce product types — these are used to record your harvest output (e.g. the grain or crop yielded). You can enter a Target rate (yield) per hectare.
Select Next to continue.
Step 4: Select Equipment (Optional)
On the Select Equipment tab, you can optionally record the implement and/or machine used for the harvest.
Select Next to continue, then review the job summary and select Issue to move the job from Draft to Issued status. The job is now ready to be completed.
Step 5: Record the Harvest Completion
Once harvesting is underway or complete, return to the job to record the actual work done.
Find the job in the Issued or In Progress column and open it.
You will land on the Time & Observation tab. Select the first field to record against.
Enter the following for each field:
Confirm the Actual Area (required)
Completed Date (required) — the date the field was harvested.
Optionally record: Start Time, End Time, Operator, Growth Stage, Weather, Wind Direction, Wind Speed, Temperature, Soil Condition, and Notes.
If the same completion data applies to all fields, select Apply to all fields. The system will assume all fields had their planned area completed.
If the product quantity harvested is known per field, this can be entered below the Time & Observations. If individual field quantities are unknown, select Next to move to the Products tab to adjust the total product quantity harvested (or average rate/yield) for that job. (e.g. total Wheat harvested).
Once all fields are completed, the job status will move to Done.
Recording a Harvest on the Mobile App
Harvest jobs can also be completed using the TELUS Crop Management mobile app:
Open the app and navigate to your assigned harvest job.
Tap the job to open it and select the field to record against.
Enter the actual area and completed date.
Optionally record observations: growth stage, soil condition, weather, wind, and temperature.
To record Actual quantities harvested, individual Field Quantities or Job/Product Quantities can be recorded within the Actuals Tab.
Only select Complete Job when all fields in the job are complete.
Checking the Earliest Safe Harvest Date
If pesticide products with a Safe Harvest Interval have been applied to a field, TELUS Crop Management will calculate the Earliest Safe Harvest Date automatically.
This date is shown on the Field Audit Report (PDF version).
The system uses the worst-case scenario across all completed spray jobs — the latest calculated safe harvest date across all applied products is the one displayed.
The interval is converted to whole days (e.g. a 10-hour interval = 1 day; a 25-hour interval = 2 days), then added to the application date and end time.
If no Safe Harvest Intervals have been entered on any spray job: the report displays "Any time".
Important (general agricultural knowledge): Safe Harvest Intervals are a legal requirement under UK pesticide regulations. Always check the product label and ensure the interval has passed before harvesting. Consult your BASIS-qualified agronomist if you are unsure.
Grouping Harvest Jobs into a Plan
If you manage multiple harvest jobs across different crop types or fields, you can group them into a Plan:
From the Jobs module, select + New Plan.
Give the plan a name (e.g. "Harvest Plan 2026").
Select + New Job within the plan to add your first harvest job, then repeat for each additional job.
You can also add an existing draft job to a plan: open the draft job, go to the Job Summary tab, select the required plan, and close the job.
Note: The ability to create Plans is only available to Advanced customers. Standard customers should use individual jobs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I cancel a field within a harvest job without deleting the whole job?
Yes. Individual fields can be cancelled within an Issued job. The rest of the job and its field records are unaffected.
Can I edit a harvest job after it has been completed?
Yes — provided you have the correct permissions. Users with job editing access can update field observations, implement and machine details, and product quantities on jobs that are In Progress or Done.
Does TELUS Crop Management record actual yield (tonnes per hectare)?
You can record harvest output by adding a Produce or Secondary Produce product to the harvest job and entering a rate per hectare or total quantity. The platform does not have dedicated fields for moisture content or grain quality metrics.
What if I have multiple harvests on the same field in one season?
You can create multiple harvest jobs against the same field and season. The Field Audit Report will show both a Harvest Start and Harvest Finish date, derived from the earliest and latest completed harvest job dates for that field.
What is the difference between Produce and Secondary Produce?
Both are output product types used to record harvested crop. Secondary Produce is a separate category — for example, to distinguish a primary grain crop from a secondary output such as straw. Both are recorded as outbound stock.