The Nebraska Department of Agriculture's Pesticide Program contracts with FieldWatch so this service can be provided to applicators and commercial specialty crop growers and beekeepers, as a way of increasing communication. Please see the ‘quick info for applicators’ and consider registering as an applicator to gain full benefit of this service.
FieldCheck for Applicators
- Quick Info for Applicators
- FREE FieldWatch Registration for FieldCheck App and/or Email Alerts
- NEW! With FieldCheck registration, you will also see the new SeedFieldCheck sites for detasseling crews. Details can be found here.
- How to create an applicator account - FieldCheck User Guide
- DriftWatch/BeeCheck Map
Mobile App for Applicators
The FieldCheck app allows pesticide applicators to easily locate specialty crop and beehives from their mobile device or tablet. Information about a desired location can be obtained by entering an address or through GPS. Applicators can specify which counties they want to receive alerts for when signing up, and the private annotations you make on your web account will show up on the FieldCheck mobile app.
DriftWatch Registry for Commercial Specialty Crop Growers
(who sell a portion of their crop)
- NEW Corn and Soybean fields are now an option in DriftWatch.
- Quick Overview for Specialty Growers and Crop Eligibility
- NUEVO Descripción general rápida para productores especializados y elegibilidad de cultivos
- FREE Specialty Crop Grower Registration (DriftWatch)
- How to create a producer account - FieldWatch User Guide
BeeCheck Registry for Beekeepers
(who sell a portion of their crop or have at least 5 hives)
- Quick Overview and Eligibility
- NUEVO Descripción general rápida para productores especializados y elegibilidad de cultivos
- FREE Beekeeper Registration (BeeCheck)
- How to create a beekeeper account - FieldWatch User Guide
Mobile App for Beekeepers
The new BeeCheck app allows beekeepers to register and map their hives from the field. This makes changing hive locations easier and faster. The app is free of charge for users registered with BeeCheck.
Related Information
- Bee Aware: Protecting Pollinators from Pesticides
- Protecting Pesticide Sensitive Crops
- Understanding Spray Drift of Pesticides
- NDA Dicamba Information (labels, training, other resources)
- Air Temperature Inversions Causes, Characteristics and Potential Effects on Pesticide Spray Drift
- Links to known specialty crop registries (last updated September 2024)
- FieldWatch: currently includes Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin in the U.S., and Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan in Canada.
- Some states manage their own specialty crop registries, separate from FieldWatch: Kentucky (apiaries), Massachusetts (apiaries), North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina (apiaries), and Wyoming (apiaries).
- Contact your state department of agriculture to see if something similar exists there.