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Trac users — Find answers to questions on the FAQs web page.

Those familiar with working on a spreadsheet will find it easy to use Trac software, since it is written in MS Excel, a popular spreadsheet program. Very simply, the user “fills in the blanks” on the data-entry sheets, much like sheets of paper. One sheet asks for basic grower information, such as name and address, another sheet allows the user to enter their spray information, etc.

Trac software data-entry sheets

NameAddress: farm contact info, processor & buyer info

Applicators: applicator names and certification numbers

SiteLists: create dropdown lists of names & codes for your farm business

HarvestData: record harvest dates and tracking numbers

FertData: record fertilizer applications

ChemTable: trade names with formulation, EPA #, active ingredient, REI, PHI, type of material, % active ingredient, and company; add up to 30 materials; track costs, customizable

SprayData: spray record; Trac automatically enters EPA #, active ingredient, REI (hours), PHI (days), calculates earliest harvestable date and spray costs

From the data entry sheets the program automatically completes the processor spray report forms, plus, an EPA Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Central Posting form. Each crop’s version of Trac software has processor & buyer report forms specific to that crop.

For details, click on the Trac software of interest
TracApple and TracPear
TracGrape
TracBerry
TracStoneFruit and TracCherry
for Apple and Pear
for Grape
for Strawberry, Blueberry, Raspberry & Blackberry, and Ribes
for Peach & Nectarine, Plum, Apricot and Cherry

Trac software has drop down lists for pesticide trade names and target pests that you can select from. Using drop down lists saves time and prevents typing errors, improving the accuracy of your records. Trac software ChemTable updates are available each year to correspond with the revisions to the Cornell Pest Management Guidelines series.

Every effort has been made to provide correct, complete, and up-to-date pest management information for New York State in Trac software, which conforms to the Cornell Pest Management Guidelines for Commercial Crop Production publications that are updated yearly. Changes in pesticide registrations, regulations, and guidelines that occur after release are regularly available in county Cornell Cooperative Extension offices and from the Pesticide Management Education Program. A revision of the ChemTable for the released software is available annually.
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