How to manage farm tasks with your voice

A walkthrough, from a brain dump on the phone to a daily task list in your manager's inbox.

Every grower carries a running list in their head. Scout this block, call that contractor, get quotes before the end of the month. The work only gets done if the list makes it to the right person, on the right day.

Usually it lives in texts, sticky notes and memory. That's how a step gets missed, and in an orchard, a missed step can show up as damage next season.

In this demo, our Founding Account Executive, Brittany Mumma, shows how Tellia turns one phone call into a full schedule of tasks and reminders for a farm manager.

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One call to plan winter sanitation

Brittany uses winter sanitation as the example: the work almond growers do over winter to keep navel orangeworm from becoming a problem next season. Her farm manager in the demo is John.

She calls Tellia and talks through everything that needs to happen:

• First week of January: John coordinates scouting ranches A, B and C for mummy nuts. Field staff count 20 trees per block and text the totals to John, Brittany and the ranch manager at the end of the day.

• January 8: John sends Brittany a list of the blocks he thinks need remediation.

• January 15: a reminder for John to book shaking for the last week of January.

• Sweeping: John gets quotes from three sweeping companies for ranches A, B and C, with sweeping done by the end of February depending on rain.

• Puffers: John gets mating disruption quotes from two suppliers, with puffers installed by the end of March.

That's a whole season of sanitation work, said once, in a couple of minutes.

What Tellia does with it

Tellia breaks the call into separate tasks, assigns each one to the right person and sets the dates.

In Tellia's schedule tab, Brittany filters by John's name and sees each task she dictated listed as its own assignment.

Every morning, John gets an email with his tasks for the day. The owner can get one too, with everything the crew is set to complete. Nobody has to remember to send a reminder, because the reminder is already scheduled.

Why farm task management matters

On a farm, timing is the job. Sanitation, sprays, irrigation, nutrient applications and replanting all have windows. Miss one and you don't get it back until next season.

When the plan lives in one person's head, the team only knows what they've been told so far. When it lives in a shared schedule with daily reminders, everyone is working from the same list.

Your season plan is already in your head. Tellia makes sure it reaches the people doing the work, on the day they need it.

Want to see it set up for your operation? Schedule a demo here.