Sometimes products are directly requested when a blend operator or customer wants to target a certain amount of product per acre for application or customer ‘load out.’ To make a direct request, bypass the formulation step and enter individual products directly on the Products tab. Remember to make sure the acres and an appropriate Product Set are filled out on the General tab. This method is also used to create Blend Tickets for chemicals and water. The typical entry order for items is fertilizer, chemicals, and then services. The only restriction on entry order is an Analysis item must be the first item on the list for fertilizer mixes. Analysis and non-analysis items may be in any order after the first line.
Rate/Acre
At the Products tab, a specific product rate per acre or rate per ton may be requested for the product. This method assumes the exact product and rate desired for the blend is known. After entering the Rate/Acre, to calculate the total amount of product needed, select ReCalc using Rate/Acre. Optionally, enter the total or blended amount of a product and have this back calculate the rate per acre of the product by choosing Recalc using Blended.
Chemical Load Out
Direct product requests might also be made when ‘loading out’ a customer for delivery of one particular product or chemical mix with water rather than formulating a blend. This is often the case when a customer picks up bulk chemicals or fertilizer. To process a customer pickup in Blending, add a field called 1Pickup or All. This field can be defaulted to one acre. Because the blend is set up as being for one acre, the total amount of product to be loaded is entered in the Rating units, Total Product, or Total Blended units.
