FBA are launching a specific Farmer/Advisor web application, to allow for the management of all FBA tests for prebooking and logsheet production. It takes the user through the steps to complete the process of auto logging their samples, creating their logsheet and completing an online payment. This application is specifically aimed to support farmers and advisors where the requirement is for mostly one-off annual farm test.

This new option can be accessed at this link https://fbalabsapp.ie/Farmers/

Click here to go to the Purchasing Group Farmer Information

This application is now fully enhanced to allow for capturing of the GPS coordinates for each Soil sample on the logsheet.

We will be adding additional options to this site as we go forward.

Below we provide a summary of the functionality available.

There is no login required to this application. You have to click on Submit Logsheet to Start.

You will enter your details, with or without an account number. When Check Details is clicked, the entered values are evaluated. If a good match is found the next step is to create a logsheet. If a match is not found then additional details are required to create a new account. If a partial match is found you may need to provide additional input and you may need to confirm that the details found are yours.

There is an option to validate a user, by sending a code by SMS to your phone number in certain circumstances. Where there is only a partial match, you enter the code and your surname in this situation in the interface. The surname is required as there are a few duplicate phone numbers on LIMS. Once these details are entered you click on Continue.

This takes you to the entry of the logsheet detail. You select the details as shown below and then continue.

You can select any Test Category from Soils, Forage, Grass and Water, Once you make a selection, you then select the Test Type from the drop down. You must then enter the number of samples. Click on Continue to move to the next step.

This brings you to the Sample detail entry screen. Enter the details of each of the Samples. If the test category is Soils, then you will have the option to either enter the lat/long for each sample or use the Pick On Map to capture these details – see below. You can also indicate if you require an Organic Matter (OM) test for a sample, delete or add an extra paddock. The total cost is indicated at the bottom of the screen.

You can enter the GPS coordinates manually if you have these to hand or to enter the GPS coordinates using the map option you do the following.

When you click on the map option it will use your current location to focus the map on this position. However, you can enter an Eircode if you wish. Once you are at the required paddock, you tap with your finger on the point in the centre of the paddock (example below is a random location).

You then select the Use these Coordinates and these are updated to the sample you selected. For each sample the initial location is maintained so you do not have to go through the full process of finding your farm each time.

When you have finished this step, you are then brought to the Payment Option. This follows the standard online steps to complete your payment. Pay Later allows you to submit the logsheet and then pay later by cheque or online on our website.

If the payment option fails for any reason or you wish to pay by cheque or other means, by clicking on Cancel link, you will be taken back to the Payment Options and you can choose to "Pay Later". In this way your logsheet is processed without payment.

Once payment is completed you are shown a summary page as below. If the details put in for this account are different to what is stored, you are asked if you want to update your FBA record with the new data.

Once you click on an option above, you are presented with an option for a Print of the logsheet.

You will receive an email copy of the logsheet and a receipt for the payment in your email provided you have given an email in the registration. If there is no email, we will post the details to the address provided.

You can restart the process at any time prior to payment and this will create a new entry for you and discard any details you had previously entered.

The farmer has to enter the FBA Account No they got from the Purchasing Group and they enter their Herd Code. It will also show the farmer’s email address. The system checks that the herd code is associated with the purchasing group account no and then allows the farmer to create their logsheets in the normal way. Payment is not taken here but is processed later through the Purchasing Group account.

This takes the farmer to the entry of the logsheet detail. They select the details as shown below and then continue.

Edit the Sample Names if you wish. For adding the GEO codes or LPIS codes go to section ADDING THE GPS COORDINATES.

Use the Print Logsheet to print off a copy of the logsheet. It will be sent also by email to the email address we have.