Keeping records serves many purposes including reviewing product performance and for legal reasons. However, there are many other reasons to keep records that can help to improve your pest and weed management over time.

• Use record-keeping systems that work for your enterprise and will also be useful in the future.

• Always record things that have worked well (we don’t do this enough).

• Assess the level of control you achieved and how long it took.

• Record unexpected results – surviving weeds, diseases and pests – and follow-up on these.

• Make notes on how long it takes to complete different types of spray jobs (hectares per hour) to help plan future operations.