Documentation & Record Keeping Flashcards
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An environmental technician collects groundwater samples for a lab. Which document records every person who handled the samples?
Answer: Chain-of-custody form
A chain-of-custody form records each transfer of the samples, which keeps them legally defensible.
Why should sprayer calibration records be kept alongside pesticide application records?
Answer: They show the applied rate matched the label rate
Calibration records show the equipment delivered the rate recorded and allowed by the label.
A farm records GPS field boundaries for a nutrient management plan. Which metadata matters most for the data to be usable later?
Answer: Coordinate system or datum and collection date
Without the datum or coordinate system and the collection date, GPS data cannot be overlaid or verified accurately.
An auditor reviewing a farm's Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) compliance most likely expects which of these?
Answer: Written SOPs with dated logs showing they were followed
GAP audits check for written procedures and dated records showing those procedures were actually followed.
Which is the BEST reason to back up electronic farm records to an off-site or cloud location?
Answer: It protects records from loss to fire, flood, or equipment failure
Off-site backups keep required records available even if on-farm storage is destroyed.
Under the FSMA Produce Safety Rule, which record must a farm keep when agricultural water is tested?
Answer: Test results with date, sampling location, and method
Water testing records must show results, sampling dates, locations, and methods to show the water is safe for its intended use.
For federal income tax, farmers report farm profit or loss on which form?
Answer: Schedule F
Schedule F (Form 1040) is used to report profit or loss from farming.
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