Q: Tell me a little bit about FieldWatch?
 
FieldWatch is a non-profit company with a FREE and VOLUNTARY mapping registry that promotes communication between producers of specialty and row crops, beekeepers, seed companies and pesticide applicators in support of ongoing stewardship activities. With easy-to-use, reliable, secure and FREE mappings tools, FieldWatch is a trusted source of data in North America, promoting sustainability for plants, pollinators, and people.
 
Q: Why is using FieldWatch an important tool for users?
 
Using our registries is simple: producers of specialty crops, organic or conventional (not herbicide tolerant) row crops, beekeepers, and seed companies map the locations of fields, apiaries or seed field workers using dedicated mapping tools. Pesticide applicators check for mapped locations before spraying to improve decision-making and manage potential pesticide drift. 
 
Q: What are you excited about for 2025?
 
We are now in 25 states, Saskatchewan, and Washington DC with 44,000 producers and beekeepers registered, 39,000 beehives mapped, and 20,000 farms mapped. We continue to see double digit growth annually in users and mapped sites. Georgia is our newest state to join FieldWatch.

 

Bob Walters, CEO FieldWatch

Robert Walters is the current Chief Executive Officer at FIELDWATCH INC, where Robert has been working since May 2014. Prior to this role, Robert was also a Director of Business Development at the same company. With a background in Sales and Sales Management from their time at AT&T, where Robert worked from October 1987 to December 2013, Robert also has experience as a Procurement Specialist and Engineer at Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Incorporated from June 1983 to September 1987. Robert holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management from Purdue University Daniels School of Business and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Butler University – Lacy School of Business.