Brokers and Land Managers

This guide offers quick links to the most relevant Help Center articles for individuals using the platform for land brokerage, brokerage related tasks, or who have a basic subscription to CamoAg. Many guides include both video tutorials and written instructions to ensure a comprehensive learning experience. Click on the use case that best describes the action you want to complete in the CamoAg platform. The guides linked in that section will provide you with the details needed to get you started.

Complete the setup of your account

Understand where the data is coming from and how often it is updated

Search for and add a property to your account

Search for comparable sales and create a market analysis for a customer

Generate different maps such as soils, FEMA flood layer, topography, and more

Locate an upcoming auction to share with a customer or explore past sales

Edit a property you have added to your account in order to separate productive acres from non-productive acres, create fields using CLU data released by the FSA in 2008, merge adjacent tracts to combine multiple fields.

Platform Basics to Get Started

Account Setup

Guide	Description
Setting a Default Location for the Map	• Default locations are used to provide you with the best available farms or data in the area, in addition to acting as the default map center • Setting at least one default location will enable a weekly email digest alerting you upcoming auctions in your area. If no auctions are available, no email will be sent.
Adding Contact Info and a Profile Photo	• When creating or sharing a CMA, your profile photo and contact information will populate the CMA report

Reporting

Guide	Description
Data Sources and Update Frequency FAQs	• Highly recommend reviewing this guide in detail • Provides a breakdown of the data sources used to power CamoAg, frequency data updates are provided, where that data is found in CamoAg, and frequently asked questions.
Report Categories, Data Sources, and Use Cases	• Highly recommend reviewing this guide in detail • Provides a breakdown and explanation of the reports in CamoAg, the data powering the report, and report use cases
CMAs Created Report	• View all market analyses created by users in the organization
Land Sales Bulletin Report	• View all sales ingested by CamoAg from Land Sales Bulletin
Farms, Fields, and Parcels Created Report	• View a comprehensive list with details of all farms created across your organization
Owners Report: Overview & Use Cases	• Requires a Pro Subscription • Understand how to use this report, explanations of the filters, and use cases • Generate a downloadable list of owners and addresses in a certain area
USDA Subsidy Payments Pro: Overview & Use Cases	• Requires a Pro Subscription • Provides information on the USDA Subsidy report, explanation of filters, and use cases
Largest Farmland Buyers and Sellers	• Requires a Pro Subscription • Understand who is purchasing and/or selling large amounts of land in your area

Locating Properties

Guide	Description
Ways to Search for and Add a Property to Your Account	• Understand the different ways you can search for and add a property to your account
Editing a Farm Name	• Learn how to edit the name of a property

Generate PDF Maps

Guide	Description
Downloading Soil Maps for a Farm or Individual Fields	• Generate a soil map for all fields that make up a farm or each individual field
Generate Report: Aerial Map, Crop History, or Soil Maps	• Learn how to quickly generate a report for a farm

Creating Comparative Market Analyses

Guide	Description
Creating & Editing a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA)	• This guide answers some FAQs around creating a CMA and provides step by step instructions
Creating or Editing Multiple CMAs for a Property	• If you need to make edits to a CMA you have created or need to create another CMA for a farm, this guide will walk you through those steps
Using the Farm Sales Map Layer	• This guide walks you through navigating the Farm Sales layer on the map
Sharing a CMA	• There are multiple ways to share a CMA with a customer and this guide explains those options

Mobile Devices

Guide	Description
Installing CamoAg on a Phone or Tablet	• CamoAg does not have an app, but users can install it to the home screen of a device and access while on the go
Plat Map: Enabling Location Services	• CamoAg does not have an app, but users can install it to the home screen of a device and access while on the go
Accessing Driving Directions on a Mobile Device	• CamoAg does not have an app, but users can install it to the home screen of a device and access while on the go

Advanced Platform Tasks

Farm Sales

Guide	Description
Sharing an Upcoming Auction or Sold Farm with a Customer	• This guide explains how to share an upcoming or completed auction with a customer
Copying an Auction to Create a Private Comparable Sale	• Learn how to copy a sale found in CamoAg and make your own edits
Creating a Private Comparable Sale	• Learn how to create a farm sale in CamoAg that can be used in a CMA by users in your organization

Using Editing Tools

Guide	Description
Using CLU Data to Create Fields with SmartDraw	• Create fields for a farm using the CLU data as released by the FSA in 2008 • Acres types are then distributed between productive and non-productive using the Crop Data Layer and satellite imagery
Merging Multiple Fields or Parcels into a Single Tract	• If a farm consists of multiple adjacent fields, users can merge those fields together
Editing Acre Types	• Acres on a farm can be distributed between productive (irrigated or dryland) and non-productive acre types (woodlands, waterways, CRP) • Soil maps display soil types and ratings based on productive acres
Using the Cut Tool	• Includes FAQs, use cases, and a video tutorial demonstrating how to use the tool to divide up a field or parcel
Using the Draw Polygon Tool	• Includes FAQs, use cases, and a video tutorial demonstrating how to use the tool to hand draw or make edits to a property
Moving a Field to Another Farm	• If you need to move fields to different farms you have created in the platform, this guide walks you through the steps

​Platform Basics to Get Started

​Account Setup

​Reporting

​Locating Properties

​Generate PDF Maps

​Creating Comparative Market Analyses

​Mobile Devices

​Advanced Platform Tasks

​Farm Sales

​Using Editing Tools