Recording plant protection treatments becomes digital on 1 January 2027, and BrioAgro’s FarmLog digital farm notebook (Cuaderno Digital de Explotación, CUE) handles it from WhatsApp: growers report what they have done with a message, a voice note or a photo, and the advisor validates it from a free dashboard. BrioAgro presented it to crop advisors, consultants and researchers at Expo AgriTech (Málaga, 4 and 5 November).
Published in HortiDaily. This news item appeared on Tuesday 10 November 2026 in HortiDaily.es (in Spanish) and in its newsletter, which reaches more than 56,600 registered subscribers in the agri sector. Here we expand it with more detail, additional images and frequently asked questions.
FarmLog digital farm notebook in 30 seconds
- Key date: from 1 January 2027, records of professional plant protection treatments must be electronic.
- For growers: log work from WhatsApp with a message, a voice note or a photo, without learning another app.
- For advisors: a free dashboard with all their farms, each farm’s campaign, its documentation and what is pending.
- Delivery notes: one photo is enough for FarmLog to extract products and quantities.
- Authorities: it imports data from REA and syncs with SIEX in both directions. It is the first digital farm notebook operational in all 17 Spanish autonomous communities.
- Alerts: expiry dates, missing regulatory data and weather, also delivered by WhatsApp.
What changes on 1 January 2027 for plant protection records
Royal Decree 1039/2025 of 19 November, published in Spain’s Official State Gazette (BOE) on 20 November 2025, extends until 31 December 2026 the option to keep treatment records for professional plant protection products on paper. From 1 January 2027, those records have to be electronic.
The obligation to record every treatment already existed, with a maximum of 30 days from application, and it stays. For an advisor who keeps the notebooks of several farms, the change is one of method rather than format: information has to arrive on time, sorted by plot and ready to submit to the authorities.
FarmLog starts with the advisor: a free dashboard for all their farms
José Luis Bustos explained that BrioAgro has spent years collecting agronomic monitoring data that complements what its sensors and weather stations capture autonomously. That is why FarmLog was built in this order: the advisor platform first, the grower platform second. The advisor platform is free, and from a single dashboard advisors manage every farm they work with, including each farm’s campaign, its documentation and what is still pending.
FarmLog imports data from REA and syncs the notebook with SIEX (Spain’s information system for agricultural holdings) in both directions. The advisor prepares and reviews the submission to the authorities without duplicating entries or rebuilding the campaign at year end.
From a WhatsApp voice note or photo to a validated record
The point that most interested attendees was the flow of information. The grower reports what they have done by WhatsApp, as they already do with their advisor, and FarmLog takes care of the rest:
- The grower writes a message, records a voice note or sends a photo on WhatsApp.
- FarmLog interprets the message and turns it into a record linked to the farm.
- The record reaches the advisor’s dashboard, where it is reviewed and validated.
- The original message is kept with the record in case anything needs checking.
For the advisor, that means no more chasing data. There is no need to work out which plot a treatment phoned in belongs to, or to wait for an invoice to complete the inventory: a photo of the delivery note is enough for FarmLog to extract products and quantities, and the advisor checks that they are assigned to the right farm.
Bustos summed it up with the platform’s motto: you grow, FarmLog simplifies the rest. The notebook keeps the simplicity of the paper format and includes everything the regulation requires: treatments, fertilisation, irrigation, harvests, inventory and documentation, grouped by farm and linked to each plot.
A digital farm notebook that warns you before something is missing
Besides meeting obligations, FarmLog analyses the information from an agronomic point of view and anticipates problems. Its alerts cover three areas:
- Expiry dates and deadlines: end of the sale period for a plant protection product, ITEAF inspection of equipment, expiry of the advisor’s contract and ROPO registration, with two months’ notice.
- Missing regulatory data: equipment without inspection, treatments without recorded efficacy or mandatory data still to complete.
- Weather: official warnings and BrioAgro’s own alerts for the areas where the plots are located.
Users who do not open the app receive those alerts by WhatsApp (prescriptions, documents, plant protection inventory, obligations with deadlines and weather warnings), grouped by farm and with a button that leads to the relevant section. When the grower or the advisor corrects the data, the alert disappears by itself. For an advisor with dozens of farms, this replaces manual checking of expiry dates and lowers the risk of facing an inspection with uncertified equipment or an expired contract.
What advisors can do before 1 January 2027
There are less than two months left, and BrioAgro recommended that attendees make the most of them:
- Register the farms on the advisor dashboard and import the REA data, so plots and crops are loaded without typing them in.
- Ask each grower to report work by WhatsApp as they do it.
- Validate the records from the dashboard.
Within a few weeks, the 2027 campaign starts with the notebook up to date, and the advisor knows how much time it takes, what information is missing and what can be delegated to the platform.
From FarmLog to smart irrigation: every step adds control and savings
FarmLog is the gateway to BrioAgro’s technology. The farm evolves and the technology grows with it: you start with what you need today and add solutions when they bring control and savings.
- CUE FarmLog: comply, organise the farm and improve decisions.
- Weather + satellite: know the climate and the needs of the farm without installing any equipment. With Satellite Irrigation you can see the irrigation minutes each sector needs.
- ViTA 7: know when, how much and where to irrigate, with soil and environmental sensors, drip flow meters and rain gauges.
- ViTA + AQUA Power: irrigation runs automatically with the controller the farm already has. This low-cost model turns it into a smart irrigation system.
- AQUA Fertigation: the Pro model, designed for more advanced irrigation and fertigation needs. It requires an irrigation installer for correct set-up.
- Tailor-made set-ups or monitoring of agricultural R&D projects: A/B trials with meters to verify savings on the farm itself by comparing sectors.
Each solution can be rented for a monthly fee with no upfront investment (80% of BrioAgro customers prefer this option), or bought when a subsidy applies, since subsidised equipment cannot be rented.
Greenhouses, trials and researchers: one notebook for everyone
The choice of the Tecnova stand was no coincidence. BrioAgro wanted to introduce FarmLog to greenhouse crop advisors and to the researchers of the technology centre in Almería, with whom it shares the European project LIFE NextFUMIGREEN. In that project, BrioAgro was responsible for monitoring the greenhouses throughout the four years of trials.
Bustos acknowledged that FarmLog would have been a very useful tool from the start of that project. Beyond helping the grower and their advisor, the notebook documents everything that happens on the farm and organises the flow of information among those involved. In the new projects BrioAgro takes part in, it already uses it for that purpose: every action carried out in a trial is recorded and the information flows between the grower, the farm advisor and the researchers, with nothing to reconstruct afterwards.
Each party contributes their part and reads the others’ in the same notebook: the grower records from the field, the advisor validates and prescribes, and the researcher consults the full history without asking anyone for data.
The argument holds for any advisor who experiments, tests and documents in order to improve, whether or not they are part of a research project. A dose trial, a change of variety or a new irrigation strategy leave a trace in the notebook as naturally as a mandatory treatment, and that trace makes it possible to compare campaigns and decide with data.
Frequently asked questions about the CUE and FarmLog
When does the digital farm notebook (CUE) become mandatory for plant protection treatments?
Royal Decree 1039/2025 of 19 November extends until 31 December 2026 the option to keep treatment records for professional plant protection products on paper. From 1 January 2027, those records must be electronic.
What is FarmLog?
FarmLog is BrioAgro Tech’s digital farm notebook (Cuaderno Digital de Explotación, CUE). It gathers treatments, fertilisation, irrigation, harvests, inventory and documentation by farm and plot. Growers feed it from WhatsApp and advisors validate the records from their own dashboard.
How does a grower log a treatment in FarmLog?
By WhatsApp, with a message, a voice note or a photo, just as they already do with their advisor. FarmLog interprets it, creates a record linked to the farm and leaves it ready for the advisor to validate. The original message is stored with the record.
How much does FarmLog cost for advisors and technicians?
The advisor platform is free. From a single dashboard, advisors manage every farm they work with, including each farm’s campaign, its documentation and what is still pending.
Does FarmLog connect with REA and SIEX?
Yes. FarmLog imports data from REA and syncs the notebook with SIEX in both directions, so advisors prepare and review the submission to the authorities without duplicating entries. BrioAgro presents it as the first digital farm notebook operational in all 17 Spanish autonomous communities.
Can FarmLog be used in research trials?
Yes. Every action in a trial is recorded and the information flows between the grower, the farm advisor and the researchers, with nothing to reconstruct afterwards. It also works for a dose trial, a change of variety or a new irrigation strategy, whether or not it is part of an R&D project.
Get started with FarmLog
- Advisors and technicians: admin.farmlog.brioagro.com (free dashboard).
- Growers: farmlog.brioagro.com.
- More information: FarmLog, BrioAgro’s digital field notebook and our article on how to turn the mandatory CUE into a useful tool.
- Contact: BrioAgro Technologies, phone +34 687 087 013.