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A crop input product database is a collection of products within specific crop input categories and geographies. A crop input database contains all of the labels and relevant product documents (such as SDS, 2ee, and others), but also, all relevant underlying data that goes into those labels and documents. The information is then organized into a structured data model that enables users to search, compare, analyze, and integrate product information efficiently.
Compass has launched the leading crop input database in North America, which incorporates nationwide regulatory expertise with AI-native data architecture. As a result, Compass provides the most standardized, actionable, and scalable regulatory intelligence in the market.
You can read more about crop input databases, and Compass Regulatory's crop input database, here.
There are two major ways that Compass makes its crop input database available: through flat CSV files as well as APIs. The majority of our users access the crop input database through our API. But what exactly is an API? An Application Programming Interface (API) allows independent software systems to share data programmatically.
Compass provides a crop input API with two components: the Data API and the Checking API, both designed for integration into existing AgTech platforms. Compass can easily make its API endpoints available to interested partners, so please reach out at the bottom of this post if you are interested in learning more!
The Data API provides access to standardized agricultural product data, including labels, crops, pests, ingredients, regulatory information, and related metadata. The Checking API builds on that data by evaluating proposed pesticide applications against label requirements, regulations, and business rules to support compliant recommendation writing. Together, they serve as a complete recommendation engine; the Data API is the backbone while the Checking API applies intelligence against real-world application scenarios.
Crop Input data comes through the Data API in three sections, each of which highlights a sample of the data included:
Beyond this structured data, source documents are also made available through the API, such as product labels, SDS, seed tech sheets, and seed bag tags, and more.
Several qualities set the Compass crop input API apart:
Pesticide Application Compliance “Checking” combines the power of a standardized database and intelligence, to enable accurate and compliant recommendations for product use. The checking process is critical for compliant use of pesticides in different ways and markets, and pesticide use is facilitated often by licensed PCAs, agronomists, applicators, and others.
Compass enables this checking process with our API, combined with other powerful tools that exist through our partners, such as farm management information systems (FMIS). To meet the needs of different markets, we have two levels of checking: Basic and Advanced. Basic checking targets the row crop market, while Advanced checking targets the specialty crop market.
Pesticide label compliance means following all of the instructions and requirements on a pesticide's label when using the product. The label tells you how to use the pesticide safely, effectively, and legally. This includes using the product only on the approved crops and for the pests listed on the label. It also means following the specified application rates, timing, application methods, personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements, restricted-entry intervals (REIs), pre-harvest intervals (PHIs), environmental precautions, and any instructions for storage and disposal.
Because pesticide labels are legally enforceable, users must follow both the label directions and any applicable federal, state, or local regulations. Simply put, “the label is the law.”
Basic Checking is a service designed to support guardrail compliance checks and research for downstream decision-making. It evaluates proposed product use information against regulatory and label-based constraints and returns structured results based on the level of detail provided in the request.
There are two main ways the service is used:
In addition, when geographical information is supplied an Endangered Species Act (ESA) check can also be performed.
So what is the ESA? The Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires federal agencies, including the EPA, to ensure that pesticide registrations and uses do not jeopardize threatened or endangered species or destroy their designated critical habitat. As a result, pesticide labels and regulations may include use restrictions, buffer zones, or other mitigation measures designed to reduce potential impacts on protected species and habitats.
The Compass Checking APIs enables you as a user to quickly and adaptably understand and ensure compliance with ESA.
Advanced Checking is a comprehensive recommendation writing service designed for the US market in regions where regulatory requirements are most complex. It's built for organizations that want to reduce operational risk and regulatory complexity by delivering the confidence required for complex advanced agronomic decision-making.
The API validates against crop input label requirements, along with additional federal and state regulations, such as Pesticide Use Limitation Areas (PULAs) and applicable Endangered Species Act (ESA) mitigation requirements. The service performs product, tank mix, and historical application checking at the field level, ensuring accurate and compliant recommendations.
The basic process is three-fold:
Compass's advanced compliance checking is built by our team of industry experts with decades of experience developing agricultural compliance and advanced checking solutions. Our team maintains a comprehensive understanding of agricultural crop inputs, as well as the federal, state regulations and reporting requirements, and monitors regulatory changes, industry standards, and emerging products to ensure data remains accurate, current, and compliant.
This expertise is paired with a sophisticated validation engine that evaluates complex combinations of label requirements to help ensure tank mix compatibility, and checks against field application history, crops, seasonal use patterns and more. It draws on a comprehensive data library built with an emphasis on data standardization, normalization and accuracy, and is continuously validated and refined through rigorous testing and real-world customer feedback, ensuring the checking engine evolves alongside changing labels and regulations.
Ultimately, it is designed for accuracy at scale, helping software providers, retailers, and manufacturers automate compliance decisions with confidence.
Yes. Compass is designed to integrate with farm management information systems (FMIS), recommendation platforms, retailer software, manufacturer systems, precision agriculture platforms, and other AgTech applications through REST-based APIs.
Compass is designed for AgTech companies, farm management software providers, agricultural retailers, manufacturers, distributors, crop consultants, agronomy platforms, and other organizations that require standardized agricultural data and/or compliance checking.
Compass works directly with software providers and agricultural organizations to integrate its Data and Checking APIs into existing platforms. Contact us through the form below to discuss your integration requirements and schedule a demonstration.
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