FARM DESK
The week on your farm.
Alerts, soil and the best days for field work — made for growers across Samoa.
ALERTS
What needs your attention
Checking alerts for Samoa…
SEASON WATCH
The season ahead
Reading the seasonal signals…
SOIL AT YOUR FARM
Your soil
FIELD WORK
Next 7 days
Simple advice from the 7-day forecast. Use your own judgement on the ground.
Working out the best days…
Rules v1.0 · reviewed 2026-10-06 · based on Open-Meteo forecast
MARKET PULSE
What things cost
Reading the latest market survey…
FUEL & INPUTS
Fuel prices
Reading official fuel prices…
TODAY ON THE LAND
Sun, heat & rain
Reading today’s conditions…
WATER WATCH
Tanks & rain
TIDE WATCH
Highs and lows
Reading the tide model…
Model tide prediction (FES2014 global tide model via Open-Meteo Marine). Heights are relative to mean sea level, and times can differ from the official table by up to about an hour — use the Samoa tide tables for navigation.
SEA & FISHING
The water this week
Reading the sea…
Boat & fishing outlook v1.0 · reviewed 2026-10-08 · wave model + wind gusts + moon phase — the skipper still makes the call.
PEST & DISEASE WATCH
What to watch for
FARM IN THE NEWS
Ag headlines
- Sifting the news for farm stories…
REEF & SEA HEAT
Coral bleaching watch
Reading sea temperatures near the reefs…
WHERE THIS COMES FROM
Freshness and sources
- Checking data freshness…
Data credits — weather, field-work windows, tides & sea state: Open-Meteo (CC-BY 4.0, data by Open-Meteo.com; tides from the FES2014 model; sea state includes moon phase) · soil: SoilGrids (ISRIC) (CC-BY 4.0) · reef heat: NOAA Coral Reef Watch (public domain, via PACIOOS) · hazard alerts: GDACS · rainfall records: NASA POWER · El Niño status: NOAA CPC. Model estimates and third-party warning services — not on-farm measurements.