Agriculture (Intranet)
Overview
- A banner of custom tiles at the top of the page that puts the three things that matter this week front and center – sampling season, the sales closing deadline, and the office open house
- A Field Conditions section built on the Weather web part, showing current conditions for the home office and every territory the company covers
- A Deadline Board that keeps the crop insurance dates growers cannot miss in front of the whole staff
- Company News plus a From the Field image gallery, so crews stay current on fleet, staffing, and claims work and can see the season as it happens
- A Countdown Timer to the opening of fall soil sampling season, with the acreage goal stated right on the page
- Quick Links and a What We Do For Growers tile set giving one-click access to the grower portal, work orders, lab submission forms, timecards, and every service line the company offers
- Season at a Glance charts, Upcoming Events, and a Meet the Team block with photos of the owners, agronomists, and agents
Benefits
- One page for the whole season: field crews and office staff work from the same deadlines, so nothing slips between the agronomy side and the insurance side of the business.
- Weather for every territory: current conditions for each office and county sit on the homepage instead of in four separate phone apps.
- Deadlines that stay visible: sales closing and acreage reporting dates are in front of the whole staff all season instead of buried in email.
- Faster starts for seasonal help: new hires can find the grower portal, work orders, and lab forms without asking anyone.
- Numbers everyone can see: contracted acres, flight hours, sample acres, and policies in force are visible to the whole company, not just the owners.
- One team across several offices: news and field photos connect crews spread across multiple counties and locations.
- Nothing to maintain but content: because it is built entirely out of the box, it keeps working through Microsoft updates with no developer involved.
Common Questions About This Agriculture Intranet
What is this Agriculture Intranet built with?
It is built with standard SharePoint web parts only – Text, Image, Weather, News, Countdown Timer, Quick Links, Events, and Image Gallery – finished with a custom theme and custom fonts. There is no custom code, no SharePoint Framework development, and no third-party tools of any kind. This is the kind of clean, maintainable intranet Greg Zelfond builds for agriculture and field-service companies.
What is included on the Agriculture Intranet homepage?
The homepage opens with a banner carrying this week’s priorities, then Field Conditions weather for each territory, a Deadline Board of crop insurance dates, Company News, a Countdown Timer to fall soil sampling, Quick Links to the grower portal and work orders, a What We Do For Growers tile set, Season at a Glance charts, Upcoming Events, Meet the Team, and a From the Field photo gallery.
Does this design use any custom code or third-party tools?
No. Everything on the page is native SharePoint, configured rather than coded. That matters because an out-of-the-box intranet is stable, secure, and easy for your own staff to maintain, and nothing breaks when Microsoft ships an update. There is no developer to call and no licence to renew. Out-of-the-box is the only way Greg builds.
Can this design be customized for our agriculture business?
Absolutely. The colors, fonts, logo, photography, service tiles, and section labels are all tailored to the company. Greg adapts the layout to the way your operation actually runs – the territories and offices you cover, the service lines you sell, the deadlines your growers work against, and the systems your crews already use for work orders, lab submissions, and policy management.
Will this Agriculture Intranet work on mobile devices?
Yes. Because it uses native SharePoint sections and web parts, the page reflows automatically on a phone or tablet and works in the SharePoint mobile app with no separate build. That matters for an agriculture company, where most of the staff reading it are in a truck or a field rather than at a desk, checking weather, deadlines, and work orders between stops.
Can Greg build this Agriculture Intranet for our company?
Yes – this is exactly the kind of work Greg Zelfond does. As an independent SharePoint consultant and Microsoft MVP, he designs and builds out-of-the-box intranets like this one for agriculture businesses, co-ops, and other field-driven companies, then trains your staff to keep them current. Reach out through the contact page to talk about what your operation needs.
