INDUSTRY FIELD GUIDE
Hop variety and lot trace records for AI
An acreage or harvest report can name a variety while a sample tag identifies a particular lot.
NAICS 111998 · All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming
An acreage or harvest report can name a variety while a sample tag identifies a particular lot. USDA’s hop survey reports area and production by variety. A grower can test how a model handles a relabeling when two practice lots use similar variety names. USDA NASS hops survey
Invent a plot record, two harvest labels and one verified cross-reference. Add a relabeled sample and a similar tag without a matching source. Ask which records support the sample’s identity and what cannot be attributed. Keep variety, plot alias and sample date separate. Use a different invented variety as an evaluation holdout.
Keep real locations, buyer agreements, supplier information, production rates and proprietary cultivar records private. Confirm rights before reusing any photos or lab results.
Describe a specialty crop sample
Original Fiund exercise
A verified relabeling can preserve lot identity while similar variety names cannot
An imaginary hop plot and sample tags use invented variety labels. No cultivar rights, farm production, buyer contract or actual analytical result is represented.
| Record | Source | What it records |
|---|---|---|
| HP1 | Harvest register | Plot P1, variety V-A, day 2 produces lot H1. Plot P2, variety V-AA, day 2 produces lot H2. |
| HP2 | Approved relabel | Sample S-old from H1 renamed S-new on day 3; signed mock cross-reference preserves H1/P1 origin. |
| HP3 | Loose sample tag | Tag says V-A, day 3, sample S-near. No harvest lot, plot or S-old cross-reference supplied. |
Question for the model
Which current sample label traces to H1, and can the loose tag or similarly named variety be assigned that origin?
Show the reference answer and checks
HP2 explicitly maps S-new back to S-old and H1, whose plot and variety HP1 identifies as P1 and V-A. HP3's variety and date do not supply a lot or relabeling link. HP1's V-AA is a different variety and H2 a different lot despite the similar spelling. Trace S-new through the approved cross-reference and leave the loose tag unresolved rather than joining by name similarity.
- Losing provenance when a sample label changes despite an explicit cross-reference.
- Matching lots by similar variety names or sample-label prefixes.
Fields to preserve
- Variety, plot and harvest lot
- Defines the production source.
- Old and new sample labels
- Preserves identity through relabeling.
- Sample date and approved cross-reference
- Supports the exact trace.
Test another case
Add another S-new label in a different fictional season. Require season scope before merging it with the original sample.
Use original invented tags. Exclude locations, supplier records, production rates and proprietary cultivar information; clear real images and lab results separately.
Discuss a contribution
Describe the sources you control, the task they could support and what has already been checked. Use the existing-data assessment for an archive or the collection brief for a new recording project. The contributor agreement defines Fiund’s licensing authority and compensation. A guide or fictional exercise does not establish an accepted collection or a sale.