When you're working within a crop season, there are several different activities available for you to do.
This article will run you through the options available and how they impact your crop season.
Add Area change
Add Harvest
Add Transaction > Purchase
Add Transaction > Sale
Add Transaction > Application
Adding an area change
When setting up a crop season, you nominate the area where you will grow your crop. The area isn't static, so you can add an area change if needed.
This could be:
Adjusting (+ / -) the area of existing fields
Adding new fields
Removing existing fields
Adding a harvest
To record your crop harvest, you'll use a harvest transaction. Your harvest transactions can be either actual or forecasts, and you'll be able to enter:
Type (actual / forecast)
Harvest date
Notes
Product (e.g. Corn, or Wheat)
Yield
Price
Total harvest
Field distribution
Adding a transaction: Cost
If you need to purchase a product and you'd like to attribute its cost to your crop season, you can choose Add Transaction> Cost.
A cost can be either an actual or a forecast, and purchasing a product will send it to your product tracker as a product on hand.
When entering a cost, you'll enter the following invoice information:
Type (actual / forecast)
Cost and payment date
Contact (from preferred accounting software)
Reference
Notes
Along with this information, for each product you're adding you'll need to enter the following:
The item
The account for cost
Tax rate
Activity
Quantity and price
Field distribution
Adding a transaction: Sale
To sell a crop you have on hand, select Add Transaction > Sale.
A sale can be either an actual or a forecast, and selling a crop will affect your crop on hand in your product tracker.
When entering a sale, you'll enter the following invoice information:
Type (actual / forecast)
Purchase and payment date
Contact (from preferred accounting software)
Reference
Notes
Along with this information, for each item you sell you'll need to enter:
The item you're selling
The account for the sale to go into
Tax rate
Quantity and price
Crop season distribution
The final part of a sale is the ability to add related costs and other income - like freight or premiums.
Adding a transaction: Application
If you wish to record the usage of a product in your crop season, this is called an application. To add an application, choose Add Transaction > Application.
An application can be either an actual or a forecast, and applying a product will affect your product on hand in your product tracker.
When entering an application, you'll enter the following information:
Type (actual / forecast)
Application date
Notes
The item you're applying
The associated account (sales/purchase)
Activity
Quantity and price
Field distribution