Artisanal Solutions / Farm Management & Records

Farm management and records

Farm management software for small and diversified farms

Crop plans, planting and harvest logs, herd records, hive inspections, input records. We set up record-keeping that fits your operation and connect it to what you sell.

Get a plan and a priceSee how it works

Built for farmers. Set up for you, on the tools you already use.

Week 24
Monday1
Transplant lettuceField 2, bed 4Done
Tuesday2
Direct seed carrotsField 1, bed 9Done
Hive checkEast yard, 8 hivesOverdue
Thursday2
Harvest tomatoesTunnel A
Pack CSA boxes86 boxes
Saturday1
Riverside MarketStock sheet ready
Yours is built around your fields, animals and the tools you run.

Crop plan

Successions planned by week, not on graph paper

Planting dates work back from when you want to harvest, and the weekly task list comes out of the plan.

Lettuce successions
RoundSeedTransplantHarvest
4 May 6 Jun 3 Jul 1
5 May 20 Jun 17 Jul 15
6 Jun 3 Jul 1 Jul 29
7 Jun 17 Jul 15 Aug 12

Yield and sales

Plan next season from what sold

Harvest records sit next to sales, so you see which crops paid for their beds.

Sold last season, by crop
Tomatoes3,900 lb
Carrots2,400 lb
Kale620 of 1,100 lb
Honey480 lb

Works with what you already run

Already on one of these? We work with what you have before suggesting a switch.

  • Tend
  • farmOS
  • Farmbrite
  • AgSquared
  • Seedtime
  • Croptracker
  • Bushel Farm
  • Agrivi
  • Herdwatch
  • CattleMax
  • Ranchr
  • HiveTracks
  • Excel

What is included

  • Crop planning and succession schedules, with task lists by week

  • Harvest, planting, input and spray records that satisfy organic and GAP requirements

  • Livestock, flock and hive records with treatments, breeding and production

  • Field and yield data connected to your sales so you plan next season from what sold

See what this looks like for your business

Tell us what you make. We send back a short plan and a price.

Get a plan and a price

How it works

  1. Tell us what you make

    What you make and what you use now. A spreadsheet and a Square account is a fine answer.

  2. Get a short plan

    Keep this, replace that, connect these, and the cost.

  3. We set it up

    Setup and migration done for you. You approve before anything goes live.

  4. Run it or hand it off

    Take it from there yourself or keep us on for the upkeep.

A good fit if

  • You plan the season on graph paper
  • You cannot pull last year's harvest numbers quickly
  • You want records an inspector accepts without a scramble

Questions

What is the best farm management software for a small farm?

It depends on what you raise. Vegetable farms often fit Tend or Seedtime, mixed farms Farmbrite or farmOS, and livestock and bees have their own tools. We pick the one that matches your operation and set it up with your fields and records.

Will these records work for organic certification?

Yes. Seed, input, planting, harvest and sales records are kept the way a certifier asks for them.

Can you bring in my old notebooks and spreadsheets?

Yes. We enter last season's plan and harvest numbers so you start with a history.

Get a plan and a price

Tell us what you make and what you use today. A spreadsheet and a Square account is a fine answer. We reply by email with what we would keep, what we would change and what it costs.

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