It has made my record keeping much more streamlined than my old spreadsheets. Thank you for a great product and great customer service.' (DairyLive customer from Michigan) 'Just wanted to thank you for your online backup. I have very few programs that offer this, and I feel it is a great asset to your software.' What is Vaquitec Vaquitec is a dairy and beef cattle farm management software that will help you optimize the performance of your farm and increase your productivity. Decision-making tools with fast, easy data entry, and flexible yet powerful reporting. Breeding, semen, males, individual records, growing, feed management, financial, medical.
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farmOS is a web-based application for farm management, planning, and recordkeeping. It is developed by a community of farmers, developers, researchers, andorganizations with the aim of providing a standard platform for agriculturaldata collection and management.
The farmOS server is built on top of Drupal, which makes it modular,extensible, and secure. The farmOS Field Kit app provides offline dataentry in a native Android/iOS app, and as a progressive web app (PWA) athttps://farmOS.app.
Both are licensed under the GNU General Public License, which means they arefree and open source.
To learn how to use farmOS, refer to the User Guide. For more information,visit the farmOS Community Forum and read the Frequently Asked Questions.
You can contribute to the project by making a donation or contributing inother ways.
Quick Links¶
- Forum: https://farmOS.discourse.group
- Chat:
- Matrix:
- #farmOS on Matrix.org (bridged to #farmOS IRC room on Freenode)
- #FIot on Matrix.org (Farm Internet of Things)
- IRC: #farmOS on Freenode (requires a registered name)
- Matrix:
- Code repositories:
- Drupal.org: https://drupal.org/project/farm
- GitHub: https://github.com/farmOS
- Client app: https://github.com/farmOS/farmOS-client
- Twitter: @farmOSorg
- Twitter: @getFarmier
Media¶
Motivations¶
In this video by Chris Callahan at UVM Extension'sAgricultural Engineering Program, Michael Stenta provides an overview of themotivations behind farmOS. Why he started the project, why he uses Drupal asthe development framework and why it is open-source. Available on YouTube:https://youtu.be/ATUEWrlDbWw
Open Source Stories: The Open Farmer¶
farmOS was featured in the Red Hat Open Source Stories - Farming for the Future Series: 'The Open Farmer',available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6L0is9gUowY
OpenTEAM (Open Technology Ecosystem for Agricultural Management)¶
farmOS is part of OpenTEAM, which is summarized in a video by Stonyfield,available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/U9YZ4H10ves
GODAN Documentary Web Series¶
farmOS was featured in the GODAN Documentary Web Series: 'OPEN FARMS',available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bCOqg5iH6fM
CNBC Special¶
farmOS was featured in a CNBC special:CNBC: The Future Of Farming Is Utilizing Data In An Open Source Network Of Farmers.
2017 NOFA Summer Conference¶
Michael Stenta presented a farmOS workshop at the 2017 NOFA Summer Conference.It covers the core features of farmOS, how to get started, where to find help,and how to contribute back to the project.
The full workshop recording is available on YouTube:https://youtu.be/B8ouL9Et98o
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@farmOSorg on Twitter¶
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Record Keeping is Good Business
At a minimum your farm will need a record keeping system for tax and legal compliance and it is highly recommended that you also keep yield and other farm production records that might be useful to making decisions on the farm. For example many growers keep weather logs so that they can evaluate their practices and yields and then make better growing practice and crop variety decisions for the coming year. You also might consider creating columns or breakouts for your most expensive or profitable enterprises to keep track of profits, and doing an hourly break down periodically to see how much time you or your employees are using on particular enterprises. Many tools are available at the Northeast Beginning Farmer website:
Improving Profitability Tutorial
https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/plan-your-farm/achieving-or-improving-profitability/improving-profitability-tutorial/
Paper Records
Small farms and many businesses just starting out use the shoebox method of accounting. Keep all sales receipts in one folder, expense receipts in another, maintain a capital asset depreciation log, and you may have additional folders for farm yield or other data important to the year. The advantage of this system is that it is simple and easy to do. The disadvantage is that the data is not well organized so when you need farm information you often have to sort through piles of paper and do all computations by hand.
Cornell Farm Account Book
Cornell and many accounting services have pre-formatted account books with categories common to agriculture and additional areas for yield and capital asset data. These are typically of nominal cost ($10-$20). The advantage of the farm account book is that it is easy to understand and the information is well laid out in case you need to access it later. The disadvantage is that the information may not be laid out how you as a manager would like it, and it is still a hand-entry accounting system so entering farm information may take several hours per week.
Featured Resource:
To order the Cornell Dairy Farm Account Book ($20) or the Cornell Classic Farm Account Book ($15), contact:
The Cornell Store
https://store.cornell.edu/c-1292-farm-books.aspx
Excel Spreadsheets
If you can use a basic spreadsheet in Excel or a similar program, this is a good compromise between paper systems and more sophisticated recordkeeping programs. Many new farmers start out with a simple spreadsheet like this one from Cornell (.XLS), which is intended for high tunnel crop producers but can be adapted for any operation. If you don’t need to generate invoices and have a relatively simple, small operation, a spreadsheet like this may serve your needs well for many years.
Quick Books
The most common software program for financial management is Quick Books; however, there are more expensive industry-specific programs specifically designed for dairy farms or wineries, for example. (Try searching online for “winery financial management software.”) If you are intimidated by QuickBooks, try their SimpleStart program from Intuit (search for this online). It’s free and is a good way to ease into using QuickBooks. If you are ready to upgrade at any point, you’ll be able to transfer your records seamlessly into the full QuickBooks program. Check out your local credit unions, banks, and Cooperative Extension to find out if they offer any QuickBooks trainings.
Farm Records Service
Some farmers choose to mail all invoices to an accounting service where the accountant will enter the information into a computer records system, provide you with detailed monthly business statements, and perform all tax functions. Farm Credit East at www.farmcrediteast.com/ is one company that provides these services.
The advantage of this system is that it provides a person who does not have the time, understanding of accounting, or computer skills the highest level of records information. The disadvantage is that this system has the highest cost and the monthly business statements take a few weeks to process and get back whereas the person utilizing an on-farm computer records system will have those statements in real time.
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