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Farm Record Keeping 2.0
The 14th Annual Acorn Conference
November 20, 2013
AgSquared Support Team Member - David Wides
Outline
1. Lets Define Farm Record-Keeping
2. Paper and Spreadsheets
3. AgSquared on the Farm
4. How to use AgSquared
The Question:
How do we define good
record keeping?
Definition
Good Record Keeping
=
Targeted and Organized
Record Keeping
Definition
Record Keeping Process: Targeting
1.What goal do I want to
accomplish?
2.What pieces of information do I
need to accomplish that goal?
3.Where in my farming process is
that information generated?
Targeted Goals
Agronomy: Maximize yield, optimize soil
fertility, maximize water use efficiency,
select cultural practices
Business: Increase efficiency of labor,
input, energy use, identify profit centers,
more effectively target markets
Reporting / Compliance: Organic, GAP,
taxes, customer communications
Workflow: Improve on-farm collaboration,
accumulate institutional knowledge
Record Keeping Process: Organizing
1.What is the easiest way to capture farm
information as it is generated?
2.What is the easiest way to keep that
information organized to enable later
use?
The Redundancy Problem
Crop-by-Crop
Records Calendar Map
Narrative (Notebook)
Easy to collect ≠ Easy to use
Management
Analysis
Planning Record Keeping
AgSquared on the Farm
How AgSquared Works
the software
AgSquared case studies
• Richard Kanak – Four
Sisters Farm
Cherry Valley, Illinois
– Using detailed records
to make informed
decisions about
varieties
AgSquared case studies
• Lara and Roger
Anderson – Farm
Where Life Is Good
River Falls, Wisconsin
– Beginning farmers
using AgSquared to
organize their
operation
AgSquared case studies
• Scott Thellman –
Juniper Hills Farm
Lawrence, Kansas
– Streamlining farm
management and
team coordination
Cost Tracking
AgSquared Case Studies
• Joe Bozzelli -
Five Elements Farm – Worthington, Pennsylvania
Expanding Farm business using
AgSquared to track Labor costs
for specific Crops throughout the
growing season
AgSquared Case Studies
• David Baker -
Primrose Valley Farm –
Madison, Wisconsin
Diversified Grower using
AgSquared for Tracking
Inventory of Important
Materials and Supplies
All farms all years
Up Next: Mobile App.
Up Next: Mobile App.
Thanks!
Questions?