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- From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
- To: "'Aaron Brower'" <aaronbrower AT yahoo.com>, "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] farm accounting software
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:38:52 -0400
It depends on how careful and detailed
your records are. We get checks for mixed items – vegetables and chicken
and I don’t have a way to keep it separate at market. Also,, my DH tends
to buy things and not give me receipts or note on receipts what it is for. So,
in my opinion, using QuickBooks would be “garbage in – garbage out”
and frutstrating because of its entry methods. I am very happy with Quicken.
I separate items out by categories when I can, make split transactions with
different categories when I have the info, use tags (feed/broilers,
feed/layers) when I have the info, and just use “farm income” when
I can’t separate it out. Expenses can always go into supplies or repair
if I’m not sure. Quicken is easy and matches our level of detail. For enterprise analysis, I fall back on
harvest records – logs of eggs packed, broiler weights harvested, and the
rest is veggies. I’d love to have a good track of veggies sold at market
and going through the CSA, but don’t yet. Some folks find keeping a
paper notebook easy, a little memo pad easy, a market log easy, but for me the
paper gets smudged/the pen or pencil won’t write, and going and coming
from market I don’t end up taking the time I should. We just got a
reefer truck so I can pack the truck the night before market, and I am really
really really hoping to get a “permanently” covered wash area where
I can keep writing materials at hand and dry this year. Spreadsheets work well
for the enterprise analysis. Beth Spaugh http://rhomestead.com
http://www.facebook.com/rhomestead "How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the
world is used." - Wendell Berry "Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is
empty." - Frances Moore Lappe From:
market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Brower I know
this has been a previous subject of discussion but I'm having trouble locating
it in the archives. Does anyone remember the month when it was discussed? Does
anyone have any updated recommendations for farm accounting programs? I'm
considering quicken, quickbooks, farmworks accounting, but it may be better to just
find excel templates. Thoughts? Thanks, Aaron |
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[Market-farming] farm accounting software,
Aaron Brower, 04/11/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] farm accounting software,
Beth Spaugh, 04/11/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] "Rite in the Rain" notebook, Vern and Amy, 04/18/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] farm accounting software,
Richard Stewart, 04/11/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] farm accounting software,
stonecirclefarm tds.net, 04/11/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] farm accounting software,
Beth Spaugh, 04/11/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] farm accounting software, stonecirclefarm tds.net, 04/11/2012
- [Market-farming] How did they do that?, MAsteveINE, 04/13/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] farm accounting software,
Beth Spaugh, 04/11/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] farm accounting software,
stonecirclefarm tds.net, 04/11/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] farm accounting software,
Beth Spaugh, 04/11/2012
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