Farm Cash

 

“Farm Cash” is an accounting package specifically written for farmers, particularly dairy farmers.

 

The programme has been written locally in Western Victoria by veterinarians David Beggs & Mike Hamblin, primarily to obtain data to allow benchmarking of client’s performance. The emphasis has been on simple data entry.

The best time to gather physical farm information is when paying accounts, as the invoices are usually available at that time. Information such as tonnes of grain or fertiliser purchased and milk production details are best recorded when accounting records are made.

“Farm Cash” has been designed to be a simple farm cashbook programme where minimal computing or accounting skills are necessary.

“Farm Cash” can produce a comparative farm analysis report at the press of a key rather than spend many days retrieving long forgotten information. In addition, “Farm Cash” can determine the amount of grass eaten per hectare; an important indicator of dairy farm efficiency.

Along the way “Farm Cash” records financial transactions in a way where records can be presented to your accountant on hard copy or disk, to allow preparation of taxation returns. Stock numbers can be recorded at June 30 each year so that guess work is not needed months later when your tax return is being prepared.

 

SIMPLE CASHBOOK

 

Bank reconciliation is performed simply and a report produced to indicate that the bank is balanced.

An added advantage is that reports can be run for any period of time, not just for the financial year. Furthermore, transactions are visible and can be accessed anytime in the future.

“Farm Cash” also allows export of the monthly cashflow into a spreadsheet for budgeting.

Reports are menu driven and can be previewed on the screen.

 

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Simple cashbook system for farmers

  • Easy to reconcile to bank
  • General ledger for tax preparation
  • Reports run for any period required
  • Export to spreadsheet for budgeting
  • Produce ‘comparitive farm analysis’ report