What is an agriculture software app?

Farm management software, or agricultural software, are digital tools designed to help farmers and those in the agriculture industry streamline their business, from daily operations to financial planning and control. Whether you’re managing your production, livestock reconciliation or budgets, combining agriculture apps with Xero gives you concrete financial and operational information to make better decisions for your business. 

What are the benefits of agriculture software?

• Make quick decisions: When you’re handling dispatches, livestock, crops and shipments, you need the right information to act quickly. Farm management software gives you a central point to oversee every area of your business, from available workers to dispatch to jobs, crop and field performance or delays that could affect your bottom line, so you can make informed decisions confidently. 

• Improve operational efficiency: Get better results from your farming operations with worker management, inventory, and compliance tools. Monitor the progress of agricultural operations and find areas for improvement with budget versus actual updates.

• Simplify farm management: Keep all information regarding your agricultural business in one location for easy access. Easily generate reports and gain valuable insights with farm management apps that centralise your daily operations and your accounting.  

What are the typical features I can use with farm management software apps?

• Task management: Create a plan for your farm and organise tasks based on priority and budgets. Manage your teams, set up and edit timesheets and communicate updates for easy collaboration and accountability.

• Crop planning: Improve your harvests and achieve your production goals with real-time and forecasted crop tracking. Track your yield year-to-year and monitor ordering amounts and projected sales based on historical data.

• Livestock sales tracking: Slash time and costs spent keeping track of every single animal manually updated monitoring of your livestock. Track the impact of your livestock sales and purchases with automatic reconciliation so you can make quicker decisions with confidence that your accounts are in check.

• In-depth financial reporting: Gain better control over your current and future financial decisions with visual, centralised reporting. Access deep insights on spending, yield, stock, and profitability while generating reports for your stakeholders with ease.

How farm management apps work with Xero

Oversee your agricultural business from field to finances when you integrate your farm management app with Xero. 

From sales and expense reconciliation to year-on-year planning for a profitable yield, you can manage your agriculture operations with Xero-connected apps that can allow you to: 

• Link livestock and crop sales straight through to your Xero account for accurate reconciliation

• Sync supplier and customer details between accounts and automatically produce invoices upon certain actions

• Forecast operational planning based on production tracking, budgets and historical data

Find your fit

Every agriculture apps’ integration with Xero can be different. To learn more, browse through the agriculture and farm management apps in this category. Click on an app to find detailed information on how it works and integrates with your Xero account, and ratings and reviews by other Xero users. Want to try an app? You can then get started directly from the app listing page in just a few clicks.