How do I set up plans for Fallow fields?

Overview:

Fallow fields are an important part of crop rotation for many farms. In Traction Enterprise, there are two ways to track fallow field costs, depending on the preferred allocation for tasks while the field is fallow:

Attribute Fallow Field expenses to a Fallow Crop Plan
Attribute Fallow Field expenses to the future Crop Plan

Requirements:

Have a crop plan created

Process:

To attribute the costs of activities toward a Fallow Crop Plan:

Create a Crop Plan for the crop type Fallow and assign it to the relevant field/operational Boundary for the current year production cycle.
- Contact your CSM or Customer Support to have Fallow enabled if it is not yet available for your farm.
Add any Fallow Tasks to this Fallow Crop Plan.
Apply the Fallow Crop Plan to the respective fields.

Because the Fallow Crop Plan will not have any harvest activities for the given production cycle, and consequently no associated crop sales, it will likely show up as a net loss in the profitability report.

When viewing the Profit Analyzer page, set the crop type filter for Fallow to view Fallow costs separately from your other Crop Plans, so that they can be analyzed independently of other crops.

To attribute the costs of activities toward a subsequent crop on the field:

Assign a Crop Plan (for the future crop) to the boundary for the production cycle in which you expect to harvest your future crop (that is, the production cycle that you want your costs and revenue attributed towards)
Add any Fallow Tasks, such as tilling, soil testing, spraying, or scouting to this Crop Plan. This will allocate all costs of the Fallow activities towards the future crop.

Tip: Label the tasks Fallow Tilling and Fallow Soil Sampling.

This method of tracking Fallow costs allows you to attribute the costs associated with fallow acres to a crop that will follow the Fallow, providing you with more accurate crop enterprise financial plans.

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How do I set up plans for Fallow fields?

To attribute the costs of activities toward a Fallow Crop Plan:

To attribute the costs of activities toward a subsequent crop on the field:

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