We are excited to launch the initial phase of payroll this week. Farmers who have expressed interest in payroll will be contacted soon for onboarding. We’ve also kicked off the first feature of Advanced Accounting and will release more features through 2022. Enjoy!
Payroll (Initial Release)
- Employer Onboarding – [Requires Basic Accounting] You can now enable payroll for a business/entity and enter tax information that will be used for federal and state filings including forms 943, 940, W-4 and W-2. Also includes setting up your farm’s bank details so payroll will be automatically deducted from your farm’s checking account. Learn more
- Employee Onboarding – [Requires Basic Accounting] Setup and onboard your employees with key details including their social security number, pay frequency and pay rate. Work with employees to get updated tax data including completion of Federal Form W-4 and the state equivalent. Also includes setting up employee bank details so payroll gets automatically deposited into their account. Learn more
Advanced Accounting (Initial Release)
Enter Prepay Expenses – [Requires Basic Accounting] Create your prepay accounts (fertilizer, seed, chemicals, etc.) and have them linked to a specific vendor. Located under the ‘Type’ drop down is a new option called ‘Prepay Expenses’. This enables you to record your prepay expenses for the current year and properly handle the product delivery for next year. Learn more
Pay with Prepay – [Requires Basic Accounting] Located under the ‘Type’ dropdown is a new option called ‘Pay with Prepay’. This allows you to keep track of how much prepay you have left to use without affecting your cash/tax records. Learn more
Basic Agronomy
Zone Management – Traction Agronomy has added the ability to upload and view zones from any third-party application within the system. You can view a zone map as well as any attributes that were in the file. Learn more
Zone Sampling and Recommendations – Traction Agronomy can now support zones through its entire sampling system. You can upload zones for use in mobile sample collection, upload directly as a sample event, associate lab results, and create a zone-based fertilizer recommendation and prescription.
Field App v1.4
Zone Management – Traction Field can display the zones uploaded to the system. Zones are synced automatically down from the web and displayed under their field. In addition, you can view the color code map and all the corresponding attributes.
Use Zones for Sampling – Traction Field now supports zone-based sample collection. From the field, you can select a zone to sample by. Traction Field then uses an easy-to-follow color system to help direct the sample collection. Once finished sampling, the new zone-based sample event is automatically synced to the web. Learn more
