Herbst Farmer is a totalFarmer's office solution for the computer. Each module is asimple and easy to use tool, turning farm facts and figures intocoherent profit boosting management information.
Herbst Farmer is a fullyintegrated computerised farm office. Enabling you to record andretrieve all your farm records , to plan ahead maximising currentfarming conditions to your individual needs and allowingsimplified EU form filling.
Farm Budget Planner. Thisplanner gives an instant , realistic answer to the question : Howmuch money can I afford to spend ? Or , Should change something ?Rent some land ? Lower my stocking rates ? Use less fertiliser ?Bring in contractors ? These are questions each of us askourselves everyday.
EU Grants Calculators.This calculator helps you to decide which grants to choose.Extensive or Normal. Cow grants, beef grants, sheep subsidycalculating Livestock units and optimising the EU funding to suityour farming system. Summarising the grants available to you. Anessential tool for every farmer where nearly a third of hisincome comes from EU funding.
Farm Machinery Tracker. Thisfeature gives the farmer absolute control over one of his mostvaluable assets, his Machinery. As well as providing details onValue, Depreciation, Year of manufacture, and a history ofrepairs, it records everyday essentials such as a service record,where to get spare parts, and exactly what spare parts arerequired.
Farm Building Administrator. Withthe Farm Building Administrator reports on all of the farmBuildings are easily accessible including a detailed maintenancerecord , and a notepad of useful addresses.
Farm Field Reporter. Thefarmers greatest asset is his land . A good farmer is simply theman who can encourage his land to yield its maximum , this isdone through precise fertilising, tilling and care. With modernsoil testing and crop rotation methods , and now the advent ofschemes such as set-aside and REPS it is more and more importantto keep good records . Farm Field reporter is a time saving aidto form filling , reports are instantly printed detailing PlotNumbers, Town land , Map and Adjusted areas, totaling Forage andTillage acreage. This indispensable tool facilitates continuityand consistency for all your Department of Agriculturecorrespondence.
To Do List. We're all veryfamiliar with the fact that spare time on a farm is a very rarething, there are always some little jobs to be done somewhere,whether its patching a fence, fitting a PTO guard or repairing abroken cable. That is why it is so important to utilise your timeto the full. To Do list helps you organise these jobs , you cansort them in order of importance, or choose to be remindedautomatically. Now all those minor jobs can be remembered beforeits too late.
AdditionalHerbst Farmer Modules
FBI is an Agricultural Encyclopedia , thefirst of its kind , compiled over four years containing researchdata from all over the world. It is an up to date and everexpanding source of valuable addresses , expert advice ,comparison tables , and interesting reading material on topicsranging from Sheep bloat to Ostrich Farming. In this Encyclopediayou will find contact names for every Irish Livestock mart how torecognise and treat severe cases of Grass Tetany , what to do inthe case of someone falling from a height, or having a heartattack, and much more . FBI will prove to every farmer and hisfamily fascinating world of information justwaiting to be discovered . Included with the latest version ofFBI are two new features . The first provides ComprehensiveConversion Tablesalbergo economico Katowice for Metric and Imperial units , and anextended General Information Topic filled with Facts and Figureson Ireland and the EU. Our Second feature has beenintroduced to provide a very quick and easy Safety Statement.This safety statement, although basic, fulfills all therequirements set out by Law.
Herbst Cattle is a verycomprehensive tool for any Beef production system. It allows thefarmer access to individual animal records including purchasedetails : Where? When? at What Weight? Health records : CalvingProblems? , Calf Weight?, Illness?, Thrift?, and Sale Details :To Whom? Price? Weight ? Profit ?. Built in management utilitiesinclude versatile calculators for estimated live weight gain ,feed mixes ,costs and requirements , and an estimated seasonalprofit calculator. The latest EU Premia and Subsidies areefficiently dealt with providing precise printed reports asrequired by the Department of Agriculture. The Livestock Unit(LU) calculator recommends which Farming system is the mostprofitable for you. Should you go "Extensive" or"Intensive" the program will calculate your bestoption. Listings of cattle to be sold or tested are available atdemand. All cattle "in test" can be seen at a glance.
Herbst Grain keeps arecord of all your tillage data - yields inputs etc. helping youto make next years decisions. The budget calculator helps you tofind the most profitable crop. The Area Aid and set-asidecalculator helps you to optimise the use of the available EUfunds.
Herbst SheepERROR MSG has beendesigned in a similar format to the Herbst Cattle Module and toHerbst Farm itself . The purpose of Herbst sheep is to Help you ,the Sheep Farmer , to manage your flock more effectively. Eachanimal's file has its own Health record ,and Notepad , detailsare recorded of Lambs and Lambing rates . It is with theserecords that a farmer can vastly increase the quality of his herdthrough more selective breeding , and all with minimal extra workand within one breeding season.
ERROR MSGWord Processor & Spreadsheet . Asidefrom farm management most people will expect a little more out oftheir computer , that is why we have included a top of the rangepackage allowing you to write professional letters and documents, withbuilt in Spelling Checker and Thesaurus . The package comescomplete with Spreadsheet, Database, Desktop Organiser, Graphics,Outliner, and Communications software . This package was createdso that you can learn to use it in less than an hour . Theprograms obvious to use menu's work the same way in every part ofthe program. This means that when you've learnt the basics of theword processor, using the database or spreadsheet will be secondnature .
Herbst Cash keeps allrecords of money spent and received with a cash analysisproducing a profit and loss account as well as constant bankreconciliation and comprehensive VAT reports. This package hasbeen especially designed to cater for the needs of the small tomedium sized farmer. Despite being the easiest to use accountsystem available Herbst Cash still can deliver detailed reportscovering Profit and Loss in the different Farm activities and allinformation to satisfy the Paper work required for today'sfarmer. All you have to do is to enter payments out and lodgmentsin , Herbst Cash looks after the rest .
Herbst SIA Bilbao cheap hotelsA fullyintegrated account package with a Sales , Purchase , Stock andNominal Ledger producing at any time, a full Management accountand Balance Sheet. The Job Costing Module is available forcontractors to invoice automatically Jobs done and hold therecord of all work done. A very comprehensive account system withVAT reports Tax liability estimator etc. Easy to use.
Herbst Pay Calculates the Pay , Tax ,PRSI , and prints a pay slip. It does the monthly P30 return, andthe end of year P35. The P45 can be printed out at any time. Thepayroll can be done in minutes and all legal requirements areautomatically dealt with.
ERROR MSGHerbst Farmer is a simple to use computerised farming officedesigned for the farmer who makes his money from farming and evendislikes book keeping and office work but is completely awarethat record keeping and optimising the use of available EU fundsis an essential part of today's farming. Herbst Farmer isdesigned to make small work of this task.
Your Guarantee : Herbst Computer Systems hasits very origins in farming , for over 35 years we have workedside by side , helping Irish farmers. The Herbst Group are notcomputer enthusiasts trying to find a niche in farming , insteadwe have been developing high quality computer software for theIrish market to make it possible to cope with the continuospressure on the farmer to increase his margins and at the sametime produce Farming records and mountains of paper to satisfythe legal requirements. A Herbst Computer System is the Solutionto overcome this demand on the farmer. The HCS phone or at choicemodem support is your security
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