{"id":130,"date":"2012-03-07T13:41:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T18:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/blog\/?p=130"},"modified":"2012-03-07T13:41:50","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T18:41:50","slug":"farming-module-for-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/blog\/farming-module-for-pics\/2012\/03\/07\/","title":{"rendered":"Farming Module for PICS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Based on several customer requests, as well as what we are learning during farm visits, it is becoming obvious that having a Farming module would be very beneficial. Some farmers use FCC Field Manager Pro, Farm Works and\/or other software. Some use spreadsheets, and some keep written records.<\/p>\n<p>We propose to create screens for tracking what you planted, when, in which field, from what seed, what you did to it (herbicide, fungicide, pesticide, etc.), when will it harvest, etc.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re told that there isn\u2019t much on the market that does it all \u2026 i.e. what PICS does now, plus a Farming Module. So if we add this module, PICS would be truly be a \u201cfarm to fork\u201d software package.<\/p>\n<p>Further, we are being told there could be a large market for farms who just do farming and have someone else do the packing and selling. A Web based application for them might be ideal as they could enter the data live and in real time, for a very reasonable fee (i.e. hosted option with no need to purchase software, installation services, servers, etc.). If Farms used the new WebPICS Farming module, we could also allow them to export the data such that their packer\/marketer partners who use PICS could import the data \u2026 wouldn\u2019t that be cool! Leave us a comment and propose a new feature request here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on several customer requests, as well as what we are learning during farm visits, it is becoming obvious that having a Farming module would be very beneficial. Some farmers use FCC Field Manager Pro, Farm Works and\/or other software. Some use spreadsheets, and some keep written records. 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