This step-by-step guide describes how to track your chemicals, deposits and withdrawals, and costs, with Croptracker.
This guide requires you have access to one or more chemicals. If you do not have access to any chemicals see How to Add a Chemical for more information.
Tracking a Chemical
1. In the top menu expand the Farm Manager tab and click the Chemicals menu item.
2. Find the chemical you want to track in the list. Click the blue View button next to the chemical under actions.
3. Click the Track Chemical Inventory button in the top right hand corner.
Enter the Formulation if applicable.
Enter the Date of your initial "deposit".
Specify the Unit Type and number of Unit(s).
Select or enter a Location for where the chemical is stored.
Enter the Unit Cost or Total Cost for this chemical.
Enter any Notes if applicable.
Click the Save button.
Recording Deposits and Withdrawals
Withdrawals are created automatically when you record a spray event using that chemical. The amount of chemical you apply in the spray event will be withdrawn for this chemical in your inventory. The spray tank must use the same unit used to track the chemical.
Deposit
1. In the top menu expand the Farm Manager tab and click the Chemical Inventory menu item. This will take you to your chemical inventory list showing all the chemicals you are tracking.
2. To record a deposit click the Deposit button next to the chemical in the list.
3. In the pop-up enter the Date of the deposit, the amount (whichever unit was specified when the chemical was tracked), the Location if applicable.
4. Enter the Unit Cost of Total Cost of the deposit.
5. Enter any Notes about this deposit if applicable.
6. Click the Save button.
Withdrawal
1. In the top menu expand the Farm Manager tab and click the Chemical Inventory menu item. This will take you to your chemical inventory list showing all the chemicals you are tracking.
2. To record a withdrawal click the dropdown next to the Deposit button next to the chemical in the list.
3. Click the Withdrawal action.
4. In the pop-up enter the Date of the withdrawal, the amount (whichever unit was specified when the chemical was tracked), the Location if applicable.
5. Enter the Unit Cost of Total Cost of the withdrawal.
6. Enter any Notes about this withdrawal if applicable.
7. Click the Save button.
Adjustments, Editing, Deleting
To view all deposits and withdrawals for a chemical click the dropdown next to the chemical in the list and click the Report action. From here you can edit and delete withdrawals. If the withdrawal was generated from a spray event you must edit or delete the spray event to make adjustments.
Resetting Your Inventory
You can delete all records from your inventory by clicking the Reset Chemical Inventory button at the top of the chemical inventory list page.
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