Let’s wrap up this harvest spreadsheet series by planning your harvest day. Now that you’ve calculated your harvest rates you can use that information to figure out how long your harvest will take. And with this spreadsheet you can allocate when in your day you have time to harvest each crop. Once you start this … More fsa tip #67 Plan your harvest day

Are you harvesting fast enough? To figure that out you need to compare your Harvest Targets and your Harvest Rates. So this spreadsheet does just that! Start off by entering your harvest targets and the spreadsheet will set your harvest thresholds. Next fill out the harvest log (just like in Spreadsheet Tip #65) and then … More fsa tip #66 Are you harvesting fast enough?

This is spreadsheet #2 in the Harvest Efficiency series. This sheet gives you a place to record how much you harvested and in how much time. The spreadsheet turns that into Units / Hour. Then using your sales prices – that becomes $ / hour! Now you don’t have to do this for all your … More fsa tip #65 Track your harvest rates

You’re probably just about to jump into a lot of harvesting on your farm. This might be a good time to stop a moment and think about your harvest efficiency. My next few spreadsheets will be about how to evaluate and improve harvest efficiency on your farm. The starting point is knowing what your harvest … More fsa tip #64 Set your $/Hour Harvest Targets