Cityboy":zf5sbvq9 said:
Is there any software out there thats no real exspensive that can keep track of a cattle operation and costs ????
I use Cattlemax. It does take a bit of learning but that is off set by an amazing number of reports and data it compiles for you, almost automatically. I know nothing about the other programs.
However what caught my eye and led me to post a response is your wanting a program to "keep track of cattle operation and costs"
It seems to me that these are really two separate software problems and programs, cattle and costs.
While Cattlemax and probably other cattle data management programs have place to put costs/expenses in, they are NOT accounting programs.
It seems to me that you really need two programs, a cattle/herd data mangement program and an accounting program like Quickbooks. Quickbooks does have a set of accounts for a farming operation but you can't really keep track of your cattle weaning wts, pedigree etc on Quickbooks. Nor can you calculate P&L or do purchase orders or invoices or checkbook management from Cattlemax.
I don't think one program can do a good job at both cattle data management and profit/loss accounting and maintaining a balance sheet.
With cattle prices the way they have been maybe you don't want a P&L or Balance sheet!
jmho. Good Luck.