Farmable harvest tag scanning and inventory
Farmable harvest tag scanning and inventory management by Producepak allows instant scanning of Farmable harvest tag bar-codes, inserts harvest date, harvest quantity & quality, and harvest block location into Producepak.
Farmable harvest tag scanning and inventory management: integrate with Farmable
Generate your Farmable harvest tag barcodes in the field and apply them. When the bins reach the packhouse, all you have to do is scan the Farmable barcodes and the harvest details are immediately added to the Producepak database for traceability and inventory management purposes.
Once you scan your Farmable harvest tags, you can continue to manage your Producepak inventory by scanning the Farmable harvest tag to select bins to add to a batch or tip into the production line.
You can also scan the Farmable harvest tag at any time to move bins from one location to another, or sell them immediately.
Why use Farmable Harvest Labels?
#1. Full control of your harvest bins; instantly know the variety, quality, volume and harvest date of any bin. And most importantly, what field did it come from.
#2. Traceability. Easily track any bin back to the field level.
Now traceability is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days, so I won’t blame you if you rolled your eyes here. Like it or not, traceability will be part of the future of farming. In the US, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA 204) will push food and beverage supply chains to install traceability processes by 2026. In Europe, countries like Spain, Switzerland and Austria have already put systems in place. All other European nations need to initiate some degree of traceability reporting in the next two farming seasons.
In short, traceability is happening and farm managers have a central role to making it possible. The key to getting through this change, will be having simple, low-cost systems that are easily implemented on the farm. Our team at Farmable is on a mission to do exactly that.
The Upside to Traceability
While traceability is connected to regulations on the farm, it’s not all doom and paperwork. Farms that put good processes in place, stand to benefit:
Farmable harvest tag scanning and inventory management: integrate with Farmable: no need to replace Farmable harvest tags with new traceability or inventory labels
Save time with Producepaks ability to read and manage inventory using Farmable labels, this reduces time taken to receive Farmable harvested fresh produce into the packhouse, and reduces administration costs.
This simple feature is the easiest way to have full control of your harvest bins this season.
One of the best parts about my job at Farmable is talking to farm managers. You have amazing ideas, and you are genuinely happy to share good ideas with our team in hopes of improving a product.
Of all the conversations I have with farm managers, at the top of the list is getting to call up a farm and say, ‘Hey! Remember that great idea you had? It’s in the App now!’
Suffice it to say, the team at Farmable is feeling a huge appreciation to the farm managers who asked for printable harvest labels. Today, we get to share this feature just in time for harvest season.
What are Farmable Harvest Labels?
The Farmable App can be used to register harvested batches for your farm. Starting today, you can immediately choose to print harvest labels for any existing harvest record. You can do this conveniently when entering batch details or going back to your historical records and printing labels when you need them.
Better traceability means the farm is in a stronger position to negotiate in the event of downgraded or rejected crops from packhouses, distributors or other supply chain partners.
ROI per field. Getting your data organized for field level traceability, means you can easily unlock a key metric for your farm: revenue per field. Now you are half-way to knowing your ROI per field. (If you are using Farmable, you can easily get all the way to ROI per field).
Subsidies. Money in your pocket. While you might start a traceability project due to upcoming regulation, putting the systems in place can easily allow you to demonstrate compliance with subsidy programs. Depending on where you farm, these are becoming more available for food safety programs, sustainability initiatives and just demonstrating alignment with central, digital reporting systems.