Payroll - now in Farm Focus.

Get your team paid without leaving Farm Focus.
Fully ATO compliant with Payday Super, STP and more.

Powered by Lightning Payroll - the trusted payroll software provider for over 4,000 businesses across Australia and New Zealand.

Get 30 days of payroll, free

Farm Focus now runs your payroll too. Same login, on one platform, with onboarding support included.

Pay your team without ever leaving Farm Focus.

how to get started

Three steps from sign-up to first pay run

1

Login and activate

Simply login to Farm Focus, select 'Payroll' from the navigation on the left and follow the prompts to activate.

2

Pick a plan

Choose a plan best sized to suit your team. Select the one that fits and subscribe in a few clicks. All plans include a free 30 day trial.

3

Start running your pays

Run pays, lodge STP to the ATO, and export your pay totals back into Farm Focus as invoices for clean business reporting.

features

Everything you need to pay your team properly

Compliant lodging

Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 lodged direct to the ATO. SuperStream certified for super payments.

Built-in support for tax tables, leave, and termination payouts.

Payday Super enabled from 1 July 2026.

Free phone and email support

All the service you've come to expect from Farm Focus - real people, on the phone, included with every plan.

Need more? Additional training and support is available from Lightning Payroll at an additional cost.

Track your cashflow

Connect your bank account and see transactions coded in real time.

No surprises at the end of the month.

Built for farmers like you

Payroll that understands farm work

Seasonal teams
Hire, terminate, and rehire seasonal workers cleanly. Your records stay tidy through shearing, harvest, vintage, and back again.
Visa and migrant workers
Handle working holiday makers and visa workers with the right tax treatments built in.
Multi-property
One subscription covers up to two farms. Adding more properties is supported, with each one set up independently so your reporting stays clean.
Remote and field teams
Field staff clock in from their phones. Supervisors approve hours from anywhere. Office not required.
Award and Fair Work compliance
Pay rates, allowances, and leave calculators do the heavy lifting so you stay on the right side of Fair Work.
PRICING

Pick the plan that fits your team

Add the plan that suits you best to your existing Farm Focus subcription.

Small
For teams up to 5 employees
$27/ month
or $278 / year (save 15%)
Large
For teams up to 75 employees
$91/ month
or $950 / year (save 15%)

Need more farms on one subscription? We can sort it. Prices in AUD (no GST applicable).
Plan is charged after 30 day free period ends.

Focus Payroll is powered by Lightning Payroll, an Australian-made payroll platform with a strong track record across Australia and New Zealand. Lightning Payroll is published by Intellitron Pty Ltd, part of Constellation Software’s Vela Software Group.

4,000+
Businesses using the Lightning Payroll
40,000+
Employees paid each year via Lightning Payroll
$2.5B
Processed annually via Lightning Payroll
ISO 27001
Certified platform (Lightning Payroll)
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