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Sheep, beef, dairy and cropping farmers, plus the accountants who work alongside them. See how they use Farm Focus to stay on top of cashflow, budgets and planning.

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farms across New Zealand and Australia

45 years

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Curtis, John and Tina Pannett
Farmer
New Zealand
Sheep
Beef
Teviot Valley, near Roxburgh

Updating the farm accounts from any device, even in the busy season

Now because the software is cloud based, we can log in from anywhere, on any device and update details which is a real time saver during busy periods.

Curtis, John and Tina Pannett
About 3,400 ha, 11,000 stock units
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Frank Martin
Farmer
New Zealand
Sheep
Beef
Eskdale, near Napier, and Wairoa

From a 1987 farm computer to the cloud: how the Martins run two farms as one team

Just this real-time information sharing alone has made a real difference for us as a team.

Frank Martin
1,624 ha hill block and 170 ha flat block
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Debbie and Arthur Win
Farmer
New Zealand
Sheep
Beef
Dovedale, near Wakefield

“We are farmers not bookkeepers”: simple farm budgeting in Dovedale

We are farmers not bookkeepers – having a software management tool that makes sense to us as a group of users is so helpful.

Debbie and Arthur Win
About 345 ha, sheep and beef
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Caroline Smith
Farmer
New Zealand
Beef
Deer
Napier-Taupo Road, near the Mohaka River

Less office time, more time on the farm

I'm able to budget out three/four years ahead which is fantastic.

Caroline Smith
240 ha: 150 South Devon cows, 380 hinds
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Bryan Rendle and Liz Russell
Farmer
New Zealand
Sheep
Beef
Near Ohingaiti

When the farmer, not the bank, brings the numbers to the meeting

We can now go to the bank with solid and verifiable information about our business, rather than how it used to be when the bank came to you with that information.

Bryan Rendle and Liz Russell
About 500 ha hill country
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Juliette Allen
Farmer
New Zealand
Sheep
Beef
Ponatahi, south-east of Masterton

Farm payroll and accounts that talk to each other

Peace of mind is a good feeling and knowing our business is compliant is priceless.

Juliette Allen
1,100 ha sheep and finishing beef
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Lisa Stevenson
Farmer
New Zealand
Dairy
Kokotau, near Carterton

Set up with a phone call: how a Wairarapa contract milker runs her farm accounts in Farm Focus

It’s better than, I believe, a lot of other systems, purely because it is so farm focused.

Lisa Stevenson
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Nick Walls
Professional
New Zealand
Accountant
Christchurch and Ashburton

More than the books: how an agribusiness accountant uses Farm Focus software to help farmers plan

Today agriculture is a fast-moving industry requiring quick decisions supported by good information and, for us, being able to access timely and accurate information is everything.

Nick Walls
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Shona Quinlan, Meredith Kerr and Di Gunson
Farmer
New Zealand
Dairy

Ten dairy farms, one system: how Spectrum Group runs its numbers

Everything is closely budgeted. The actuals are compared to forecasting which gives an excellent snapshot of exactly where each entity is at.

Shona Quinlan, Meredith Kerr and Di Gunson
10 farms, 7,600 cows
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