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Livestock Production

Livestock Production

Livestock Production requires the use of the Enterprise feature of the program.

  1. Click on Setup: Enterprise Codes to enter the valid enterprise/lot numbers for your organization.
    FarmBooks Beef Enterprice Codes window showing beef codes
  2. After your Lot Numbers are setup, close out of the Enterprise Codes window and click on Inventory: Livestock Production.
    FarmBooks dropdown menu showing Livestock Production option selected
  3. The Livestock Production for Enterprises window will open which allows you to record livestock births, weanings, or deaths to breeding enterprises and livestock deaths to feeding enterprises.
    FarmBooks Livestock Production for Enterprises window
  4. To enter a birth, death or weaning, click on an enterprise then click the Add button.
    FarmBooks Livestock Production for Enterprises window
  5. When the Add Livestock window opens:
    FarmBooks Add Livestock window showing Beef Cow Herd

    • Choose the Type from the dropdown menu:
      • Birth
      • Weaning
      • Death
    • Enter the date
    • Enter the units
    • Enter the total weight
    • Enter Opr $/ Unit
    • Opr Amount will be calculated from (units * Opr $ / Unit)
    • Enter Mkt $ / Unit
    • Mkt Values will be calculated from ( units * Mkt $ / Unit)
    • Click Add when completed