Farm

Manage farms in the AeLive application through the Farm screen.  Navigate to the farm screen by clicking Facility Management.From there, select the division the farm belongs to.  After selecting the division, the user can either add a new farm by clicking the Add Farm button on the top ribbon bar menu or right clicking the Division and selecting Add a New Farm, from the context menu. The Add New Farm form will display.

• Status. The current status of the farm. The current selections are Active or Inactive. This field will default to the system default of Active.
• Contract. Specify if this is a contracted farm. You can set up contracts by navigating to system and selecting contracts from the systems menu.
• Farm Type. The farm type of the farm being added or edited. These values come from a list defined by the user in theBusiness Types management screen.
• Service Person. The service person of the farm. This list is defined by the user in the Service Person management screen under the System menu selection on the left navigational window.
• Longitude. The longitude location of the farm. This field is optional. The only time it is required is if the user enters a Latitude value and vice versa.
• Latitude. The latitude location of the farm. This field is optional. The only time it is required is if the user enters aLongitude value and vice versa.
• Supported industry types. Select the appropriate Industry Type for the Farm. For more information on Industries, please see Industries and Industry types.

Industry Types

The user can select industry types that the farm supports. The items that are checked are supported by the farm and will be available to the houses that will be attached to the farm. Those that are not selected are not supported by the farm and will not be available as a selection to the houses that will be attached to the farm. This list is provided by what is selected from the farm’s parent company and division.

Settings

The farm settings screen allows the user to set up any additional settings of the farm that will propagate down to the house and flocks. This screen is provided by clicking the Settings tab as shown below. The following fields are provided:

Feed Delivery and Scheduling Settings

• Delivery Zone. Select the delivery zone for this farm from the drop down list. The delivery zone is used for reporting and can be used in feed scheduling and feed delivery reports. You can set up delivery zones by navigating to System, selecting System Settings and the System Types tab.
• Feed Schedule Processing Mode. Select how your feed schedule processing is set for this farm from the drop down list.
• Include Flocks for this Farm in Feed Schedule. Select this option if you want to include this farms flocks in Feed Schedules. If not selected, then groups assigned to the farm are unable to be included in feed scheduling.
• Apply Feed Haul Surcharge to this Farm?  Select if you would like to apply Feed Haul Surcharges to this farm.  Surcharges get set up under Feed Mills.

Payment and Settlement Defaults

• Settle Pay Grouping.  If all flocks at this farm gets a specific Settlement Pay Grouping, you can set that here.

Agri Stats Default Settings

• Agri Stats Plant Code. Set your Agri Stats Plant Codes assigned to each farm.  Agri Stat Plant codes can be set up under System Types under System Settings.

Producers

This is where you will set up what producers are associated to the farm. You can set up a Single Producer or a Producer group where you will allocate a percentage to each producer or default to company owned if no producer exists. This is needed for Producer Payments and Settlements.

Plants

You can associate plants to a farm. To do so, click on the Plants tab (4)as shown below.  The tab contains a grid with the plants grouped by the Plant Type, which is either a Feed Mill or a Processing Plant. To view the plants expand the appropriate plant type that the plant is classified under. The plants are defined in the Plant and Mills management screen under the System menu selection on the left navigational window. The user will then update the following information for the desired plant:

Plant Code. This is the unique plant code.
Plant Name. This is the plants name.
Plant Status. This tells you if the plant is currently active or inactive
Default Plant. Indicates that the selected plant is the default plant for the farm under that plant type. Only one selection under that plant type can be made as the default.
Distance. The distance from the farm to the plant.
Measure. The unit of measure for the distance between the farm and the plant.
Average Time. Enter the average time it takes to get from plant to farm.
Directions. Any directions the user wishes to note about the farm to the plant.

To save your changes click the Save button.

Addresses

You can also assign addresses to the farm. To do so, click on the Addresses tab (2) as shown below. To add a new address, click on a new empty row on the bottom and fill in the appropriate data:

Address type. This is the type of address that is being entered in. The current selections are Street, Mailing, Billing andShipping. The physical address is the Street address. The field allows the user to either click the drop down field to make their selection or use the type-ahead feature for faster input. This is a required field and a selection must be made.
Address. The actual street address of the farm. This is a required field.
Address (misc). Any miscellaneous address information for the farm. This field is optional.
City. The city of the farm. This is a required field.
Country. The country of the farm. This is a required field.
State/Province. The state or province of the farm. This is a required field.
Postal Code. The postal code of the farm. This field is optional.

To save the record, the user will tab all the way till the next line. If there is invalid data or the required fields aren’t entered the grid will display validations on each field that need to be addressed.

To view the validation message, hover over the X on the field. If the field is not validated, the user will not be able to save any data on the screen. The user will also not be able to do anything else such as close the screen or open a new screen until the issue is resolved.

To cancel a new record the user will hit the Esc key. To delete a record, the user will select the whole row and hit the Delete button on the keyboard. This will bring up a confirmation prompt before deleting.

To save your changes click the Save button.

Phone/Fax

You can also assign phone/fax numbers to the farm. To do so, click on the Phone/Fax Numbers tab (3) as shown below. To add a new phone/fax number the user will click on a new empty row on the bottom and fill in the appropriate data:

• • Number Type.  The type of number that is being entered in. The current selections are Phone and Fax. The field allows the user to either click the drop down field to make their selection or use the type ahead feature for faster input. This is a required field and a selection must be made.
  • Number.  The phone/fax number of the farm.  This is a required field.
  • Notes.  Any notes the user wishes to make about the phone/fax number.

To save the record, the user will tab all the way till the next line.  If there is invalid data or the required fields aren’t entered the grid will display validations on each field that need to be addressed.

To view the validation message hover over the X on the field. If the field is not validated the user will not be able to save the data not only on the grid but any data on the screen. The user will also not be able to do anything else such as close the screen or open a new screen until the issue is resolved.

To cancel a new record the user will hit the Esc key. To delete a record, the user will select the whole row and hit the Deletebutton on the keyboard. This will bring up a confirmation prompt before deleting.

To save your changes click the Save button.

Account

You can apply account numbers to a farm that can then be selected on the flock.  This was created to integrate with a customers 3rd party software.

To Edit or delete a farm, right click on a farm in the Facility Management Tree and select “Edit This Farm”.  (You can also select the farm and then click the “Edit Selected” button as indicated in the red square as shown above.)

The farm can then be edited and changes saved. If the Farm needs to be deleted, do so by clicking the Delete button on the form.  Password verification is needed as to not accidentally delete a facility.  Deleting a facility may cause related records to be deleted.

WARNING:  Deleting a Farm will delete ALL associated Houses.  If you accidentally delete a Farm, contact your system administrator.