कृषि
Agriculture runs farms and agri-businesses: farms and fields, seasons, inputs, soil and irrigation, harvest and yield, livestock and dairy, farmers and advances, produce buying and selling, machinery, storage and schemes.
Why and when you use it
Farm money is spent over a whole season and earned at harvest, so it is hard to know whether a crop paid. Agriculture ties inputs, labour and machinery to each field and season, and records produce bought from farmers and sold to traders. Farm owners, FPOs and agri-traders use it.
Before you start
- Agriculture module active (Enterprise plan)
- Input items (seed, fertiliser) added in Inventory
- Buyers added as customers
Step by step
- Map farms and fieldsAdd each farm and its fields in Farms & Fields. Costs and yield are tracked per field.
- Plan the seasonIn Seasons & Activities, start a season for each field and crop, and record work such as sowing, spraying and weeding as it happens.
- Record inputs and field careUse Inputs for seed, fertiliser and pesticide used on a field. Soil & Irrigation keeps soil tests and watering records.
- Record harvest and yieldEnter the crop picked in Harvest & Yield. You then see yield per field against the inputs spent.
- Handle livestock and dairyIf you keep animals, use Livestock for the herd and Animal Health & Dairy for treatment and milk records.
- Work with farmersAdd growers in Farmers. Money given ahead of harvest goes in Farmer Advances, and produce bought from them in Purchases.
- Sell produce and manage resourcesRecord sales to traders in Produce Sales. Machinery & Labour tracks tractor use and workers, and Storage & Warehouse tracks produce in storage.
- Keep certificates and schemesUse Certifications & Schemes for organic or other certifications and government schemes you apply for. Watch the Dashboard for the season's picture.
- Check Registers Overview, Accounts and My PlanThe last tabs are shared by the industry modules. Registers Overview gives one summary of the registers in Agriculture, Accounts shows the money side of the module and how it reaches your books, and My Plan confirms the module is active - it reads "Agriculture Enterprise (Enterprise plan)".
Worked example
Green Valley Farms near Nashik grows onions on its 10-acre Field B in the Rabi season and also buys onions from nearby farmers. In November 2026 it gives farmer Sanjay Pawar a ₹25,000 advance against his crop.
- Seasons & Activities: starts "Rabi 2026 - Onion" on Field B; records transplanting on 12 Nov 2026.
- Inputs: records seedlings ₹42,000 and fertiliser ₹28,000 for Field B; Machinery & Labour adds ₹35,000 for tractor and workers.
- Farmer Advances: pays Sanjay Pawar ₹25,000.
- Harvest & Yield (March 2027): records 1,100 quintals from Field B.
- Purchases: buys 200 quintals from Sanjay Pawar at ₹1,500 = ₹3,00,000, less his ₹25,000 advance; ₹2,75,000 is paid.
- Produce Sales: sells 900 quintals to a Lasalgaon trader; the rest goes into Storage & Warehouse.
Result: Field B shows ₹1,05,000 spent against 1,100 quintals, the farmer's advance is cleared against his produce, and stored stock is visible for later sale.
💡 Tips
- Record inputs against the field on the day you use them - season-end guesses hide which field lost money.
- Recover advances through the farmer's produce purchase so the balance clears by itself.
- Keep certification documents up to date before the inspection season.
⚠️ Common mistakes
- Using one big "farm" with no fields, which makes per-crop profit impossible to see.
- Paying farmers in cash without recording it as an advance.
सवाल
Is GST charged on onions I sell?
Fresh vegetables are generally nil-rated, but check with your CA and list such item codes in the Nil-rated goods tab of GST rules.
🎬 Video walkthrough (script — recording coming soon)
- Scene 1: Agriculture Dashboard at Green Valley Farms.
- Scene 2: Field B and the Rabi 2026 onion season.
- Scene 3: Inputs and labour against Field B.
- Scene 4: ₹25,000 farmer advance to Sanjay Pawar.
- Scene 5: Harvest of 1,100 quintals and produce purchase with advance adjusted.
- Scene 6: Produce Sales and Storage.