Farmplan Business Manager
Farmplan Business Manager is paid Windows desktop software for managing farm operational and financial records.
What Farmplan Business Manager is
Farmplan Business Manager is paid Windows desktop software for managing farm operational and financial records. It tracks crop costs so spending linked to crops can be recorded and reviewed. Enterprise tracking covers broader business information across the operation. Farm reports turn stored records into reports for review, while tax-ready records help organize information for tax work. Inventory tracking keeps stock records in the same system. The product is identified as desktop software with Windows support. Farmplan uses a paid pricing model, but the website provides pricing on request instead of a published amount. Prospective users can visit farmplan.co.uk for further information and to ask about pricing.
Good
- Tracks crop costs
- Includes enterprise tracking
- Produces farm reports
- Supports tax-ready records
- Provides inventory tracking
Watch out
- Windows desktop only
- Pricing is available on request
- Paid software with no listed free plan
- No macOS or web platform listed
Who it suits
Farmplan Business Manager suits farm operations that need Windows software for crop costs, enterprise records, reports, tax-ready information, and inventory tracking. Pricing details must be requested.
Verdict
Farmplan Business Manager brings core farm business records, reporting, crop costs, tax information, and inventory into a Windows desktop product. Its paid pricing is not published, so prospective users need to request a quote.
Plans and prices
From Farmplan Business Manager's own pricing page, checked 21 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Business Manager licence | Priced on request | Windows desktop · support contract required for updates and MTD VAT submission |
The facts
Each one read from Farmplan Business Manager's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API connection
- Farmplan describes a new API connection for CLAAS equipment within its wider Gatekeeper integration ecosystem.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Asset register
- An optional Asset Register calculates depreciation for individual machinery and can allocate repairs to machines.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Backup security
- Private web backups use a password that Farmplan says it cannot recover, and ten private backup slots are included while support is current.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Bank reconciliation
- Bank Reconciliation compares entered transactions with statements and permits edits from the reconciliation screen.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Cash analysis
- The software records payments and receipts directly against bank accounts with VAT coding.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Data migration
- Farmplan provides migration reports and exports for suppliers, customers and invoices to move Business Manager data into Business Cloud.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Development direction
- Farmplan says most development resources are focused on Business Cloud, while Business Manager is updated mainly for legislative changes.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The support centre provides downloads, getting-started guides, FAQs, how-to videos and release notes.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Electronic payments
- An Electronic Payments module creates payment files for import into supported banks.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Income-tax MTD
- Version 3.48 adds quarterly MTD Income Tax submissions for trading, UK-property and foreign-property activities.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Business Manager connects to HMRC for Making Tax Digital submissions and supports data exchange between datasets.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Invoice accounting
- Higher program levels support supplier and customer invoices, Quick Pay, ledger payments, invoice printing and statements.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Items Inspector
- Items Inspector filters and groups transactions to investigate spending, suppliers and other account details.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Licence model
- The terms grant a non-exclusive licence for one computer, with network use requiring enough licences for simultaneous users.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Licence restrictions
- The licence prohibits renting, sublicensing, modifying, reverse engineering, decompiling and creating derivative works.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: implementation
- Solevant says initial setup can take substantial time, especially for users unfamiliar with digital systems.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: interface
- Solevant reports that some users consider the interface dated and advanced features difficult to learn.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: legacy support
- After October 2024, unsupported legacy accounts products lost VAT submissions, online backups, product updates and support services.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: year-end changes
- Once a business is set up, its financial year end cannot be amended without creating a new dataset or paying Farmplan for assistance.checked 21 Oct 2026
The company
- Company history
- Farmplan says it was bought by Reed Elsevier in 2000; TELUS announced completion of Proagrica’s acquisition on 15 March 2024.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company profile
- LinkedIn lists Farmplan by TELUS Agriculture as privately held, with 11–50 employees and headquarters in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Founded
- CB Insights lists Farmplan as founded in 1972 and based in Ross-on-Wye, United Kingdom.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Intercompany transfers
- Invoices can be exported from one Business Manager business and imported into another as the opposite transaction type.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Ownership
- TELUS identifies Farmplan among Proagrica agronomic solutions after acquiring Proagrica.checked 21 Oct 2026
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