FarmTabs is a software developed by the Iowa Valley RC&D team to enable small and mid-sized farmers to manage records to meet GAP audit and other food safety requirements. FarmTabs is free software developed by experts in the area of food safety, agricultural supply chains, process improvement and software development. FarmTabs is publicly available under a Creative Commons License. Some of the key features of FarmTabs are listed below.
Farm Tabs is getting a maintenance update and customer support is not currently available.
Fill out the FarmTabs User Subscription Form below to download FarmTabs.
Funded by the USDA, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, and Johnson County.
Key Features
Manage farm inventory, generate product labels and invoices
Generate end-of-season yield and sales summaries for future crop planning
Farm to fork tracking of produce per federal food safety requirements
Record and track employee hours
Allow auto integration with QuickBooks
Track GAP audit results for future operational improvements
System Requirements
Microsoft 2016 (or higher) recommended
Two versions available: Windows and iOS
Internet connectivity required only to enable auto email feature
Recommended printer: Brother QL700
Recommended hardware: Microsoft Surface
Recommended subscription: Zed Axis for QuickBooks integration
Current Activities
Initializing public release of Farm Tabs
Working with 12 farms to implement FarmTabs through our Clean StartCoaching Program
Actively using FarmTabs at Grow: Johnson County to work out future improvements
Read more about the project in our recently published article in the International Industrial Engineering Magazine
Contact Us
Please send an email to jason@ivrcd if you want to like to have a demo of FarmTabs or have any questions about the software.