CenterPoint Accounting for Agriculture review

CenterPoint Accounting for Agriculture is Red Wing Software's farm edition, and it is the most complete farm ledger on this list. It breaks out profitability by field, crop or herd, keeps income and expenses mapped to Schedule F categories all year, and calculates farm financial ratios such as working capital and debt-to-asset from the numbers you enter. It tracks grain bushels, head counts and feed inventory beside the financials, depreciates machinery, facilities and breeding livestock on farm-specific schedules, and records cash rent, crop-share and lease terms by field or tract. Payroll covers Form 943, piece-work crew pay and bilingual pay stubs. You can run it from the cloud or install it locally where connectivity is thin. Red Wing offers unlimited US-based support through a Customer Care Membership. The drawback is price transparency: none is published, so you book a demo to get a quote, and the depth is more than a small farm needs.

Who it is for

large mixed crop and livestock operations

Price

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Key features

• Profitability by field, crop or herd with multi-enterprise accounting
• Income and expenses organized to Schedule F categories all year
• Depreciation for machinery, facilities and breeding livestock
• Cash rent, crop-share and lease tracking by field or tract
• Ag payroll with Form 943, piece-work crew pay and bilingual pay stubs

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Farm financial ratios such as working capital and debt-to-asset calculate automatically
• Strength: Runs in the cloud or installed locally for farms with weak internet
• Strength: Unlimited US-based phone and email support with a Customer Care Membership
• Weakness: No price is published; you book a demo to get a quote
• Weakness: Built for complex operations, so setup takes more work than single-farm apps
• Weakness: Support and tax updates depend on a paid Customer Care Membership

Key facts

• Vendor: Red Wing Software, Red Wing, MN
• Deployment: Cloud or local install
• Payroll: Form 943, piece-work, bilingual stubs
• Price: Quote after demo

Where it ranks

CenterPoint Accounting for Agriculture is No. 8 in our Best Farm Accounting Software verdict.