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Type | Short description | Status | Justification |
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Machinery | Expenses related to the purchase, lease, rental, and maintenance of machinery. | Retained | Heavily used. |
Utilities | Recurring expenses related to electricity, gas, water (including irrigation), garbage collection, and other periodic services. | Proposed | Commonly used for monthly or annual expenses such as electricity, gas, and water (including irrigation). |
Labour | Expenses related to employed and contracted individuals. | Proposed | Heavily used. |
Seeds and plants | Purchases of seeds, starts, and seedlings used in planting and transplanting. | Renamed | Combination of existing “Seeds” and many entries under “Other” related to transplanted seedlings or starts. |
Soil Amendment | Expenses related to additives such as fertilizers that improve the attributes of your soil. | Retained | |
Equipment | Expenses related to simple tools, supplies, and parts for operating your farm. | Retained | Combination of existing “Equipment” with “Building supplies” and “maintenance” found during “Other” analysis. |
Fuel | Expenses related to the fuelling of infrastructure, vehicles, machinery, and equipment. | Retained | |
Pest control | Expenses related to the purchase of ingredients, products, and devices used to manage weeds and verminpests. | Renamed | Renamed from “Pesticide”. Includes purchases of ingredients and services for both weeds and vermin. |
Land | Expenses related to the purchase, financing, lease, rental, access, tax, and other fees for land ownership or use. | Retained | Renamed from “Land” to more clearly define different relationships to land relationships described in “Other” analysis. |
Infrastructure | Expenses related to building or improving structures on the farm. | Proposed | Asked for by user feedback group. Small set of existing examples from “Other” type. |
Transportation | Expenses related to moving inputs, outputs, and people. | Proposed | |
Services | Expenses related to other services such as licensing, certification, agronomy support, testing, marketing, and others. | Proposed | Combination of “Tax” and “Licenses and dues” found in Other analysis. |
Miscellaneous | Everything else. Consider creating a custom expense type if you will have additional expenses like this in the future. | Renamed | Renamed from “Other”. Should be less visible than other types. |
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