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Farmplan Business Manager
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Business Manager licence | Windows desktop · support contract required for updates and MTD VAT submission | On request |
As farmplan.co.uk lists them, read 21 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Facts from Farmplan Business Manager's own pages
- API connection
- Farmplan describes a new API connection for CLAAS equipment within its wider Gatekeeper integration ecosystem. · farmplan.co.uk, 21 Oct 2026
- Asset register
- An optional Asset Register calculates depreciation for individual machinery and can allocate repairs to machines. · farmplan.co.uk, 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. · farmplan.co.uk, 21 Oct 2026
- Bank reconciliation
- Bank Reconciliation compares entered transactions with statements and permits edits from the reconciliation screen. · farmplan.co.uk, 21 Oct 2026
- Cash analysis
- The software records payments and receipts directly against bank accounts with VAT coding. · farmplan.co.uk, 21 Oct 2026
- Company history
- Farmplan says it was bought by Reed Elsevier in 2000; TELUS announced completion of Proagrica’s acquisition on 15 March 2024. · farmplan.co.uk, 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. · uk.linkedin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Data migration
- Farmplan provides migration reports and exports for suppliers, customers and invoices to move Business Manager data into Business Cloud. · farmplan.co.uk, 21 Oct 2026
- Development direction
- Farmplan says most development resources are focused on Business Cloud, while Business Manager is updated mainly for legislative changes. · farmplan.co.uk, 21 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The support centre provides downloads, getting-started guides, FAQs, how-to videos and release notes. · farmplan.co.uk, 21 Oct 2026
- Electronic payments
- An Electronic Payments module creates payment files for import into supported banks. · farmplan.co.uk, 21 Oct 2026
- Founded
- CB Insights lists Farmplan as founded in 1972 and based in Ross-on-Wye, United Kingdom. · cbinsights.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Income-tax MTD
- Version 3.48 adds quarterly MTD Income Tax submissions for trading, UK-property and foreign-property activities. · farmplan.co.uk, 21 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Business Manager connects to HMRC for Making Tax Digital submissions and supports data exchange between datasets. · farmplan.co.uk, 21 Oct 2026
- Intercompany transfers
- Invoices can be exported from one Business Manager business and imported into another as the opposite transaction type. · farmplan.co.uk, 21 Oct 2026
- Invoice accounting
- Higher program levels support supplier and customer invoices, Quick Pay, ledger payments, invoice printing and statements. · farmplan.co.uk, 21 Oct 2026
- Items Inspector
- Items Inspector filters and groups transactions to investigate spending, suppliers and other account details. · farmplan.co.uk, 21 Oct 2026
- Licence model
- The terms grant a non-exclusive licence for one computer, with network use requiring enough licences for simultaneous users. · farmplan.co.uk, 21 Oct 2026
- Licence restrictions
- The licence prohibits renting, sublicensing, modifying, reverse engineering, decompiling and creating derivative works. · farmplan.co.uk, 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: implementation
- Solevant says initial setup can take substantial time, especially for users unfamiliar with digital systems. · solevant.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: interface
- Solevant reports that some users consider the interface dated and advanced features difficult to learn. · solevant.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: legacy support
- After October 2024, unsupported legacy accounts products lost VAT submissions, online backups, product updates and support services. · farmplan.co.uk, 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. · farmplan.co.uk, 21 Oct 2026
- Ownership
- TELUS identifies Farmplan among Proagrica agronomic solutions after acquiring Proagrica. · telus.com, 21 Oct 2026
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