Business Central manages agricultural inventory, including seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, and harvested crops. It can also track the lifecycle of crops from planting to harvest, including monitoring the costs and inputs associated with each crop, or field, so products are predictably ready for wholesale or farm store POS sales.

Utilize end-to-end supply chain visibility, to manage the procurement of any agricultural components, purchases for re-sale, timed material requirements during the growing season, and the shipment of products from vendors or to customers. This includes vendor management, purchase order processing, and shipment tracking.

Business Central has built-in general ledger and all required accounting functions. Therefor real-time financial management tools enable detailed tracking of income, expenses, and profitability by crop, field, stores, and customers, or overall business operations financial performance. Gone are the days when a small small farm store has to take data from a farm store pos and input it into a siloed accounting system like QuickBooks, Sage or many others. With Business Central it's all one system with real-time data. Third party industry integrations, for example, a connection to John Deere Financial Multi-Use Account, reduces accounts receivable burden and payment delays.

Point of Sale and distribution sales can be configured with complex pricing strategies, including volume discounts, contract pricing, promotional offers, and customer rewards. Items and services can be set with different prices for different markets, at different locations, or can be set to maintain profit margins automatically when supplier costs change. Business Central has feed and farm supply software features to cater to local customers who demand unique pricing and loyalty rewards.

Choose credit card processing from all major credit card processors, and accept ACH payments, either real-time at the farm store POS or automated repeat payments for wholesale charge account customers. Don’t be held hostage to a single payment processor dictated by an ERP or POS provider and pay excessive credit card processing fees.

For agribusinesses involved in animal agriculture or crop production, Business Central had built in production management processes, including location and batch tracking, production cost, quality control, and compliance with food safety standards.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central natively includes a connection to Shopify or select a connector to any other major shopping cart on the planet, so you can sell, ship, deliver, or prepare orders for pickup, locally or anywhere your customers may be. Leverage e-commerce and let Business Central be your hub of products that flow seamlessly for sale on your webstore, or any major channels like Etsy, Amazon, and specialty Ag marketplaces. With one integrated solution the farm store POS, wholesale department, and e-commerce sites are all referencing the same stock status and the same stock status.

Business Central can help manage compliance with agricultural regulations, including environmental regulations, safety standards, and traceability requirements for food products.

Utilize the software to track the acquisition, maintenance, and operation of farm equipment and assets, helping optimize the usage and reduce the downtime of essential machinery.

Businesses can manage employee information, attendance tracking, production labor costs, and payroll, for full-time, part-time or seasonal labor.

Given the outdoor nature of agricultural work, mobile access to Business Central allows for real-time updates and access to information from anywhere, which is especially useful for managers and workers that are working in-store, in greenhouses, barns, and various field locations.

Add or remove fields and columns from any screen in the system to adapt to the way you work. Add or remove columns in any lists, to quickly see, sort, and filter any data needed. 

While viewing a list of plants, animal products, feed, in Business Central, single click to open them in Excel, edit, add equations, and send results instantly back into Business Central. Instantly access customer information and send Business Central documents in Microsoft Outlook or collaborate with associates about Business Central data from within Microsoft Teams.