New Feature: Pasture Yardage Deduction

Pasture Yardage Deduction:

How It Works

When cattle are moved to a pasture pen, they shouldn't be charged daily yardage. This feature automatically deducts yardage charges for the time cattle spend on pasture.

Step 1: Mark a Pen as "On Pasture"

Go to your Edit Pen screen and check the "On Pasture" checkbox for any pen that represents a pasture. This tells the system that cattle in this pen should not be charged yardage.

Step 2: Use Pen Transfers as Usual

When you transfer cattle to a pasture pen, the system will automatically stop charging yardage for those head starting from the transfer date. When you transfer them back out, yardage charges resume from that date onward.

No extra steps are needed — just do your pen transfers as you normally would.

How the Calculation Works

The system calculates the deduction based on two simple rules:

• Transfer INTO a pasture pen — yardage is deducted from the transfer date through the end of the reporting period.
• Transfer OUT of a pasture pen — yardage is added back from the transfer date through the end of the reporting period.

The deduction will be included under Yardage on your invoice.report.

Example

Suppose your lot has a daily yardage of $0.50 and the reporting period is Dec 1 – Dec 31.

Deduction from transfer in:Dec 11 to Dec 31 = 21 days × 10 head = 210 head-days → −$105.00

Addition from transfer out:Dec 20 to Dec 31 = 12 days × 10 head = 120 head-days → +$60.00

Net pasture deduction: −$105.00 + $60.00 = −$45.00

This means the 10 head were on pasture for 9 days (Dec 11–19), saving $0.50 × 10 × 9 = $45.00 in yardage — which checks out.

Things to Keep In Mind

• The deduction only applies to pens marked "On Pasture." Regular pen transfers between non-pasture pens have no effect on yardage.
• The transfer-in date are included in the deduction (the transfer-out date itself is charged normally).
• The daily yardage rate used is the Lot's Daily Yardage setting.

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