Harvest is chaos enough. Your time records shouldn't be.

Most of our first farms switched from paper. The transition usually takes about a week. You start by running both systems in parallel — paper plus the app. Once you see the digital data is clean, you drop the paper. Most farms tell us the crew adapts faster than they expected.

You have options. A shared device at the staging area works for many orchards. Supervisor batch entry lets your crew lead enter hours for the whole crew. We're also building BLE relay support for farms that want a fixed clock-in point.

Yes. There's a dedicated external bookkeeper role. They can see time records, export payroll data, and pull reports without seeing employee personal info they don't need. Average freelance bookkeeper rate in Oregon is $45-55/hr — this should save them significant time each pay period.

Your data stays accessible for 60 days after cancellation. Export everything you need before that window closes.

In the public QuickBooks Time materials we reviewed, we did not find Oregon agriculture-specific 48-hour overtime or AEOTC workflows. Farm TimeCard is built around those Oregon farm use cases and can still export clean data into QuickBooks payroll workflows.

In the public Homebase materials we reviewed, we did not find Oregon agriculture-specific overtime, AEOTC, or audit-ready farm workflows. Homebase is a general hourly-team product; Farm TimeCard is built around Oregon farm operations.

Yes. True offline mode. Punches save on the phone with GPS and sync when signal returns. Your back blocks don't have cell service — we know that. The app doesn't care.

No. We give you tools to organize records and flag potential issues. This isn't legal advice. Oregon ag labor law is specific and changes regularly. Confirm your obligations with a qualified advisor.

A 4-worker farm recovering about 5 hours a month of recordkeeping time at $30/hour would recover about $150/month before any AEOTC value. Actual savings depend on your workflow, worker count, tier, and tax-year eligibility.

The Agricultural Employer Overtime Tax Credit (ORS 315.133) lets Oregon farms offset a percentage of overtime premium costs. The state allocated $55M per year, but only $5.1M was claimed in 2024. For non-dairy farms under 25 FTE, the 2025-2026 credit rate is 80%. That claims data suggests many farms may still be missing it because overtime records are hard to assemble after the fact. Farm TimeCard tracks your eligibility and generates the report your CPA needs.

Yes. Supervisors enter piece counts (bins picked, trees thinned, etc.) from the field. Managers review and approve. Piece-rate data flows into payroll exports alongside hourly time. You can track by picker, by block, and by task.

Yes. Set up fields by block, and every punch is tied to that field via GPS. Reports show hours, labor cost, and activity breakdown by block. You'll know exactly what Fuji block 3 cost you versus Honeycrisp block 7.

Add them in bulk from the dashboard. Each worker downloads the app and enters your org ID plus their PIN. Most crews are clocking in within a day of setup. You only pay for workers who actually clock in — so add them early, no penalty.

You set up activities for each harvest type — cherry pick, pear pick, thinning, packing. Each activity tracks time separately. Your reports show labor by crop and by activity, so you can compare seasons and plan next year.