• Individual Training and Consulting
• Training Tuesdays
• Classroom Training
• Examples of Training Topics

Martens Farms provides expert assistance to help you make the most of your hardware and software. We can help you learn or troubleshoot Farm Works Software using a secured direct internet connection to your PC for particularly fast, effective results. We also provide training and consulting over the phone, and sometimes an on-site visit is the best option in order to setup both hardware and software.

Call us for help with

• setting up and customizing your software and hardware setup for your particular farming needs
• learning basic and advanced skills with Farm Works Software
• troubleshooting software issues so you can get back into the field quickly
• configuring your precision farming equipment and Farm Works Software to streamline your work

Individual (One-on-One) Training

• Personalized instruction on using the Farm Works product(s) of your choice.
• Use your own Farm Works project file (or a copy your project file).
• Available on all levels from beginning to advanced users.
• Customized to meet your specific interests and needs.
• Includes "Lorra Martens Tips", which are especially useful insights gained over years of Farm Works use.
• Offered online by secured internet connection, at your site, at our site, or by phone.
• Remote On-Site Assistance allows hands-on training, setup and troubleshooting to any computer with an internet connection at 56k or higher speed. Like an on-site session but without the travel costs and time delays. This is an extremely productive option - give us a call for more information.

• Your Martens Farm consultant is not an accountant or lawyer and you should seek the advice of your personal accountant for financial decisions, and your lawyer concerning legal matters.
• Any personal or financial information seen or heard about your operation will STAY ABSOLUTELY PRIVATE.

Consulting

• Martens Farms offers expertise gained through years of using, supporting, and selling Farm Works Software and related GPS equipment. Our consulting services put our experience and expertise to work for your farm.
• Consulting may include a range of services to maximize your productivity and results with Farm Works Software.
  • Detailed initial setup and customization assistance.
  • Farm book keeping and field record keeping for new or existing farm projects.
  • Field mapping, including importing and calibrating of maps.
  • Custom report design based on your input.
  • Streamline how you use the software based on how you work your farm, ranch, or agricultural business.
  • Existing project file fine-tuning - we comb through your project and after your approval, add useful enhancements to save you time, money, and effort.
  • Special assistance - just ask!

Individual Training and Consulting: 

*In my office either in person or by phone conversation.
Phone time will be charged in 15-minute increments.

** At your place of business - 8 hour minimum and applicable travel expenses & time apply including

• Lodging and dinning expenses.
• Travel time - includes the day the consultant leaves home and day they return.
• Car mileage - $1 per mile (including to and from airports).
• Electronic equipment - if required, is the customers responsibility.
• Airport parking and cab fees.
• Airline tickets and car rentals, and related expenses if applicable.
  Martens Farms will purchase the tickets and car rental (due to insurance reasons).
• You are required to pay in advance for Airline tickets and car rentals.

• Ongoing series of online training sessions to help new and existing users get up to speed with Farm Works Software quickly and efficiently.
• Demonstration-based training, requiring high-speed internet access
• Helps new and upgrading users get more out of the software with less time and effort.
• Hour-long training sessions cover:
  • general introduction and setup tips
  • transitioning from earlier Farm Works Software versions
  • field record-keeping with Farm Works Software
  • agricultural financial management with Farm Works Accounting 
  • field and data mapping with Farm Works Mapping and Farm Works Mobile
  • livestock management with Farm Stock and Stock Mobile
  • questions and answers from participants
  • much more
• 8:30 a.m., first and third Tuesday of each month
• $25 per person
• Registration is required by the preceding Friday, to 620-585-6761 or 877-585-6761

• Lecture/demonstration style, not hands-on unless otherwise specified. (Call for information on local or online computer-based training for a group or an individual.)
• Includes workbook and class exercises.
• Includes "Lorra Martens Tips", which are especially useful insights gained over years of using Farm Works.
• Offers the benefit of input from a variety of class participants.
• Training Class details
• Training and Farm Show dates

Instead of covering the entire range of Farm Works Software in a quick overview class, Martens Farms provides more in-depth training on Mapping and Accounting in one-day classes. We cover everything in the standard Farm Works basics class, “plus” additional details, tips, and examples to reinforce your learning experience. Classes will include the topics below and more.

Farm Works Mapping Class: 
Covers Mapping and Farm Works Mobile

1. How to synchronize Farm Works Mobile with Mapping.
2. How to enter field information.
3. How to change field information.
4. How to setup new supplies, people and fields not entered in Mapping.
5. How to calculate the amount of product needed for acreage covered.
6. Tips and tricks.

Farm Works Accounting Class: 
Covers Accounting with optional Farm Stock session or Farm Works Mobile session

Farm Works Accounting

1. New features in the latest version.
2. How to input expenses and income as well as tracking inputs.
3. How to purchase equipment and use trade-ins.
4. How to add and track Assets.
5. How to pull profitability statements per machine, person, livestock, field or a combination of fields.
6. How to setup and pay payroll.
7. How to set up cash flow charts.
8. How to set up a tax schedule and print it out.
9. How to generate a market value balance reports.
10. How to set up depreciation information.
11. How to use both cash and accrual records.
12. Tips and tricks.

(Optional) Farm Stock

1. How to set up each individual animal and all the pertinent information on each individual.
2. How to set up user defined fields. (example: EPD's, horn size, hip width etc.)
3. How to set up user defined events that will trigger your calendar records. (example: expected birth date, vaccinations, testing etc.)
4. How to generate custom reports from the information entered.
5. How to pull up inventory reports and transfer livestock from pen to pen.
6. How to keep health records.
7. Tips and tricks.