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Setting Up Storage Locations in Farm Works
You can set up each of the storage locations for crops in Farm
Works. This can be done by drawing circles or squares for
each of the bins, elevators or co-ops. You can choose to
locate these on your homestead, at a central location, or
at the actual storage location. Once the circles/squares
have been drawn, named and defined as structures, you will
have the ability to use them as a storage locations.
It is not necessary at all to have the bins drawn to
scale (unless it will be important to print a map that
shows them). It also does not matter where you draw
the bins. To draw the bins, pick the circle tool and
draw a circle for each of the bins. The bins or storage
locations will need to be defined by selecting the defined
object button. Each location will need to have a description
(using names such as "Farmer's Elevator") and the circle
for structure must be checked.

If you would like for all of your storage
locations to show up together on the harvested crop inventory,
include the same start or prefixing to the locations. They
will then be grouped together (since they're sorted alphabetically).
If you use names like "Off Farm-Farmers Co-op" or "OF-Farmers
Co-op", they will at least be listed together.
Typically, you don't need to see the bins
on the map. By drawing the bins small (could even be a 1
foot diameter), they'll be hidden on your map but will still
show up as storage locations for harvested crops.
If you are using Farm Funds, you can then
add a cost for the storage locations that you own in the
"Structure Setup" section of the initial set-up. By entering
the values of the structures, they will show up on your
balance sheet as an asset. For storage locations that you
do not own, you will just ignore the structure in the "Initial
Setup of Structures" so they do not show up in assets on
your balance sheet.
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