The Best Farm Time Tracking Software

Time tracking features for farming businesses

Efficient time tracking is critical for farm operations where every hour of labor counts. Whether you’re managing seasonal crews, tracking hours across multiple fields, or staying compliant with labor laws, Buddy Punch saves you and your team time and ensures your timesheets and payroll are always accurate.

Mobile time tracking apps

In the farming and agriculture industry, employees are spread across vast fields and different locations. Buddy Punch lets employees clock in and out from any internet-connected device, including mobile phones. This flexibility ensures that your timesheets will be accurate no matter where your team is working.

If your employees don’t have mobile phones and you have teams that all start and stop work at the same time, you can use group punch to have a supervisor clock everyone in and out simultaneously.

Employee location tracking

GPS tracking features in Buddy Punch let you keep track of employees as they move from job to job. You can log their locations when they clock in and out to make sure they were at the right location, and you can also track their locations in real-time throughout the workday. This helps you prevent time theft and make sure your employees are always where they’re supposed to be.

Don’t want to have to monitor locations? Create geofences around your fields, greenhouses, and barns. If an employee attempts to clock in/out outside of a geofence, they will receive an error message and will be unable to start recording time. You can also view an error log showing offsite punching attempts.

Multi-language interface

Buddy Punch is available in both English and Spanish. When employees open the Buddy Punch app, they can click the flag displayed to switch their default language from English to Spanish. When they do, all labels and text inside of the app will be translated into Spanish for them.

Attendance tracking

Get push or email notifications when employees clock in late, clock out early, or miss a shift entirely to stay on top of attendance even when you’re not on site. Download time tracking reports showing attendance issues to easily identify employees who are struggling with excessive tardiness or absenteeism.

Break time tracking

Buddy Punch’s break time tracker lets you create break rules to get better control over employee breaks. Set up automatic breaks to remove unpaid break durations from employees’ timesheets automatically at the end of their shifts. Alternatively, set up manual break rules to remind employees when it’s time to take a break and make sure they stay clocked out for the amount of time required by your state’s regulations.

Time card approvals

Get employees’ supervisors to validate their hours and approve their timesheets before you run payroll to ensure your payroll is always accurate. Employees can also edit their time cards if they forgot to clock in or out from work or a break. All edits are sent to managers or admins for review and approval.

Overtime tracking and prevention

Farms often run on early starts, long days, and overtime. Buddy Punch makes it easy to apply state or federal labor rules, calculate overtime automatically, and stay compliant.

Buddy Punch’s overtime tracking software tracks overtime hours based on your overtime policies and automatically calculates overtime pay for you.

Want to avoid paying overtime? Set up notifications that will alert you when employees are nearing overtime so you can adjust their schedules.

How Buddy Punch expedites payroll

Buddy Punch compiles all employee clock-in and out data into timesheets for you. Regular hours, overtime hours, and pay are all calculated automatically.

When it’s time to run payroll, you have three options:

• Download a report formatted perfectly for your payroll processor.
• Use one of Buddy Punch’s integrations to send your time data to payroll instantly.
• Use Buddy Punch as your payroll provider to pay employees through Buddy Punch.

With any of these options, you can transform your payroll process from something that takes an entire day every pay period into a short, 30-minute task.

How Buddy Punch simplifies scheduling

The farming and agriculture industry often faces fluctuating labor needs due to seasonal demands. Buddy Punch’s drag-and-drop scheduler allows you to create, publish, and update work schedules quickly. You can assign employees to specific roles and locations, ensuring that all tasks are covered efficiently.

You can also set recurring shifts for employees who have consistent schedules and allow team members to request shift trades and covers. This flexibility helps manage labor more effectively, ensuring that you have the right number of workers when and where you need them the most.