While you can use Figured as a farmer without your accountant, we recommend checking whether your accountant or adviser is already on the platform first.

Setting up the platform correctly, including the accounting software connection, the trackers for your farm type, and the opening financial position, benefits from someone who knows the system well. Trying to do it without an adviser tends to mean a slower start and more things to unpick later.

Once you are set up, you have your own access to the platform and can see your farm’s financial data whenever you need it. The goal is for both you and your accountant to work from the same live numbers, so every conversation starts from a shared, current picture.

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Figured is built for this. As you update your production and inventory trackers throughout the season, or as they update themselves where you have an app integration like AgriWebb, the budget should change on its own as the new numbers flow in.

Then, if something happens that means your original forecast is now out, rather than spending an afternoon re-keying all the information, simply update the forecast columns in the same live plan — adjusting income assumptions, re-estimating production volumes, or accounting for a new cost pressure.

What used to take an afternoon in the office takes only minutes in Figured.

Many farmers around New Zealand have their data sync automatically from the production apps they use each day — like AgriWebb, FarmIQ, Trev, or Agworld.

Figured also syncs with a variety of other key data streams, like major milk processors, meat processors, and even the IRD.

Where an integration isn’t available or supported, data can still be entered manually — something which is considerably simpler in Figured than maintaining old spreadsheets or paper records. Once a number’s in Figured, it flows through to the Planning Grid and updates the financial plan automatically, keeping the production and financial pictures current in the same step.

Figured connects to Xero, MYOB, and QuickBooks Online. If your farm accounting runs through any of those three, you can use Figured on top of it.

If you're on an alternative accounting system, or using spreadsheets or paper-based records, you'd need to migrate to one of the supported systems first. While migrating to a modern platform can seem daunting, most farms never go back — there's a reason they're so popular.

It may help to talk to a Figured-enabled accountant about what you need to do next to upgrade your accounting system, then get onto Figured.

Your job is keeping the underlying data current — reconciling bank transactions in Xero and recording farm movements as they happen. The more current that is, the more useful Figured is for both of you.

Your accountant's job is to work with that data inside Figured. They configure your farm's trackers, manage the planning and reporting, and handle the year-end financial work: valuations, accruals, and the reports that go to IRD and the bank. If they also offer advisory, they can help you plan ahead too — using Figured's budgeting and scenario modelling tools.

When both sides have done their part, the conversation between you shifts from what happened last year, to what's going on right now and, more importantly, what might happen next.

Figured is a monthly subscription, and the cost depends on which product tier your accountant sets you up on — Farm Reporter for reporting, or Farm Manager if you want planning and forecasting on top of that.

Most farmers don’t manage the subscription directly. Your accountant or adviser handles the setup, and depending on how they work, they’ll either pass the cost on to you separately or fold it into your advisory fees. The best person to ask is your accountant — they can tell you exactly what applies to your farm before you commit to anything.

Current pricing is available on our pricing page.