Farm setup and reference data

Open Farm → Manage for common setup tasks and Farm → Settings for farm-specific values. Use Add from library to select shared reference items offered to your farm. A platform administrator may publish global library entries; a farm user selects the relevant ones and can create a permitted local entry where the page offers it.

Find your task

To do this	Follow this guide
Set up a new organisation and farm	Onboard a farm
Bring shared library entries into your farm	Set up farm libraries
Add opening medicines, feed and semen stock	Catalog adoption and opening stock
Change animal identification settings	Livestock settings
Set up groups, pens and contacts	Groups and pens and Parties and contacts

Livestock settings

Open Livestock Settings from the farm or its Admin detail. Check the tag label, national-ID rule, herd type, breeds and other identification settings before a large animal import. Existing animal records are not automatically rewritten merely because a display label changes. Save and reopen the page to verify the new values.

Groups and pens

Open Groups to view animal groups; open a group to see its members and available edit controls. In Farm Settings or Admin → Farms → [farm], add or edit a group or pen. Use the animal detail to assign an animal. Before deleting a group or pen, check membership and any feeding plan that depends on it. A group can represent an operational cohort; a pen is a location.

Parties and contacts

Use Parties to maintain the people and organisations offered as counterparties in farm work, such as suppliers or buyers. Search first, add a missing party, and edit incorrect details rather than creating a near-duplicate. A party record alone does not record a delivery, sale or payment. The Parties and contacts guide covers the list filters, every form field, role choices and archive/restore actions.