Forge Tools
Practical answers for real farm questions.
Simple calculators, databases and tools built around one rule: make things we would actually use on our own farm.
FREE TOOL
Pasture Tracker
Track cattle movements, grazing days, pair-days, pasture costs, landlord charges, producer credits, tax and payments from a phone or computer.
The Pasture Tracker is free. After you confirm access by email, your records can sync privately across devices through your account. The tracker also keeps a local copy on the device for continuity.
THE GROWING LIBRARY
Built as the need becomes real.
Selected tools will be available individually as they are completed. People enrolled in an active Foundry term will receive access to the participant Tools Library and learn how to use relevant tools within the monthly work.
We’re building the Forge Tools library one useful tool at a time. These are some of the tools currently on our workbench.
Loan DatabaseNow being built
Keep balances, rates, payments, terms and renewal dates in one useful place.
Monthly Cash FlowNow being built
See upcoming bills, expected income and the cash required month by month.
Cost of a CowNow being built
Calculate the annual cost of carrying a cow using assumptions from your own operation.
Breakeven CalculatorsNow being built
Test cattle, feed, replacement, land and other common farm decisions.
Load-Out ToolNow being built
Organize head counts, weights, loads and shipping information.
Operating Cost ToolsNow being built
Work through cost per acre, equipment cost per hour, bull cost per calf and feed costs.
WHAT SHOULD WE BUILD NEXT?
Tell us about the job you keep recalculating.
If there is a recurring farm task, calculation or record you find yourself rebuilding again and again, let us know. If it solves a real problem we would use on our own farm—or one Foundry participants keep running into—it may become the next Forge Tool.
A tool should answer a real question—not create another system to maintain.