Labor tracking programs help growers know their labor costs in near real-time, instead of after the pay period. Specialty crop agriculture has unique aspects that make paying and tracking labor unlike any other industry. Few payroll and accounting software programs accommodate incentive pay; supervisors dealing with field labor typically are limited in their computer knowledge; workers may do different tasks throughout the day in different fields; and for most farmers, who wear many hats, information technology is not a strength. And yet, growers of labor-intensive crops now operate under tighter margins than ever before and must know where their money […]