MTH Service on board from the start
The contracting business is owned by Martin Thomsen. All up, around 15 staff are involved in the work from paddock to store when the straw has to be baled, gathered and carted home. MTH Service started using the new feature during the 2026 harvest and so helped test and finish it. A decision Martin has not regretted in any way.
It's an obvious system if you run a contracting business and have a lot to do with straw and stock management. It works really well.
The situation before FarmBackup
Before, MTH Service kept it all in notes. With up to 15 people on the go and paddocks spread across a large area, it was hard to keep an overview of what had been baled, where the bales were sitting, and what had to be invoiced to whom. The notes had to be collected from many hands, and the figures had to be keyed in again when the customers were to get their invoices. It was enormously heavy manual work, and there was a risk of mistakes being made.
FarmBackup's new map-based straw stock management has made it far easier to keep the overview, both for the staff and for the office. It helps minimise mistakes and misunderstandings in a busy period.
How MTH Service uses the straw stock management
The jobs go onto the map. As the jobs come in, Martin creates them on the individual paddocks and sets the status to "ready for baling". The drivers can see straight away in the app where the paddock is and which customer it belongs to. With one tap they get directions right out to the block.
The bales are recorded on the spot. Once the block has been done, the driver taps the paddock in the app and records the number of bales and the average weight. Photos and notes can be added as well. The information syncs with the office and is automatically totalled up on the individual customer.
The status shows what needs to happen. Once the baler has been through, he or she switches the paddock from "ready for baling" to "ready for carting". Then the straw drivers can see where there are bales to be gathered and carted to the store, and they update the paddock in the app themselves. Everyone knows what is sitting where, and nothing gets forgotten.
The overview in the office. On the computer back in the office, Martin can zoom out and see the whole area at once: which types of straw are standing in the paddocks and the stores, and where something is missing. The app has the same functions, so the drivers see the same picture out in the field.
Kg overview and invoicing in a few clicks. When the customers are to be invoiced, Martin's wife, Mette, filters in the system and pulls out the figures. She can see, for example, how many kg of straw have been baled in total for a particular customer. Then they can produce the invoice for the customer in a few clicks and with minimal time spent.
