Laguna
Pesticide Management

:: In Brief
:: Check These Features

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:: In Brief
Laguna Pesticide Use Manager is the high-performance tool for the entomology professional and applicator. Designed by entomologists and written for Windows, Laguna combines all of these capabilities into one integrated package:

Chemical and label information.
Field and crop history.
Applications tracking.
Reporting.
Inventory control.
Complete accounting.

Every detail of chemical application history is tied together in a simple, coherent database structure. Laguna keeps track of crops growing in each field, the PCA responsible for each crop, all applications recommended for each crop, and all recommendations actually applied, with detailed reporting by grower, field, crop, chemical and label.

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:: Check These Features
Laguna is real-time.
Every transaction you enter, every change, every bit of data is processed instantly as you enter it.
The advantages are obvious:
        - No more end-of-period posting/closing before you can begin the next period.
        - No more inaccurate or incomplete data or reports.

All data is on line all the time.
Laguna stores every detail of your valuable data, keeping it instantly available for reporting or editing at any time. You can always reprint a recommendation form or report with every bit of detail that was on the original. Laguna is a fast, powerful relational database with enormous capacity. Data items are related in logical ways, with drill-down links on screens and reports. When you view a record or a report on-screen, related records are just a mouse-click away.

Supports any number of companies.
With Laguna, you may set up as many companies as you need. Each company may have the same or similar chemicals and labels, or each may be completely different. All data for each company resides in just one file, making maintenance simple.

Complete, integrated accounting.
Laguna doesn't stop at chemical application. It is based on the incredible Pacifica Accounting software, for complete, integrated accounting and inventory control. Laguna includes G/L with financials, A/P with check writing and bank rec, A/R with invoicing and billing, inventory, payroll with check writing and tax table maintenance, and the worlds most powerful report writer.

Fields and crops.
History on any number of fields, and any number of crops in each field, is maintained permanently in Laguna. One or more crops or blocks may be active in a field. Each field includes section, township, range and map location, canal gate or crossroads name and fixed surrounding features (houses, power lines, etc.). Each crop includes a block name, so several crops can be active in a field at once. The crop maintains a map of surrounding crops and other temporary features which automatically combine with the field's permanent features and print on the recommendation form.

.Chemicals and labels.
Laguna maintains the chemicals and labels that you use on your applications. You input and update this information yourself, and Laguna is not limited to the labels supported by a particular chemical company or software vendor. The chemical record includes package sizes and price for billing purposes, EPA number, formulation and chemical family information. In the label record, Laguna tracks max application quantity per acre, max applications in this season and max material applied this season, as well as reentry times and restricted material status. Each label lists plants and pests allowed.

The application recommendation.
The recommendation is the focal point of the system. The recommendation form is the legal notice of the grower's intention to apply pesticides or other chemicals to a crop. In Laguna, the recommendation record clearly identifies the location and crop, the chemicals and quantities, application rate and dilution, environmental factors and any related notes and comments, details of features surrounding the crop, the names of the grower, the PCA, scout, supplier, applicator, and persons notified at the offices of the ag commissioner, grower, supplier and applicator. Based on label data and crop history, Laguna prevents improper applications, and can even compute the maximum legal application using available container sizes with no leftovers. The recommendation form prints all of this information, as well as the text of chemical and label warnings and instructions and standard warnings (keep out of waterways, bees may be present, etc.). The recommendation form is complete, easy for the applicator to read, and has a very professional appearance. The crop record keeps a history of every recommendation applied in chronological order. When viewing the crop record on-screen, any recommendation is a simple mouse-click away.

Powerful, elegant reporting.
Laguna provides many standard reports and forms just for pesticide management, including recommendations, restricted materials use report, cannery report, label list, crop history and chemical and application cost. The accounting and billing section includes full reporting, financials, check printing, invoicing and statement processing.

Laguna provides an integrated report writer which gives you the ability to design your own entomology and accounting reports. These reports can print in any font, and can even employ drill-down links to edit the records from your reports with a mouse-click, just as the standard system reports do.

Laguna is your strongest ally.
The fight isn't over when the bugs are dead. Laguna was created in California, where pesticide regulations are the toughest in the nation. Recently, most other states have adopted and are enforcing the same regulations.

Laguna is the professional's choice for writing clear, safe recommendations quickly and easily.

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Pacifica Research TM publishes a complete line of real-time accounting software in Windows for large and small business payroll, inventory control, accounts receivable, and accounts payable. Laguna Pesticide Use Managemer is Pacifica's real-time pesticide application tracking and reporting system for the PCA and applicator.SAP, Breckenridge, Ag Tracker, Great Plains, cannot do what we can do.