Find the right ACDS workflow

Start with the decision already on your desk.

Choose the situation and your role. ACDS will point you to the smallest useful starting path—then carry the same work into a Full Review when more evidence or professional detail is needed.

  • Estimated time shown for every analyzer path
  • No analyzer-input or project upload required
  • No need to re-enter confirmed information in Full Review

What brought you here today?

Choose your role, then choose the real question.

ACDS does not require every possible input before providing value. Begin with the current question and expand only if the result is worth deeper review.

013–5 min first screen

Equipment quote or replacement

Keep the current machine—or replace it?

Test whether lower repairs, better capacity, or retained value actually justify the capital.
You leave with
Leading option, annual advantage, capacity fit, and change conditions
Test the equipment decision
02Guided or Full Review

Own, lease, rent, or custom hire

Which way of getting the work done creates the most value?

Put ownership and service alternatives on one workload, timing, and economic basis.
You leave with
Whole-life comparison, break-even workload, cash pressure, and timing risk
Compare every equipment option
035 min land-only screen

Land purchase or offer

What price can the parcel and the farm actually support?

Separate appreciation and strategic ownership value from repayment, liquidity, and collateral limits.
You leave with
Acquisition buy box, supported price, cash limits, watchlist fit, and closing conditions
Test the land offer
04Guided or Full Review

Buy, rent, or renew a lease

Does buying still lead when rent and appreciation are uncertain?

Compare the complete purchase with the actual rental parcel's workable acres, land quality, lease security, costs, and availability.
You leave with
Buy, Buy if, Negotiate, Rent, Secure lease, or Wait conclusion
Compare buying and renting
05One-page checklists

Before a lender or advisor meeting

Arrive with the proposal, records, and questions organized.

Know which facts are ready, which are estimates, and what a professional still needs to confirm.
You leave with
Preparation checklist and review-ready Decision File pathway
Prepare the decision
06Uses saved Decision Files

Several investments competing for capital

Which project should the farm fund first?

Sequence saved equipment and land decisions within protected cash and annual commitment limits.
You leave with
Funded sequence, deferred projects, binding limits, and decision memory
Build the capital plan

Already have active work?

Return to My Farm.

Your Farm Board, next action, capital plan, Decision Season progress, projects, and actual-result follow-ups stay connected there.
Open My Farm

When ACDS creates value

One decision record across the full capital cycle.

01

Before a commitment

Test the alternatives, supported price, operating fit, and downside before an offer, order, lease, or financing request becomes difficult to reverse.

02

Before professional review

Bring the assumptions, records, missing support, and questions into one file so meeting time is spent challenging the decision—not reconstructing it.

03

After the decision

Keep the selected conditions and forecast attached to the project, then compare expected and actual results before the next capital request.

Not sure where to begin?

Use a completed file before entering your own information.

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