Supply Chain & Post-Harvest
Rural Logistics & Haulage
Move it once, at the right cost, with the paperwork right.
Haulage is a substantial and under-managed cost in agricultural supply chains, and the paperwork accompanying a movement is a compliance obligation in its own right. This module plans loads and routes, matches backloads, tracks cost per tonne per mile and holds the documentation each movement type requires.
- 12 capabilities
- 2 linked schemes
- Offline capable
- 12
- Capabilities in this module
- 5
- Interactive tools
- 2
- Linked support schemes
- 5
- Data integrations
- 5
- Measures reported
The ground reality
What is actually happening in logistics & haulage in the UK
Agricultural haulage combines seasonal peaks, low-density rural routing and empty running, all of which raise cost per tonne. Livestock transport carries specific welfare, journey time and authorisation requirements, and waste, feed and food movements each carry their own documentation obligations.
Figures are as published at the time of writing. Farm policy and payment rates change frequently — verify against the primary source before relying on any number here.
In the field
Logistics & haulage, as it actually looks
Photography from working UK holdings alongside the interface that records it. Every frame below is a commissioned slot: the brief is stated until the photograph is taken.
Logistics & Haulage — a walkthrough
A working pass through logistics & haulage: entering the record once, and watching it appear in the evidence pack, the calendar and the scheme application without being typed again.
- 0:00 What the module is for
- 0:48 Entering the record
- 2:05 Where it appears next
- 3:20 The evidence pack
Photography slots state their own brief until the shot is commissioned, so the layout never shifts when real images arrive.
Capabilities
What Logistics & Haulage does
Every capability below is built on the same underlying record, so entering something once is enough for it to appear wherever it is needed.
Record and plan
- Load planning with weight, volume and axle limit checking
- Route planning with rural access, bridge and weight restriction awareness
- Backload matching to reduce empty running
Operate and monitor
- Cost per tonne per mile tracking by route and by vehicle
- Livestock transport authorisation, journey log and welfare compliance
- Driver hours, tachograph and licence compliance recording
Comply and evidence
- Vehicle maintenance, inspection and roadworthiness records
- Movement documentation generation by consignment type
- Waste carrier registration and duty of care documentation
Analyse and improve
- Delivery scheduling with farm access constraints and turnaround time
- Haulier marketplace with rates, capacity and performance rating
- Carbon emissions calculation per consignment for supply chain reporting
Interactive
Tools you actually use, not screens you read
These are working interfaces inside the module — maps, calculators, planners and dashboards that respond to your own holding data.
Load planner with weight distribution and axle compliance checking
Load planner with weight distribution and axle compliance checking
BuilderBackload board matching outbound and return journeys
Backload board matching outbound and return journeys
DashboardCost per tonne per mile comparator across hauliers and routes
Cost per tonne per mile comparator across hauliers and routes
ToolLivestock journey time calculator against welfare limits
Livestock journey time calculator against welfare limits
CalculatorEmissions calculator per consignment
Emissions calculator per consignment
CalculatorEnd to end
How Logistics & Haulage runs, start to finish
The module is modelled as a state machine, so at any point the business knows exactly which stage every record is at and what has to happen next.
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1
Register vehicles, drivers and authorisations
This is where the record starts, and getting it right here removes work at every later stage.
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2
Plan loads within legal limits
The platform prompts only for what this stage genuinely needs, and carries everything forward.
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3
Route with rural constraints applied
Conflicts with scheme rules, regulatory windows and existing commitments are flagged here rather than discovered later.
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4
Match backloads where possible
Capture works offline, so this stage is completed in the field rather than remembered afterwards.
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5
Generate movement documentation
Everything recorded at this point becomes evidence automatically, in every format that will later ask for it.
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6
Execute and record the journey
This is the stage most businesses currently do twice, once for the operation and once for the paperwork.
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7
Reconcile cost and emissions
Results feed the whole-farm view, so the effect of this stage is visible against the rest of the business.
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8
Rate performance and review rates
The cycle closes here, and what is learned is carried into next season's plan rather than lost.
Who uses it
Built around four real jobs, not one generic user
Each of these people needs something different from the same record. The module is designed so none of them has to work around the others.
Farm transport manager
Own fleet and hired haulage
Needs true cost per tonne per mile to decide own or hire.
Livestock haulier
Multi-drop collections
Needs journey logs and welfare compliance evidenced.
Grain trader
Arranging collections
Needs capacity matched to movement windows.
Supply chain analyst
Scope 3 reporting
Needs emissions per consignment.
Schemes and funding
Support schemes this module works with
Agrivencia holds these schemes as data, so eligibility, payment rates, caps and windows update the day they change rather than at the next software release.
Farming Transformation Fund
Fund larger capital projects that transform farm productivity, water management or value addition.
Defra / Rural Payments Agency EnglandRural England Prosperity Fund
Support rural business diversification and community infrastructure.
Local authoritiesRates, caps and windows change frequently and sometimes without notice. Always confirm against the current published scheme rules before applying.
Measurement
How you will know it is working
The module reports against these measures from the day it is switched on, so the value is demonstrable rather than assumed.
- 01Cost per tonne per mile
- 02Empty running percentage
- 03On-time delivery rate
- 04Compliance breaches
- 05Emissions per tonne moved
Traceability
The chain behind one batch
Assurance audits ask you to prove a chain you have already lived. The record is assembled as the work happens, so the audit pack is a printout rather than a fortnight of searching.
BATCH-BE90E2
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Grown
- Who
- Field parcel
- Evidence
- Cropping record, inputs applied with dates and rates
- Held in
- Field record
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Treated
- Who
- Spray operator
- Evidence
- Spray record with product authorisation and buffer compliance
- Held in
- Spray diary
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Harvested
- Who
- Combine or contractor
- Evidence
- Weighbridge ticket, moisture and specific weight
- Held in
- Weighbridge
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Stored
- Who
- Farm or central store
- Evidence
- Store temperature and drying record, bin allocation
- Held in
- Store record
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Hauled
- Who
- Haulier
- Evidence
- Consignment note and cleanliness declaration
- Held in
- Haulage
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Delivered
- Who
- Processor
- Evidence
- Intake spec, rejection reasons if any, and settlement
- Held in
- Processor
Take the record with you
Status
Where it has got to
One tracker for a scheme application, a marketplace order and an evidence submission — because the question is always the same three questions.
Logistics & haulage submission
Reference
AGV-BE90-2180
- Started Complete 14 days ago Draft created and the holding record attached.
- Evidence assembled Complete 9 days ago Every required document present and within its validity period.
- Checked Complete 8 days ago Internal validation passed; two advisory warnings acknowledged.
- Submitted In progress 7 days ago Lodged with Rural Payments Agency. Receipt reference stored against the record.
- Under assessment Not started expected The published service standard for this stage is 28 days from a complete submission.
- Decision Not started The decision and any conditions attach to the record automatically.
- Payment or delivery Not started Scheduled against the payment calendar so cash flow can be planned.
Questions answered
What people ask about Logistics & Haulage
Does this replace the software I already use?
Not necessarily. Agrivencia integrates with authoritative sources and mainstream packages rather than insisting on replacing them. Where an incumbent does one job well, the platform connects to it; where the job spans several systems and nobody does it, the platform does it.
Will it work where I have no signal?
Yes. Field capture in Logistics & Haulage is offline first, storing locally and synchronising when a connection returns. Only around a fifth of UK farms report reliable signal across the whole holding, so this is a design assumption rather than a feature.
What happens when the scheme rules change?
Scheme rules are held as data rather than code, so a rate change, a cap change or a window closure is a content update that takes effect the same day. The platform also alerts you to what the change does to your own position.
Who owns the data I put in?
You do. The Farm Data Charter gives you a complete export in open formats at any time, and every instance of data sharing requires an explicit, revocable consent that is visible in your account.
Does it work if I farm across a border?
Yes, and that is one of the main reasons the platform exists. A business with land in more than one nation sees one reconciled view rather than two portals, with obligations and deadlines from both administrations in a single calendar.
Can my agronomist or land agent use it too?
Yes. You grant scoped, time-limited access per holding and per module, and you can revoke it in one click. Advisers never get a shared password or a blanket view.
What is the biggest limitation of this module?
Welfare breach on livestock journeys. Mitigated by journey time calculation and logging. We would rather state that plainly than let you discover it after signing.
Documents
Take it away with you
Everything here is printable and works on a kitchen table with no signal. Where a document asks for an email address, it says so on the button rather than after you press it.
Cost Per Tonne Per Mile: Managing Agricultural Haulage Properly
The practical handbook for logistics & haulage: what the rules require, what the evidence has to show, and the mistakes that cost people money.
logistics & haulage — evidence checklist
Every document an audit or a claim asks for, in the order it is asked for, with the validity period of each.
logistics & haulage — record template
The record structure the module uses, as a spreadsheet, so a business not yet on the platform can start keeping it correctly today.
Data model reference
Entities, fields and integration points for logistics & haulage, for advisers and software partners.
See Logistics & Haulage running on your own holding
Thirty minutes, using your parcels, your schemes and your enterprises rather than a sample farm. No obligation and no sales script — if it does not fit your business we will say so.
- Free tier available
- No card required
- Your data stays yours