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CSA Crop Plan in CSA Farm

The CSA Crop Plan is a copy-ready spreadsheet for csa farm that tracks crops, succession, seed date, harvest, beds. It opens unchanged in both Google Sheets and Excel, needs no add-ons or macros, and takes about 20 minutes to set up.

Last updated: August 2026

Excel workbook · opens in Google Sheets · 3 tabs · no sign-up

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What’s inside “CSA Crop Plan”

Tabs: How to use · Plan · This weekFormat: Excel (.xlsx) · opens in Google SheetsSetup: About 20 minutesColumns: 13

Columns (grey = calculated for you)

  • Crop
  • Variety
  • Bed / field
  • Succession
  • Seed date
  • Days to transplant
  • Days seed to harvest
  • Harvest weeks
  • Bed feet
  • Transplant date
  • Harvest starts
  • Harvest ends
  • Now
  1. Open the Plan tab and replace the sample rows with your own — one row per entry. Formulas fill in automatically for new rows.
  2. Plan successions so a crop is in every week's box; Now shows what to seed this week and what is harvesting.
  3. Use your own days-to-harvest from past seasons; fall crops slow down as days shorten.
  4. Using Google Sheets? Upload the file to Google Drive, then open it with Google Sheets (or File → Import in an open sheet). Formulas, dropdowns and highlights carry over.

The file opens locally on your device — nothing is uploaded, and you own the copy outright.

CSA Crop Plan

About this template

It is built for people who want results without another subscription: farms planning successions for shares. The whole template is free to copy — there is no paid tier. Because it is a plain spreadsheet, you own your data outright and can shape every column to how you actually work.

Review evidence

What to verify before choosing CSA Crop Plan

Use the review criteria below to decide whether this template fits your workflow.

Review criteria

  • +Crop by succession and bed
  • +Seed and transplant dates
  • +Expected harvest window
  • +Share-coverage view

Often worth considering when

  • +Farms planning successions for shares
  • +Anyone matching crops to CSA weeks

Pause before choosing when

  • -Automated scheduling
  • -Weather integration

About CSA Farm

Why people consider this option

  • +Track members, share packing, and crop plans without paid software
  • +Keep every member and share in a file you own
  • +Know share counts and crop timing

What to review before acting

  • -No online member signup or payments without a tool
  • -Growing CSAs eventually need farm-sales software

Trust FAQ

Questions people ask before copying a template

Does the CSA Crop Plan work in both Google Sheets and Excel?
Yes. It is built with standard functions and no macros, so it opens and works the same in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel — on desktop or your phone.
Is the CSA Crop Plan really free?
The core template is free to copy and use. There is no paid tier — download the Excel workbook, replace the sample rows with your own, and you are ready to work.
What does the CSA Crop Plan track?
It tracks crops, succession, seed date, harvest, beds. The workbook comes with these columns plus the formulas, dropdowns and highlights already set up. Replace the sample rows and the totals update as you go.