PRODUCER PAYMENTS
Pay every farm right, from the milk you already tracked.
Vessey builds each producer’s check from the pickups, weights and lab results already in the system, so your team spends less time on manual math and every farmer can see exactly how their check was figured.
WHY VESSEY
One record, from pickup to milk check.
The weights and samples your drivers record at the farm tank are the same numbers the pay run uses. Nothing is exported, imported or typed in again.
Catch problems before they’re paid.
Pickups, plant receiving and lab results sit side by side, so a missing sample or an out-of-range test is flagged in review, not discovered after the checks go out.
Answers for farmers, and for inspectors.
Every line on a statement traces back to the pickup, the lab result and the price behind it. The same records cover traceability and wash logs when compliance comes asking.
One platform, not four.
Manifests, receiving, lab results, producer payments and reporting run in one system with one login, so your team isn’t reconciling separate tools at the end of every period.
Sample statement. Every line traces back to a recorded pickup.
HOW A PAY RUN WORKS
Every pay run, whether it’s an advance, a final or a supplemental, follows the same four steps. Here’s what happens at each one, and how it helps your team catch problems before farms are paid.
01
Prepare
02
03
04
01 / PREPARE
Pickups, weights and lab results land in Vessey all period long. When you open a pay run, Vessey checks milk tickets, lab results, pricing and deductions, and won’t calculate until tickets and labs are clean.
✓ Federal order class and component prices imported as soon as USDA makes them available
✓ Lab results matched to the pickup each sample came from
✓ Hauling, co-op and promotion deductions applied automatically
MAY 2026 FINAL · READINESS
3 of 4 ready
Milk tickets
Clear
Lab results
2 to resolve
FMMO pricing
Imported
Deductions
Confirmed
Calculate
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02
Review
03
04
REVIEW · MAY 2026 FINAL
Maple Ridge Dairy · 1,200 cwt
1 of 48
× $3.20/lb
× $2.10/lb
× $0.32/lb
$25,168.80
+$1,260.00
−$720.00
−$9,600.00
Net pay
$16,108.80
Hauling corrected in review · was counted twice
Submit for approval
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02 / REVIEW
Every producer’s pay sits in one table with the period totals. Problems that would break a payment, like a missing bank account, must be fixed before you can submit. Things worth a look, like a somatic cell spike, are flagged without stopping you.
✓ Identify and fix incorrect producer data
✓ Quality premiums and adjustments shown for every farm
✓ Mid-month advances recovered automatically in the final
03
Approve
04
03 / APPROVE
Nothing pays itself. A person approves the run, Vessey locks the period, and every check keeps the pricing, lab results and deductions it was built from.
✓ Locked periods never change under your feet
✓ Fix a few farms later with a linked correction
✓ Reverse a whole period if it ran on the wrong pricing
PERIOD APPROVED & LOCKED
$1,126,408.52
Net pay · 48 producers · May 2026 Final
$1.21M
Gross
−$61.1K
Deductions
−$27.2K
Advances
Every blocking issue resolved at Review
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04
Fund
POSTED · FILES GENERATED
FMMO
Pooling report
STUBS
Remittance
CHECKS
6 producers
ACH
41 producers
Your bank
Built from the approved numbers. Nothing re-keyed.
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04 / FUND
When you post the period, Vessey generates the NACHA-format ACH file for you to upload to your bank, check files ready for printing, remittance stubs and the FMMO pooling report, all from the numbers you approved. Nothing is rebuilt by hand, and every file matches the statements your producers receive.
✓ Every producer gets a statement that shows the math
✓ FMMO pooling report ready for the market administrator
✓ Files stay available after the period is posted
MAKING THE MOVE
Whether you pay farms from spreadsheets today or run another system, Vessey is built to make the move low-risk.
YOUR FIRST PAYMENTS SYSTEM
Vessey’s team brings in your producers, principals, banking, deductions and pricing, so you start with a complete system.
Prepare, review, approve and fund walk you through every period, so the process doesn’t live in one person’s head.
Pickups and lab results are already in Vessey, so each pay run starts from the data your drivers captured.
YOUR LAST SWITCH
Run Vessey in parallel with your current system and compare every check before you cut over.
Fewer calls from producers.
Every statement shows pounds, components, premiums and deductions line by line, so farmers can see exactly how their check was figured.
Posted periods stay sealed. Mistakes are fixed with a linked correction or a full reversal, never by editing history.
Producer Payments runs on the same record as Vessey’s digital manifests and lab results, so every check traces back to the milk.
