@graffte Agreed! Small step for a pull request, big step longer term. 
FYI: The pull request was merged and farmOS 3.1.0 was released on Friday. I’m in the process of updating Farmier-hosted instances this weekend, so Product assets will become an option for you soon.
Note that this does NOT include any UI features specifically to support the creation/maintenance of products. They are just another asset type. So essentially they are part of the data model now, but there’s more work to do to make helper features to make them more usable in the frontend.
One related feature in v3.1.0 is a new Inventory quick form, which when combined with Product assets makes it easier maintain product inventory levels. My next idea is to create a Harvest quick form that offers options for automatically creating/incrementing Product assets, which will also help.
The promise and benefits of product data is obvious! The challenge, as always, is making it easy to enter and maintain that data. One step at a time… and love to hear all ideas folks have!