Prescription Farming for Your Financial Records
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Topics: farm management accounting, accrual accounting, farm records, farm software, ag software, farm accounting, growth path accounting, systems development for agriculture
Two recent articles in the farm press validate how far farm management technology has come, yet how far it has yet to progress to make a serious business impact.
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Topics: managerial accounting, farm management accounting, cost accounting, farm financial statements, accrual accounting, farm financial reporting, agricultural managerial accounting, farm inventories, farm records, farm software, ag software, agricultural decision support, business processes, agricultural software, farm accounting, enterprise analysis, precision farming
The PC industry has been in a funk this fall, not just from competition with tablets but also from waiting for the arrival of Windows 8. Now that Win8's the default operating system at "big box" stores and Windows 7 is getting harder to find on shelves which is your best option--especially if your goal is business applications rather than social networking?
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Topics: farm financial reporting, farm records, farm software, ag software, business processes, agricultural software, farm accounting, FBS Systems, Windows 8, tablet computers
“Choose your rut carefully. You’ll be in it for the next two hundred miles.”
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Topics: managerial accounting, cost accounting, farm financial statements, accrual accounting, agricultural managerial accounting, farm records, farm software, best practices, farm budgeting, agricultural inventories, activity-based costing, Dick Wittman
They're widely used to to slaughter sassy pigs with angry birds, but how well do tablets and smart phones work to manage actual production of pigs or crops?
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Topics: farm records, farm software, ag software, agricultural inventories, ipad, dashboard, field data entry
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