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MARCH 2024

• March MASA Interim CEO message.
• Yellow Brick Road of Agtech capital. 
• Q&A: Importing data into FBS.

 FEBRUARY 2024

• February MASA Interim CEO message.
• FBS/MASA users in the news. 
• Countdown to Commodity Classic. 
• Q&A: Check Register and Reconciliation reports.

JANUARY 2024

• Message from the MASA Interim CEO.
• Farm Financial Standards updates.
• FBS/MASA users in the news.
• Winter trade show calendar.
• Q&A:  What Windows and FBS versions are supported?

DECEMBER 2023

• MASA acquires FBS.
• FBS/MASA users in the news.
• Read our December Farm Management Accounting blog.
• New 1099 and W-2 e-filing requirements.
•  Q&A:  tax reports form FBS.

NOVEMBER 2023

• Major announcements from the 2023 Ag Software Success Summit.
• Farm Futures Magazine spotlights the integrated office.
Read our November Farm Management Accounting blog.
• Lock in software prices now.
• The #1 support issue video.

OCTOBER 2023

• Ag Software Summit agenda and deadlines.
• Read our October Farm Management Accounting blog.
• Lock in 2024 software prices now.
• Restoring beginning balances and deleted Items.

September 2023

• The Farm CPA at BOOST/23 Ag Software Summit.
• Read our September Farm Management Accounting blog.
• From Warthog pilot to hog farmer.
• Mystery of the missing program file.

AUGUST 2023

• Remembering Danny Klinefelter.
• "BOOST/23" Ag Software Success Summit.
• Catch  our August Farm Management Accounting blog.
• Benchmarking crop and machinery costs.
• D.I.Y. FBS trouble-shooting.

JULY 2023

• Canadian "boreal bar-b-que."
• Read our July Farm Management Accounting blog posts.
• Benchmarking crop and machinery costs.
• D.I.Y. FBS trouble-shooting.

JUNE 2023

• World class pork producers. 
• Showstock musical anthem video.
• Read our June Farm Management Accounting blog posts.
• Farm Financial Standards Conference.
• What is a crop project?

MAY 2023

• Starlink  experience.
• World Pork Expo. 
• Carthage System Secret Sauce video.
• Read our May Farm Management Accounting blog posts.
• Farm Financial Standards and MASA meet in Moline.
• Upgrade shortcuts.

APRIL 2023

• Preview of the next generation of software.
• Read our April Farm Management Accounting blog posts.
• FBS/MASA Users in the news. 
• Save the Dates:  Farm Financial Standards / MASA Members / Ag Software Success Summit
• Aging Report balances. Farm "show and tell" season comes to a close.

MARCH 2023

• Farm "show and tell" season comes to a close.
• Read our March Farm Management Accounting blog posts.
• Highly effective financial habits.
• Have you installed the latest version?
• How to record product rebates. 
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FEBRUARY 2023

  • • Prepare for the next generation at Commodity Classic.
    • Read our February blog posts on benchmarks, smart strategies, and Growth Path accounting.
    • Remembering Ev Chambers.
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JANUARY 2023

  • • Farm Financial Standards updates.
    • Read our January blog posts.
    • New trade show locations.
    • Eight cutting edge farm management tools.
    • Changing vendor names. 
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  • DECEMBER 2022
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  • • Time to check your version.
  • • "Taming the Beast" video.
    •  Read our December blog posts.
    •  Winter trade show calendar.
    •  How to make your tax prep go smoothly
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November 2022

  • • Upgrade strategies for optimal service and savings.
  • • Videos from the Connecting Farm to Finance webinar.
    • Read our November blog posts.
    • When's the best time to install upgrades? 
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October 2022

  • • FBS/MASA upgrade status.
  • • Gangwish Farm's "secret sauce."
  • • Read our latest blog posts.
  • • Forty years of wandering in the wilderness.
  • • Timeless tips.

September 2022

  • • Mulling over margin.
    • "Secret sauce" through cloud integration with Conservis.
  • • Ag professionals huddle in Oklahoma City.
    • Read our latest blog posts.
  • • Back to the backups.

August 2022

  • • Highlights from the 2022 Ag Software Success Summit.
  • • Links to more management conferences.
  • • Updates from the Farm Management Accounting blog. 
  • • Preferences preview.

July 2022

  • • 2022 Ag Software Success Summit reminder.
  • • The top management conferences of 2022.
  • Know Before You Grow looks at "Time Value of Information."
  • • New setup enhancements.
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JUNE 2022

  • • 2022 Ag Software Success Summit to sample "secret sauce."
  • • The top management conferences of 2022
  • Know Before You Grow looks for "A Shortcut to the Top."
  • • Forty years ago.
  • • Tapping the power of the User Defined Report.

MAY 2022

  • • Save the dates for the 2022 Ag Software Success Summit.
  • • Three ways to access Version 11.7.
  • • Join us at World Pork Expo.
  • • Virtual bookkeeper opening.
  • • AgCompass IT updates.
  • Know Before You Grow asks, "What's your management  level?"
  • • "The Secretary of Agriculture" arrives 40 years ago.
  • • How to respond to error messages.

April 2022

  • • 2022 Ag Software Success Summit returns to Moline.
  • • MASA/FBS Version 11.7 released.
  • • Know Before You Grow asks, "What level are you on?"
  • • The Wall Street Journal features FBS/MASA users.
  • • Installation help.

March 2022

  • LifeCycle Budget added to FBS video library.
  • • "Know Before You Grow" management practices survey. 
  • • FBS/MASA users in the news.
  • • Beginning balances.

February 2022

  • • Version 11.6 sets reporting speed record. 
  • • Data analytics added to FBS video library.
    • "Know Before You Grow" returns. 
  • • Take control of your financial future at the Commodity Classic.
  • • Risks and repairs with deleted accounts, centers, and divisions.

January 2022

  • • Farm Financial Standards updates.
  • • Winter trade shows on track.
    • Pork Powerhouses.
  • • Check out the FBS Video Library.
  • • FBS Tips for '22.

December 2021

  • • More videos from the 2021 Ag Software Success Summit.
  • • Visit the FBS Video Training Library.
    • Yearend reminders.
  • • Winter trade show calendar.
  • • Beginning a new year and closing the previous year.

November 2021

  • Innovations to Integrate videos.
  • • Yearend report and special offers.
    • Celebrating 40 years of computerized farm management reporting.
  • • Excluding FBS from antivirus scans.

October 2021

  • • More Ag Software Success Summit video highlights.
  • • Temple Grandin featured speaker at ASAC Conference.
  • • Why is my default printer changing?
  • •Adding a bank account in FBS.

September 2021

  • •Ag Software Success Summit video highlights.
  • •Finding and backing up FBS data.


AUGUST 2021

  • FBS users are Top Producers of the Year. 
  • •Ag Software Success Summit details.
  • •Windows and FBS navigation and search tools.

JULY 2021

  • Farm Journal to share actionable insights from farm data research at FBS/MASA Ag Software Success Summit.  
  • •Ag Software Success Summit details and deadlines.
  • •FBS Select Company scree video.

JUNE 2021

  • •2021 summer event calendar.
  • •Farm Futures Business Summit MASA video.
  • •FBS Ag Software Success Summit registration.
    •Checking for updates video.

May 2021

  • •In GPS we trust--amazing video.
  • •2021 summer event calendar.
  • •Farm Futures Summit and Boot Camp return to "real" reality.
  • •Check clearing video.

april 2021

  • •2021 summer events calendar.
  • •FBS User wins Top Producer Award.
    •Management and market value trial balances off.
    •How FBS multi-level financial reporting works.

March 2021

  • •Version 11.5:  A "NextGen" International Enterprise.
  • •New dates and location for the Ag Software Success Summit.
  • •2021 trade show calendar.
  • •FBS Users in the news--Conservation Legacy Award.
  • •A/P Report troubleshooting.

February 2021

  • •AgCompass Points to Security and Support.
  • •2021 trade show "survivors."
  • •Redefining the Dollars and Sense of Farm Business Management.
  • •A/P Aging Report.

January 2021

  • •Computers on the Farm Virtual Conference.
  • •Farm Financial Standards Updates Accounting Guidelines. 
  • •2021 trade show updates.
  • •FBS Tips and Tricks.

December 2020

  • •FBS/MASA upgrade options.
  • •2021 trade show updates.
  • •2020 Pork Powerhouses.
  • •2020 Schedule F.

November 2020

  • •FBS/MASA upgrade schedule.
  • •2021 trade show status.
  • •Online training resources.

October 2020

  • •Ag Software Success Summit video links.
  • •Ag Consultants gather virtually.
  • •Where'd my group go?

SEPTEMBER 2020

  • •Ag Software Success Summit format feedback.
  • •What's next?
  • •PORK Magazine Users in the News.
  • •Should I check for updates?

AUGUST 2020

  • •Ag Software Success Summit format feedback.
  • •What's next?
  • •PORK Magazine Users in the News.
  • •Should I check for updates?

JULY 2020

  • •Ag Software Success Summit agenda and Q&A.
  • •Integrated Software podcast.
  • •Farm Credit Services Board Users in the News.
  • •New Center Setup screen.

June 2020

  • Dick Wittman to keynote "hybrid" conference.
    FBS/MASA Ag Software Success Summit Q&A.
    •Check Clearing Options.

May 2020

    • •Vote for Venue or Virtual Conference.
  • •Farm Financial Standard Council holds Amarillo Roundup. 
  • •FBS Users in the News.
  • • Installing Version 11.4.

APRIL 2020

    • V.11.4: A Version With a Vision. 
      Howard Doster--What fun!
  • •Mark your calendars for August when we'll be resuming our annual Ag Software Success Summit. 
  • Where Are My 11.2 Updates?

March 2020

    • • Link to Farm Data Access Webinar.
  • • Commodity Classic returns to San Antonio..
  • •FBS / MASA Users in the news .
  • • Productivity pointers from Sarah.

February 2020

    • Howard Doster--What fun!
  • Cost Accounting from the Cloud at the Commodity Classic.
  • Illinois Pork Producer Family of the Year.
  • Iowa Corn Promotion Board president
  • January 1 Bank Balances.

JANUARY 2020

• Report from the Farm Futures Boot Camp and Summit.
• National Farm Machinery Show registration link.
• Getting Balance Sheet and Schedule F updates.

DECEMBER 2019

• Preview of Farm Futures Boot Camp and Summit.
• Trade show calendar.
• FBS/MASA Pork Powerhouses.
• Financed equipment trades.

November 2019

  • • Don't get trapped on the wrong side of the tech wall.
  • • Trade show and seminar calendar.
    • What kind of reports will my accountant need?

October 2019

  • • New software training videos.
  • • An exciting future for your software.
    • Do more with the "To Do" list.

September 2019
Corn-soybean cost of production benchmarks.
• FBS/MASA development plans.
•Valuing returned inputs.

  • August 2019
    • • Convergence of AgTech and FinTech video.
      • MASA Partner Panel video.
      • How do share reports with my accountant?

• Countdown and speaker updates at the Ag Software Success Summit.
• Can cloud-based data management ease ag financing?
• How does FBS solve my support issues?

• Ag Software Success Summit highlights and deadlines.
• Explore the new FBS website.
• Where do I find FBS training videos?

May 2019
  • • Ag Software Success Summit Keynote Speakers.
    • Farm Financial Standards Council Conference comes to North Carolina.
  • • FBS Users in the news.
  • • How often should I check for updates?

April 2019
  • • Farm  Financial Standards Council Conference in July.
    Management Accounting automation case study.
    Closing the month in FBS.


March 2019

  • • Mutual Agricultural Software Alliance formed.
    • Management Accounting automation.

    • Three common support questions.

February 2019

  • • FBS's new logo launches a new era.
    • Management Accounting automation.

    • Missing AP vendor.

January 2019

  • • Farm Financial Standards Council releases updated Financial Guidelines for Agriculture.
    • Highlights from the Farm Financial Standards Annual Conference.

    • FBS Users in the News.
  • • Installing Version 11.3.
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