june 2024

• June MASA  CEO message.
• FBS/MASA users in the news. 
• User Conference announcement.
• Experience and accounting E.CLIPSE. 
• Q&A: Understanding AP and AR.

may 2024

• May MASA  CEO message. 
• User Conference September 10-11.
• Can we trust ag data in 2024?. 
• Q&A: Printing setup files.

April 2024

• April MASA Interim CEO message.
• FBS/MASA users in the news. 
• User Conference announcement.
• Experience and accounting E.CLIPSE. 
• Q&A: Basic accounting reports.

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?
    
    

• July 2019

• 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?

• June 2019

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

• • 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?
  
  

• • 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.