Earl and Mary Lou Wolf faced a major business decision: Should they get rid of some cows or hire someone to help...
When Bob Wieland asked to borrow a significant amount of money from a bank to cover needs during an extended period of "inverse market," he was not surprised when...
"Computers scared me!" Eva Schaefer admits with a laugh, "and I did not want to get involved with using them." Having learned of Ag Manager through the Farm Bureau, Eva knew...
Something had to be done. Change was imperative. Andy Young knew he needed to "effectively drill down and manage business operations" for his growing dairy operation, Red Knob Farms. But what tool was available to help Andy and his management team revolutionize...
Having dedicated their lives to working with farmers, the folks at AgriSolutionsī provide vital services which promote success, longevity and profitability for farming operations. But help and expertise...
After years of trying to "make do" using the Quick Books program for tracking financial information related to their 3000-acre farming operation, Dan and Shelly ZuHone were eager to find a program specifically designed for agriculture. Three or four years ago, when they learned...
Even though David Gillen had used the Farm Business Management accounting program for his farm operation since 1984, the yearly data generated by that program was not meeting his needs for on-going current information. Farming 3200 acres of grain and running a...
Every business, as it grows and develops, needs an accounting program that can be customized to fit its changing needs. John Fiscalini, dairy farmer and award-winning cheese producer in California, has found...
Farming 7000 acres of corn, beans, and some wheat requires a lot of work, not just handling the daily farming tasks but also keeping track of production and financial data. John and Lori Frey were satisfied with their computer program for record-keeping, Microsoft Money, and thought that it was meeting their needs. However, they were not aware...
Mark Erdman is a busy man. With 450 cows to milk, 800 acres of corn, hay and soybeans, and 10,000 pigs to run through his finishing operation each year, there is no time to waste on bookkeeping. Tasks such as...
Stan and Karmen Mehmen truly make farming a family business. Their farming operation, which includes their son Kyle and daughter-in-law Kerri as the third generation of Mehmens to farm in this location, is a commercial grain operation producing...