Farm Works Software Update Features

The following is a list of some of the major changes that were included in Versinos 10.0 through 10.509. For a list of changes made in prior versions, visit the “ News” section at www.farmworks.com.

All Programs:

  • Fixed problems with some registrations not working. (v10.32)

Farm Trac Plus & Site Pro:

  • Previously entered Farming Actions may now be editing through the “Operations Maintenance” box. This allows users to pull up any number of previously entered farming records and make changes as needed (without having to remove the farming actions and re-enter them). (v10.0)
  • If you select multiple lines (or line segments) with the Pointer Tool, the combined length will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. Multiple lines/segments may be selected by clicking and dragging or by holding down the <Ctrl> or <Shift> key on the keyboard while clicking. (v10.0)
  • Fixed problems where new projects were not getting geographic coordinates set automatically. (v10.32)
  • Fixed Harvest only operations (operations without any non-zero charge/qty people/equipment/supplies) did not show up in operation maintenance, so they could not be edited.(v10.32)
  • Added Enterprise Merging in Enterprise Maintenance (v10.32)
  • Fixed problem where you could not synchronize jobs that contained unusual characters in the field, job type, or commodity (including names that were over 255 characters). (v10.32)
  • Added a “Metered” option to Equipment Properties. This is primarily for use with Trac Mate. (v10.41)
  • Changed “Get from the web” so using the “Center of Image” option gets the exact center of the image. (v10.41)
  • Updated Norwegian version to get images for Norway from the internet.(v10.41)
  • Fixed problem where Synchronization of Trac Mate Data with corrupted dates would cause errors. (v10.41)
  • Changed REI reporting for problems when an action started or ended at midnight. (v10.41)
  • Fixed crashes when the Operations Report is printed repeatedly (v10.41)

Farm Funds:

  • A “Merge” feature has been added to “Enterprise Maintenance” to merge two enterprises into one. This is useful if unneeded enterprises have been created, such as happens if an enterprise is ended and a new enterprise is created for the same crop (when both enterprises should actually be one). (v10.0)
  • Updated invoice printing so users can enter a comment & footer that will print on the invoice. These are also saved for future use. Users may also select a bitmap image to be displayed on the invoice (such as a farm or company logo). (v10.0)
  • Payroll Deductions can now be specified to reduce taxable income for any combination of Federal, FICA, Medicare, State, City, County, Federal Unemployment and State Unemployment. (v10.0)
  • The Copy Project button now allows you to copy the Chart of Accounts without copying other accounting information. (v10.0)
  • Added support for revised Forms W-2 and 1099. (v10.0)
  • The supply sales box no longer lists deleted supplies. (v10.0)
  • Changed Enterprise Maintenance so that edited enterprises will show the correct status (open or closed) after then have been changed. (v10.1)
  • Changed invoice printing so that negatives to loans will appear correctly on invoices. (v10.1)
  • Fixed editing of farming actions that did not reallocate the supply at the proper cost due to the cost not using the qty and amt returned to inventory in the void. This only effects some farming actions with supplies that were edited in versions 10.0 through 10.13 (v10.2).
  • Fixed problems where the starting date in Enter Pay sometimes defaulted to the wrong date. (v10.1)
  • Invoices can have a logo (using a bitmap file) in the upper right-hand corner. (v 10.02)
  • Invoices can have both a general Comment & Footer Comment that are printed. The text entered here will also be saved. (v 10.02)
  • Invoices can display a Tax ID which is useful when a GST # must be printed on invoices. (v 10.02)
  • Added 2005 Federal, FICA and Medicare withholding tables. (v10.32)
  • Fixed invoices show they print properly when a sale includes a negative dollar amount. (v10.32)
  • Fixed Market Value Balance Sheet so Accounts Payable/Receivable, Deleted Supplies, Trade-Ins, and Improvements Book Values were not date sensitive. (v10.32)
  • Fixed Market Value Balance sheet so it will print properly for: 1) Undetailed Land 2) equipment/Livestock sold after the report's end date. (v10.32)
  • W-2 report corrected for Federally Exempt deductions (v10.32)
  • Fixed payroll reports to correctly reflect deductions that reduces taxes. (v10.32)
  • Fixed bug where printing a Purchases Report with summarized details would not print properly for an entry containing both a loan payment and allocated expenses. (v10.32)
  • Fixed printing errors on 2004 W-2 Condensed where only the decimal amount of wages would print and State information was printed twice (v10.32)
  • Changed Supply Sales so deleted supplies are not listed. (v10.32)
  • Fixed sale that was part "Deposit Now" and part "Invoice" so it shows up correctly on Invoice/statement. (v10.32)
  • Changed the program so non-default “Check Printers” work with Windows 98. (v10.41)
  • Fixed problems where deposits would sometimes be labeled as checks. (v10.41)

Farm Site & Site Pro:

  • Added support for the new Case “Yoyager” yield format. These yield files have a .vyg file extension and can be read in using the Quick Yield Tools. (v10.0)
  • Added support for the new Ag Leader “Insight” yield format. These yield files have a .ilf file extension and can be read in using the Quick Yield Tools. (v10.0)
  • Added support for the new John Deere “GSD” yield format. These yield files have a .gsd file extension and can be read in using the Quick Yield Tools. This version only supports yield data in this format and not other data such as “Field Doc” data that has the same file extension. (v10.0)
  • Added support for AGCO yield format. The user will still need to have the Agco “Open Office” software. Open Office is used to read the data from the PC Card. The Quick Yield Tools can then be used to read the yield data. Direct reading from a PC card will be coming in the future. (v10.0)
  • Added support for new Lexion Yield format (with Lexion Yield Tools). (v10.0)
  • Added support for exporting field boundaries for use on Lexion Yield Monitor (with Lexion Yield Tools). (v10.0)
  • Added support for flags used with new Lexion Yield Monitor (with Lexion Yield Tools). (v10.0)
  • Site Mate data can now be synchronized from within the “My Documents” directory as well as from any sub-directories under My Documents. (v10.0)
  • Changed synchronization so it looks for Site Mate data in any My Documents directory (in prior versions this only worked if My Documents was under the root directory – which was not always the case with Windows XP). (v10.32)
  • Fixed problem where Quick Yields did not recognize field names over 10 characters. (v10.32)
  • Fixed Restore Backup for problems where you could not restore a backup if Layer Management had been opened. (v10.32)
  • Fixed Site Pro when importing with lexion yield tools, you could set up new categories, but they were not available to choose from in the drop down list. (v10.32)
  • Fixed bug where Yield Monitor Load Report was not correct. Points that had same Date/Time were not included being included (v10.32)
  • Changed the program so it will remember the UTM zone from the “Measurement System” box. (v10.41)

Farm Stock:

  • Farm Stock has a new “full screen” layout that is easier to navigate. (v10.0)
  • Pre-defined Calendar events can now be set to trigger more than one event. For example, a birth could be set to trigger an expected weaning as well as a vaccination on a different date.(v10.0)
  • Health Records now include Reason, Treatment, Shot Location, Lot Number (for vaccine), Shot Type, Administrator, Dose, Dose Units, and Comments. (v10.0)
  • Farm Stock now saves every weight that is entered (along with the date of the weight). In the past it only saved the birth, weaning, sale and current date (when a new current weight was entered, it over-wrote the prior weight). (v10.0)
  • Health Actions may be saved as “Templates” for future use. (v10.0)
  • All Farm Stock reports can be exported in a number of useful formats including Word, .pdf, Excel, and Text. (v10.0)
  • New reports have been added including: (v10.0)
    • Weight History
    • Weight Chart
    • Health Action
    • Animal Mother and Father
    • Offspring Report
    • Service Report with Location
    • Service Report with Details
  • Custom Reports can now include notations. (v10.0)
  • Custom Reports can now include weights. (v10.0)
  • Custom Reports can now include Sire & Dam ID & Alternate ID. (v10.0)
  • Custom Reports can be saved, and can later be reprinted, edited, copied or deleted. (v10.0)
  • Note that Version 10.0 no longer supports any type of Custom Reports. A new report writer will be included with one of the next releases. The new report writer will be much easier to use and will be similar to the Crop Summary Report in Farm Trac+ (v10.0)
  • Added sorting to custom reports (v10.32)
  • Added group and location to the weaning of an animal, so that youcan transfer an animal when it is weaned (v10.32)
  • Added weight total to the weight check so you can use total or average weight for a group of animals (v10.32)
  • Fixed problems where Deleted Animals were showing up in some areas where they shouldn’t (such as Feeding). (v10.32)
  • Fixed Feeding so it no longer lists deleted feeds. (v10.32)
  • Fixed Calendar so it prints the same at any screen resolution (in prior versions the calendar would get cut off when the screen resolution was high). (v10.32)
  • Fixed Weight Check for groups of animals (where individual animals do not have Ids). (v10.32)
  • Changed calendar so it reflects events that were just recorded (past versions required you to exit and return). (v10.41)
  • Fixed problems where the calendar sometimes defaulted to the wrong year. (v10.41)
  • Changed the program so notes can now be deleted (v10.41)
  • Fixed problem where new groups of animals would sometimes be listed as sold. (v10.41)
  • Updated Custom Reports to work with Windows 98 (v10.41)
  • Changed Mother Performance Detail Report so it lists Sire. (v10.41)
  • Created a new “Animal Mother Father” report. (v10.41)
  • Created a new “Offspring” report (v10.41)
  • Changed the “Offspring” report so it prints for selected Location & Group. (v10.41)
  • Changed “Lot #” in Health Records so it will scroll for larger numbers (v10.41)
  • Fixed problems where the Inventory Check sometimes did not match up groups and locations. (v10.41)
  • Fixed problems where some births would not synchronize between Farm Stock & Stock Mate. (v10.41)

Farm Stock Mate:

  • Health Actions may be saved as “Templates” for future use. (v10.0)
  • Fixed problems synchronizing comments with Health Actions. (v10.32)

Farm Site Mate:

  • The Navigate Tool in Site Mate has been changed. When the Navigation Tool is displayed in the lower left-hand corner, you can tap on it and have the compass enlarged so it fills the entire screen.(v10.0)
  • When mapping a path, Site Mate will display the length of that path as you go. This is displayed on the status bar at the bottom of the screen (where the file name was previously displayed).(v10.0)
  • Farm Site Mate now has a “Measure Tool” that allows you to click and drag and make a “measuring line”. The program displays the distance of that measuring line. (v10.0)
  • Fixed problem with paths with offsets where the last point in a path would not be offset.(v10.41)
  • VRA with Tee Jet 854 now supports the boom status flags.(v10.41)
  • VRA with Rawson Accu Plant (older models) now supports reading back data.(v10.41)

Farm Trac Mate:

  • Changed registration so that you only enter a registration number in Trac Mate (past versions also required registration in Farm Trac on the desktop) (v10.41)