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Farm Works Software
Version 8.0 Update Features
The following is a list of major changes
that will be included in Version 8.0 to be released in September. For a list
of changes made in prior versions, visit the "News".
Farm Trac:
- Farm Trac has an all-new interface for entering field records. You now have
the option to use either icons or an Explorer like "tree view" for
people and equipment. Additionally, the icon area at the left has tabs for
People & Equipment as well as supplies.
- You may select multiple fields with the <Shift> or <Ctrl> keys
and then apply the selected people, equipment and supplies to the selected
fields. This streamlines the process of entering field records.
- The number of acres/hectares farmed may be changed in the Farming box.
- The Farming box now allows you to enter the number of acres to which each
supply is applied. This streamlines the process of planting more than one
variety in the same field.
- The Farming worksheet (printed from the Farming box) is now in a grid format
and the report always fits your page regardless of how many fields or supplies
are used.
- The Analysis Percentages for fertilizer can now handle up to three decimal
places for the percentage.
- Chemical reports reflect the total amount applied for share crop fields.
Farm Stock: (The Farm Stock portion of Version
8.0 is expected to be released in late November)
- Farm Stock has an all-new interface. The program fits within the normal
"map area" of Farm Trac. This gives a much larger screen and an
interface that works more closely with Farm Trac and Funds.
- Farm Stock uses an Explorer like "tree view" for selecting animals
from locations and groups.
- The Blood Lines area can now display and print blood lines for as many generations
as you like.
- The program will allow you to save weights at an unlimited number of different
ages.
- The program gives you the ability to wean and transfer more than one animal
at a time.
Farm Site & Site Pro:
- Farm Site and Site Pro now have a new "Information" tab on the
left side of the screen. When you select a single point or area this displays
all the attributes for the selected item. When more than one area or point
is selected, a button allows you to display the total, average, maximum or
minimum for the values of the selected items.
- Farm Site now includes a "Layers" window that lists all the layers
that are being displayed. You can right-click on any layer and activate a
number of features such as Layer Display, Edit Legend, and Show Me.
Farm Site Mate:
- Farm Site Mate now includes user-configurable legends. These legends can
also be saved as templates for future use.
- Farm Site Mate has the ability to log data from the Micro Trak yield monitor
and the EM38 device. Data can be displayed in a color map on the go and logged
to a file.
- Farm Site Mate can handle "Suspended Logs". This means you can
stop in the middle of logging something (such as a boundary) and log something
different (such as a point) and then resume what you were originally logging.
- Farm Site Mate VRA now includes an Advanced Option in which the program
will not log positions when the sprayer boom is turned off.
Farm Fund$:
- The "Check Setup" box now allows you to specify a different printer
for check printing. Thus you can use one printer for printing checks and another
for reports.
- The Payroll area has a new "Time and Pay" window that speeds up
the processing of payroll.
- The program has a new "Time Sheet" area where you can enter up
to seven starting and stopping times for each employee. The program will then
compute the hours worked from this information.
- Payroll has a new "Time and Pay Summary" report that includes
signature lines for the employee and employer in English and in Spanish, as
required under H-2a laws.
- The Loan Payment box now allows you to allocate Interest Expense to enterprises.