Software Version Changes

Changes to All Software:

Version: 2010.4.446

Funds

Updated Bank Reconciliation Report:Bank Reconciliation Report includes Vendor Names for Outstanding Cheques.
Updated Bank Reconciliation for Sorting & Adjustments:You can click on any column in the Bank Reconciliation box to have the program sort based on that column (such as Date, Vendor, Num, Amount, Clr). If you make an adjustment while in this box, the program will retain the same sort status.
Updated Account Register for new Vendors:Vendors that are added in the Account Register (by selecting Add/Edit from the drop-down list) will show up in the Account Register.
Updated Previous Transaction Listing in Payments & Purchases and Income & Sales:The "Previous Purchase" listing in the Income & Sales and Payments & Purchases box has been widened to display the full date of listed transactions.

Version: 2010.3.442

Trac

Updated resizing of Tree-view at left and tabs at bottom:If you resize the area at the left (Client/Farm/Field & Inputs tabs) or the bottom (Information, Layer, & Job tabs) by dragging the bar, the program will now save the sizing and defaults to it when you go back into the program.
Updated Scale Ticket Report for User Defined Fields:User Defined Fields can be used to add columns to scale tickets for items such as Test Weight, Protein and Quality Grades. When you got to the Scale Tickets box you can go to the “File” menu and select “Edit User Defined Items” and create up to 4 User Defined Fields that can be used for each scale ticket. The Scale Ticket Report will now include columns for these User Defined Items.
New "Field Acreage Report":The "Field Reports" include an all new "Acreage Report". With this report you can select Clients/Farms/Fields. The report lists each of the selected fields with its Mapped, Tillable and Legal Area. The report includes the total for each Client and Farm as well as a total for all of the selected fields.

Funds

New Prepay Options in Purchases & Initial Setup:Initial Setup and Payments & Purchases have a new option for setting up Prepays. This option allows you to select a vendor and the related expense account and enter the amount of the prepay. When you use the prepay, there is now a "Payment Option" where you can select the prepay and show the amount used. The Accrual Books will keep track of how much of each prepay you have left while the cash books reflect the expense when you write the cheque.
Changed tab order in Other Expense:It now goes $$ Amt- Account Category - Account List - Add Account Button - Enterprise Type - Enterprise List - OK
Option to enter a Date to ignore Cheques and Deposits for duplicates:The "Cheque and Deposit Ticket Setup" box now includes an option where you can enter a date to "Ignore duplicate checks and deposits".
Updated Comparative Income Statement:Changed the Comparative Income Statement to properly show % change when the first year has a very small amount (such as $.01) and the second year has a large amount (such as $10,000)
Changed Budget Comparison Report to work with other years.:You can change the budget to a year different than the tax year by going to the Accounting menu and selecting "Options" and "Accounting Options" and by selecting the "Budgets" tab. When you change the year, the program will use this year for the actual budget as well as for a Budget Comparative Report.
Changed Editing in Account Register to work with Cleared Status:When you edit a transaction in the Account Register, the program no longer "unclears" the check or deposit.
Updated Cash Flows Report:The Cash Flows Report & Budget Report now properly reflect Breeding Stock Purchases and Manual Journal Entries made to a closed year.
Changed Initial Setup of Accounts Payable:Initial Setup of Accounts Payable now only lists vendors who are marked as "Buy From/Pay To".
Updated Bank Reconciliation Box:The Reconcile Account Box now lists Clear Status/Date/Number/Vendor/Amount in a spreadsheet. You can click on the heading for any column to sort by that heading. You can click twice on a heading to reverse the sort order for that heading. You can also right-click on a transaction to View it or Edit it.
Updated Acount Register for viewing & editing transactions:When you view or edit a transaction in the Account Register, the register will no longer scroll to the top. It instead keeps the transaction you just edited/viewed in the current display.

Site

Changed Layer Animation to work with Trac Mate Site Mate data:The Layer Animation Tool will display Site Mate data (including Trac Mate/Site Mate) in the order that it was driven.
Updated Yield Load Summary for Ag Leader .yld data.:This applies to data collected with an Ag Leader 2000 or PF3000 monitor (not the Insight). The program has been changed so that it no longer uses the summary data from the yield monitor. The program is instead calculating the summary from GPS data (taking into account all data, not just data that is mapped). These changes are in order to overcome the problems we've had with reading summary data that was collected over multiple days (where the load report would show duplicate loads if the data was not read at the same time). To get the effects of these changes, you will need to install the update and then delete your data and reload it.
Added Support for Trimble FMX Yield Data:Read Job Data now has an option under "Trimble FMX Display" to read yield data (ISO/.xml File) that was collected with an FMX.
Layer Attribute Type for Images:There is now an Attribute Type for Images. This allows you to assign an image (such as a photo) to a mapped point, path or polygon. This will show up in a separate tab when you right-click on an item on the map and select Attributes. Data collected with Site Mate Scouting and a digital camera and GPS will automatically show up.
Information Tab includes Standard Deviation:When you select a set of map data (such as a group of yield points) and go to the "Information" tab at the bottom of the screen, the program will display the Minimum, Maximum, and Average of any numeric data items. It now also displays the Standard Deviation.
Changed Image loading so new images load as the bottom layer:When the "Get Aerial Image" option is used, the new image will be loaded as the bottom layer. This makes it easier to load an additional layer or to see a boundary (or other layer) on top of the image.
Changed Export Boundaries so it works for Clients/Farms/Fields:You can now right-click on a Client/Farm/Field in the tree-view on the left and select "Export Boundaries". When you do this, the program will only export the boundaries for the Client/Farm/Field.
Added Support for Importing Yield Maps as .txt & .csv files:The Generic Import option now allows you to sign attributes from a .csv or .txt file to Dry Yield. This is useful for importing yield data exported from another software package as a text file.

Pro

Multiplication Formula for Prescription Generation:With Pro you can now select a product to be varied and move it to the Working Group. You can then display a map (either an area/polygon layer or a Grid or Contour view of point data). You can then right-click on the attribute in the "Views" area (this would be something like "Dry Yield - Grid 50 Average") and select "Create Formula Application". In the Prescriptions box you can enter a formula as a multiplication (such as entering a factor to multiply dry yield by in order to get the rate of application).

Trac Mate

Complete Jobs Automatically:You can now go to the Configure tab and select “Job Settings” and select an option to “Complete Jobs Automatically”. When you do this, Trac Mate will automatically complete a job when you click the Finish button. The program will not ask you if the job is complete (it will assume it is completed) and it will not ask you to confirm the quantities of supplies used or acres or hours worked.
Confirm Job Quantities:You can now go to the Configure tab and select “Job Settings” and select an option to “Confirm Job Quantities”. When this option is not selected, Trac Mate will not ask you to confirm the quantities of supplies used or acres or hours worked.

Site Mate

Image Capture in Site Mate Scouting:There is now an attribute type in Site Mate for “Images”. This allows you to utilize a PDA with a camera and GPS (such as a Juno or Nomad or PDA Phone) to capture an image with the camera and have it gps referenced as an attribute. This is ideal for scouting when you wish to capture a photo or a weed or insect.
Support for "Commspread" controller:Site Mate VRA now supports the "Commspread" controller.

Version: 2010.1.433

All Products

Backups can Exclude Archived Trac Mate & Site Mate Data:When you make a backup, you can now select whether or not you want to backup the raw data from Trac Mate and Site Mate (which can make backups very large).

Trac

Plan Report with PPE:You can right-click on a job that has a restricted use chemical and select “Plan Report with PPE”. This will give a report that includes a map of the field and information about the planned job along with the restricted use PPE.
Add/Edit for Job Types:The Farming/Job box includes an "Add/Edit" option in the Job Type drop-down list which can be used to create new job types and edit existing job types.
Retiring of Enterprises:You can right-click on an enterprise and select “Retire” to hide it in the tree-view on the left. This can be used to hide old enterprises. These enterprises can still be viewed by selecting “Show Retired Land Areas” from the “View” menu.
Updated Crop Summary Report:The Crop Summary Report now has options to display Mapped/Calculated, Legal and Actual Area.
Updated Planning Report for Share Crop Fields:The Planning Report now has options to be printed either for Farm Inputs, Landlord Inputs or All Inputs.
General Notations can be Entered for a Group of Fields:You can now go to the Map tab and select any number of fields and right-click and select “Multiple Notes” to enter general notations such as scouting observations.
Scale Tickets have User Defined Fields:When you got to the Scale Tickets box you can go to the “File” menu and select “Edit User Defined Items” and create up to 4 User Defined Fields that can be used for each scale ticket. These can be used for items such as Protein and Test Weights on scale tickets.

Funds

Import Bank Transaction Data:The Account Register has an option under the “Activities” menu to “Import Transaction Data”. This is used to download bank data including cheques and deposits and other transactions from your bank into your Account Register. The download supports the .ofx (Microsoft Money) and .qfx (Quicken) file formats that most banks use. Just download your bank account data from your bank’s website and then import the information into your Account Register in Farm Funds. If the cheque/deposit is already recorded, it will be marked as cleared. If the transaction was not previously recorded, it can be imported with no details (or you can enter the details). The import process also brings in bank data such as the statement balance so Chequebook Reconciliation becomes quick and painless.
Updated Enterprise Statement - Traditional:The Enterprise Statement Traditional now includes the Farm and Field names in the header.
Updated Chart of Account Box:The Charge of Accounts box has been updated so it no longer scrolls to the top after an account is moved or edited.
Updated Supply Properties for Costs:Supply Purchases now allows you to enter costs with up to three decimal places.

Site

Trimble Guidance & Feature Layers :Right-click on a field and select “Trimble Guidance/Feature” to create a new guidance or feature layer. These layers can be written (via Write Job Data) to a Trimble device such as an EZ Guide250 or 500 or an FMD or FMX. When creating a guidance layer you will have a range of tools (described below) for creating guidance paths. These same tools can be used to edit a previously created guidance path including a path created with a Trimble device.
Curved AB Line Tool :The Curved AB Line Tool is used to create a guidance path that has multiple points within it. Currently available for creating and editing guidance lines with Trimble Devices including the EZGuide 250 & 500 and FMX and FMD.
Straight AB Line Tool :The Straight AB Line Tool is used to create a straight guidance path (with start and end points). Currently available for creating and editing guidance lines with Trimble Devices including the EZGuide 250 & 500 and FMX and FMD.
A+ Line Tool :The A+ Line Tool is used to create a straight guidance path where you select the starting position and enter the degrees for the direction of the path. Currently available for creating and editing guidance lines with Trimble Devices including the EZGuide 250 & 500 and FMX and FMD.
Offset (Guidance) Tool :The Offset Guidance Line Tool is used to create a second guidance path a set distance from a previously created guidance path. Currently available for creating and editing guidance lines with Trimble Devices including the EZGuide 250 & 500 and FMX and FMD.
Map Animation :When displaying a map, there is now a “Layer Animation” button. When you click on the button, the map will be painted on the screen in the order that it was created. The feature includes a drop-down list where you can speed up or slowdown the playback. This feature is useful for displaying Job maps such as spray, planting and harvest maps. This makes it possible to review the order and direction that a field was farmed.
Google Earth Imagery :You can now right-click on a map (such as a boundary or road and waterway map) and select “Get Aerial Image”. When you do this you will have the option of downloading either Google Earth or Microsoft Terraserver Imagery. When downloading Google Earth Imagery you can enter how large of an area you want with smaller areas getting higher resolution imagery (and larger areas getting lower resolution imagery). Images are linked to the internet and are automatically updated when Google Earth has new data.
Updated Capabilities with John Deere GS2 Data :Farm Data now includes the ability to read and write Tank Mixes with the GS2 terminal. Additionally, the software supports equipment categories as used on the GS2. The software also includes full support for Field and Weather Conditions collected with a GS2 terminal.
Create Composite Layer :The “New View” box for a point layer now has an option to “Create new composite layer”. With this option selected you can select an area layer. The program will then create a new area layer that has the combined attributes of both the point and area layers. As an example, you could select a yield layer for the point layer and a soil type layer for the area layer. The new “Composite Layer” would have the areas for the soil types with both the yield and soil type attributes.
Added Support for .txt, .csv and .grn Files as Background Maps:You can now right-click on in the tree-view and select “Import Background” map and import .txt, .csv and .grn files.
RDS Treatment Plan:Added support for RDS Treatment Plans in Write Job Data.

Trac Mate

Field History in Trac Mate:The Job tab of Trac Mate will include a “Field History” button that can be used to view prior field records/history for the field you are working in. Field History is displayed in a “Tree View” format sorted by crop enterprise. The box will display a quick summary of the job that includes the date and type of job. You can select any job to display more details including supplies used, rate, quantity and unit cost along with any notes. The synchronization box in Trac now includes an option where you can select whether history is uploaded and what date range you wish to use. If you are using Trac Mate with Site Mate, you can go to the “Map” tab and right-click on any field boundary and select “Field History” to see history for any field.
Expanded Keyboard Options:The Configure tab includes a “Keyboard Settings” button where you can select to have a “Popup Keyboard” that will fill the screen or an “Attached Keyboard” that is build into dialog boxes. These options are designed for touch screen devices such as the Trimble Yuma and allows you to select the keyboard you like best.
Job Settings:The Configure tab for Site Mate Scouting includes a “Job Settings” button. This gives you the option to “Complete Jobs Automatically” or “Confirm Job Quantities”. When the “Complete Jobs Automatically” option is enabled, when you Complete/Finish a job, the program will not ask you to confirm the information that you’ve entered. This cuts down on the number of steps required for entering Trac Mate jobs.
Work Orders include a “Supply Summary” Button:The Work Order box now includes a Supply Summary button. You can select a work-order and if it includes a supply, you can select the “Supply Summary” button to see the amount of product required for the job. You can select any number of available work-orders and then select the same button to see the total product required (for all of the selected work orders).
Trac Mate Saves Column Widths in Load Work-Order:If you change the column width in the work-order box, the program will remember the settings and default to them the next time you use this option.

Site Mate

Expanded Keyboard Options:The Configure tab includes a “Keyboard Settings” button where you can select to have a “Popup Keyboard” that will fill the screen or an “Attached Keyboard” that is build into dialog boxes. These options are designed for touch screen devices such as the Trimble Yuma and allows you to select the keyboard you like best.
Auto Renumbering of Soil Sample Points:The Configure tab for Site Mate Scouting includes a “Sample Ids” button that includes an option to “Renumber Target Sample Ids when a point is deleted”.
The Configure tab for Site Mate Scouting includes a “Sample Grid Settings” button that includes the option to "Ask for Settings or Automatically Use these Settings". This option gives you the ability to set default settings for grid size, orientation and Target Point Location. If these settings are entered, they will automatically be used each time.
Labels on Logged Data (Including Jobs):The “Log” menu has an option for “Labels”. This allows you to display labels on logged data. This can be done as the map is created.
Deleting & Moving of Soil Sampling Target Points:Once a sampling grid is created, you can select any target sample point and drag it to a different location. You can also select a point and then select the “Delete” button to delete the point. If the “Auto Renumbering” option is enabled (in the Configure tab), the remaining points will be renumbered to take into account the deleted point.
Soil Sampling Navigation:When soil sample target points are created, the program will automatically create a navigation line that connects the soil sample points in the order that they are numbered. The program will automatically use the navigation tool to navigate you to the first point. As each point is sampled/logged, the program will automatically navigate you to the next point. Users will have a compass and path to follow to go to the next sample location.
Expanded Support of Micro Trak for VRA:Site Mate VRA now supports the logging of individual boom sections with Micro Trak controllers. Additionally, Site Mate VRA Multi Product can control multiple channels with Micro Trak controllers.
Expanded Support of Dickey John for VRA:Site Mate VRA Multi Product can now control multiple channels with Dickey John controllers.
VRA Jobs can have Attributes:If you create a VRA job or Sensor job, you can now log other any number of additional attributes.
Support for the Zeltex Protein /Moisture Monitor :Site Mate VRA can now log data from the Zeltex Protein/Moisture Monitor.
Support for .jpg, .tif and .bmp Background Images:Site Mate can load calibrated images as background maps in the .jpg, .tif or .bmp format (in the past it only supported .bmp files).

Guide Mate

Updated Lightbar to Better Fit Screen on Pocket PC:Changed the lightbar at the top of the screen to better fit on some Pocket PCs.

Version: 2009.x

Trac

Enhanced Weather Records:Enhanced Weather Records –Farm Trac and Site Pro include a “Weather” tab where you can add weather records to a field, a group of fields or all fields. This allows you to enter weather information that does not relate to field records. Weather information includes Date, High Temperature, Low Temperature, Precipitation and Humidity.
Sort Fields by Crop when Entering Jobs:Sort fields by crop when entering Jobs –When you enter a job/farming action, after you click on the “Apply to Fields” button, you now have the option to select fields by crop or farm. Using the “Sort by Crop” makes it easy to record farming actions/jobs that relate to a group of fields with the same crop.
Quick Notations:Quick Notations –When manually adding a note to a field, there is a drop-down list for “Quick Notations”. By using the add/edit option on the drop-down list, you can set up a list of commonly used notations. This makes it much quicker to add these notations to a field. The program still allows you to manually type in additional notes (as in previous versions).
Planned Jobs can now be Exported in the FODM/XML Format:Planned Jobs can now be exported in the FODM/XML format – Planned Jobs can now be exported in the FODM/XML format and then imported for use in another project. This can include a prescription map. This makes it easy to exchange planned maps between applicators and consultants with Site Pro and growers with Farm Trac and Site (or vice versa).
Expanded Crop Insurance Unit Functions :Crop Insurance Units may now be assigned to an enterprise. This can be done by right-clicking on a field and selecting “New Crop Enterprise” or by right-clicking on an existing crop enterprise under a field (such as “09 Corn) and selecting “Properties”.
Right-click on Field to Print Enterprise Statement:You can now right-click on a field (on the map or tree-view) or right-click on an enterprise and go to Reports and have the "Enterprise Statement - Traditional" printed for the selected field enterprise.
New Daily Rainfall and Irrigation Report:New Daily Rainfall and Irrigation Report gives a history of all rainfall (entered in the Weather tab) and Irrigation (entered using a supply set up with the “Water” category). It includes the total amount applied through irrigation and precipitation along with the combined total.
Saving of Report Date Ranges:Trac now defaults reports to the date range used on the previous report.
New Weather Report :New Weather Report that includes details that are entered in the Weather tab. Report includes Date, High and Low Temperatures, Precipitation and Humidity.
New Nitrate Vulnerable Zones Report:New Nitrate Vulnerable Zones Report – Fertilisers can now be assigned both an Organic and Elemental value for Nitrogen. These rates are used on this new report.
Support for Crop Insurance Units:Support for Crop Insurance Units –You can now right-click on an enterprise in the tree-view on the left and go to “Properties” and assign a Crop Insurance Unit. This information can be printed via the “Custom Crop Summary Report”.
Adding Equipment to an Existing Job Results in Recalculation of Fuel Used:Adding Equipment to an existing job results in recalculation of fuel used – When you go to Job Properties and add a piece of equipment (that is fuelable), the program will compute the fuel usage using any burn rate information.
New Supply Category for Manure:New Supply Category for Manure – There is now a supply category for Manure. This category can be selected when a new supply is set up. Alternately, you can change an existing supply by right-clicking on it and selecting “Properties”.
All Field Reports can be Sorted by Crop:All Field Reports can be sorted by crop –When printing any field level report, there is now an option to “Filter by Crop”. This allows you to select a crop and get a report that includes all the fields that had that crop.
Writing of Names and Inputs in Synchronization:Writing of Names and Inputs in Synchronization - you can now select the Client/Farm/Field along with People, Equipment and Supplies that are sent to Trac Mate and Site Mate.
Copy Project Options Added:Updated the Copy Project box for items such as copying Fields and Boundaries.
Updated Invoices so they can include non-distributed supplies:Updated Invoices so they can include non-distributed supplies. This is useful for invoicing custom baling when twine and other supplies are to be included on the invoice.
Updated Chemical Use Report (Page) to include REI & PHI:The Chemical Use Report - Page Format now includes Restricted Harvest (the # of days and the earliest date) and Restricted Entry Interval (# of hours and the earliest date and time).
Nutrient Values for Manure:Supplies set up under the "Manure" category will have the "Fertiliser" tab available where nutrient values may be entered (for Fertiliser Reporting).
Updated Crop Summary Report :The Crop Summary Report can now be sorted by Client/Farm/Field. The report also now gives you the option to show Area, Legal Area or Mapped Area.

Funds

Budgets can be Done on a Different Year-end :You can now go to the Accounting menu and select “Options” then “Accounting Options” and change the Budget Year. This allows you to have a budget that goes on a Crop Year while your books are on a calendar year. The same year is used for the Cash Flows Report.
Updated Tab Order in Payments & Purchases and Income & Sales:When using the keyboard, you can now select a vendor and then use the tab key to select a template (or previous transaction). You can then use the tab key to change the amount of any detail items in the transactions.
Expanded Budget Comparison Report :Expanded Budget Comparison Report – Budgets will now include comparisons to actual cash flows for Revenue, Expenses, Asset Purchases, Asset Sales, New Debt, Debt Repayment and Family Living.
Cash Flows Statement:Cash Flows Statement – Farm Funds now includes a “Cash Flows Statement” that reflects all cash uses and sources (including Revenue, Expenses, Asset Purchases, Asset Sales, New Debt, Debt Repayment and Family Living).
Updated Bill Landlord's Box:Updated Bill Landlord's box - This box now has an option to "Increase Supply Cost by %" using a different % for each supply.
Updated Show Me:Updated Show Me – The Show Me option that is used in areas such as Other Expenses, Other Income and Enterprise Allocation now lists years with the most recent year first.
Ended Enterprise Before Harvest Option:Ended Enterprise Before Harvest option – You can now right-click on an enterprise and select Properties and select an option for “Ended Enterprise Before Harvest”. This option is used when a field enterprise will not have a harvest.
Updated Vendor Listing:Updated Vendor Listing in Account Register – The Account Register will no longer list retired vendors.
Cheque Memos:Cheque Memos no longer include “Purchase” – The memo that prints on a cheque will not include “Purchase” if the description is blank.
Bank Reconciliation Automatically Defaults Date:Bank Reconciliation automatically defaults date – The Bank Reconciliation will now automatically default the date to a month after the previous reconciliation.
New Option to not Print Memos on Cheques:New option to not print memos on cheques – The Cheque Setup box now has an option to “Never print memos on cheques”.
Expanded Equipment Trade Options :Farm Funds now gives you the option to either “Remove Traded Equipment with Depreciation listed on the new item” or “Keep Traded Equipment on the General Ledger for Depreciation”.
Deleting Fully Depreciated Traded Assets :You can now go to the Asset Depreciation box and right-click on a fully depreciated asset that was previously traded and select an option to “Remove Asset from Depreciation”. This will remove the asset from all equipment listings.
Expanded Sorting options in Asset Depreciation :The Asset Depreciation box now gives you the option to sort assets (Equipment, Structures, Improvements and Breeding Livestock) in either Date Order (based on the Purchase Date) or Alphabetically. When sorting by date, assets can be listed in either ascending (oldest first) or descending (most recent first) order.
Print Transactions for a Specific Account:The Journal Entry Report now includes an option to enter a date range and select a specific account. This makes it possible to see a list of all transactions (with all details) for the selected account and date range.
Changed Cash Flows Report to include Drawing & Equity:Changed the Cash Flows Report to include any amounts recorded directly to a Equity, Drawing or Dividend account (instead of going through Family Living).
Changed Cash Flows Report to include Other Liabilities & Other Assets:Changed Cash Flows Report to include Other Liabilities (such as Payroll Taxes Payable) & Other Assets
Changed Cash Flows Report for Voided Equipment Transactions:Changed the Cash Flows Report to properly reflect Equipment Purchases and Sales transactions that are voided.
Edit Livestock Purchase Updates Cost:Changed the editing of Livestock Purchases so the livestock cost (shown in Asset Depreciation box) is properly updated.
Updated GL Detail Report for Times Where Details were Displayed Incorrectly:Changed the General Ledger Detail Report for situations where it would sometimes not print all details.
Updated Cash Flows Report to go to 6 Digits:The Cash Flows Report now displays numbers up to 8 digits (supports numbers up to $99,999,999.99).
Bank Adjustments can be marked as :Bank Adjustments such as Interest Income, Service Charges and Debit/Credit Memos can now be marked as cleared in the Account Register and the Bank Reconciliation.
Budget Years can now work over a farm's Fiscal Year or a Calendar Year:The Budget Year can span a Calendar Year while the farm has a different Fiscal Year. Thus if a farm has a year that runs July 1 through June 30, the Budget can run January 1 through December 31 (for example). This option is enabled by going to the Accounting menu and selecting Options then Accounting Options.
Trial Balance & General Ledger Detail Report list cost per unit:The Trial Balance and General Ledger Detail Reports have a column for "cost per unit" for any transaction that has a quantity. This includes Supplies, Harvested Crops and Livestock.
Show Me supports Client/Farm/Field:The “Show Me” button used in Other Expenses, Other Revenue, Allocate Inputs and other areas now has an option to select a Client and/or Farm and/or Field. Additionally you can sort the list of enterprises for any listed item by clicking on the heading (such as clicking on the “Year” heading to sort the list by year).
Accounts Payable Report by Due Date :The Accounts Payable Report includes an option to restrict listed payables based on a set Due Date.
Added "Wages Over/Under Allocated":Added "Wages Over/Under Allocated" to People Enterprise Statements - This is the difference in the # of hours and total dollars for the person and the # of hours and total dollars allocated to enterprises.
Updated Equipment Depreciation Report:Updated Equipment Depreciation Report now supports equipment with long names.
Vendors can be Selected by Typing Their Full Name:Changed the Account Register so vendors can be selected by typing their full name.
Changed Budget Report to properly reflect Misc. Family Living, Payroll Taxes Payable and Unexplained Transactions:Changed Budget Report to properly reflect Misc. Family Living, Payroll Taxes Payable and Unexplained Transactions
Changed Budget Report to work with leap years for February year-ends:Changed Budget Report to work with leap years for February year-ends
Improved speed on General Ledger Reports:Changed the program to improve the speed of "Passive Allocation" that is used for Accrual General Ledger Reports including Enterprise Statements, Inventory Reports and Accrual Financial Reports.
Added Budget option to "Fill Previous Years Balance":Added Budget option to "Fill Previous Years Balance" where you can select which year to use.

Added Support for Farm Sync

Changes in Data Trac and Site Pro Version 2008:

Updated Notations Report – You can now select which clients/farms/fields you want to print notations for. There are also sorting and date options.
Export Planned Jobs as FODM – You can now go to the tree-view on the left and right-click on a planned job and select “Export” and export in the FODM/XML file format.
Updated Field Reports – Field Reports now have “Page x of y” at the bottom of each page. Reports also list Client/Farm/Field (instead of just field). Additionally, where appropriate, reports list the date and time. Also, margins have been updated so reports print better with some printers.
Updated Farming box (Job Properties) so Pests can be entered in the total column
Notes that are entered in the Farming box (Job Properties) get assigned to the “Farming” type.
Created a Unit of Measure for “Load”

Changes in Farm Site and Site Pro:

Post Calibration/Reconciliation of Yield Data – You can now go to the “Job Properties” box for a harvest job that has yield data and change the quantity harvested. When you do this, the program will give you the option to change the map. This will change the yield map to match the quantity that’s entered. This can be used in conjunction with the Scale Ticket button to make the yield map match your scale tickets.
Expanded Map Printing Information Options – When printing a map, you have the option of “Using Default Information” which will print information such as the name of the client/farm/field, crop and average information on the data. Or you can manually enter a “Title” and “Info” that will be printed on the map.
Exporting Enterprise Boundary Maps – You can now right-click on an “Enterprise Year” at the bottom of the map tab and right-click and select “Export Boundary”. This will allow you to export all of your field boundaries for that crop year along with the crop in each field (ArcView Shape File).
Multiple Background Maps can be imported at the same time – When you browse and select a file to import as a background map, you can use the “Shift” or “Ctrl” keys on the keyboard to select a group of files to import.
Added option to export multiple jobs as FODM/XML file – You can now select a group of jobs in the “Job” tab and right-click and select Export. This will create a group of FODM files that can be imported into another desktop software application.
Updated Legend for Line/Path Layers – The Edit Legend box for Line/Path Layers has an option for Range Count that will result in the total length of the lines in each category being displayed on the legend.
Show Me works with Choice Data – Added support to the Show Me option for choice data.
Added support for Ag Leader Load Summary Data – Added support for Ag Leader Load Summary data for AL2000, PF3000 and PF Advantage yield data.
Added Support for Reading & Writing Yara N Sensor Data
New Information Tab features for Boundary Layer – You can select a group of fields on the boundary layer and go to the Information Tab and get the Minimum, Maximum, Average and Total Acres (showing the Mapped, Legal and Tillable acres).
Updated Default Legends – The program will default to a Discrete Legend if there are fewer than 7 unique values (otherwise it defaults to Statistical).
Generic Import now works with Choice Attributes – You can go to the Attribute Types box (Resources – Attributes Types) and set up an attribute that is “choice”. When your import a Shape File or Text File using “Generic Import”, you can assign an attribute in the file to this type and the program will build the Choice/Picklist from the values in the file.
Updated Boundary Export – When you export the boundaries for a client, farm or field, the shape file will not include the Current Crop and Crop Year.
Region Attributes are now Choice – You can now use the “Show Me” option with Region attributes.
Changed Generic Import to Default to importing all attributes
Updated Shape File import that supports complex polygon/area data – This makes it possible to import very large, detailed polygon shape files including some soil type files.
New Information Tab features for Boundary Layer – You can select a group of fields on the boundary layer and go to the Information Tab and get the Minimum, Maximum, Average and Total Acres (showing the Mapped, Legal and Tillable acres).

Changes in Farm Funds Version 2008:

Updated Trial Balance – You can go to the “View” menu in the Trial Balance and switch between the Cash and Accrual Trial Balances.
Updated Social Security and Federal Withholding Report – The Social Security and Federal Withholding Report now includes a line for “Rounding Difference” to account for the difference when computing FICA and Medicare for all wages versus individual withheld amounts.
Updated Account Selection for Reports - With reports such as the General Ledger Detail Report, you now have a tree view that makes it easier to find accounts. It’s also much faster to select all accounts under a category.
Updated Unemployment Report - The Unemployment Report now lists the period to date and year to date excess amounts for Federal and State.
Trial Balance defaults to only showing accounts with non- zero balances
Updated Transaction Editing to work with Structure Purchases – Editing a structure purchase will now update the cost in the Depreciation box.
Updated Unemployment Report – The report now uses “Hours Worked” instead of “Allocation Hours.”
Updated Tax Deposit Box – The Tax Deposit box now displays the total amount being paid.
Updated Employee Pay Report – Detailed Format now shows employee name and address.
Updated Employee Pay Report – Columns are now wider for deductions that have large descriptions.
Updated Name and Address Label Printing
Updated Employee Pay Summary Report – The Payroll Summary Report now includes Piece Rate payroll.
Updated Report Generation – The program now clears all temporary report files. In the past there would be times where previously displayed reports would get displayed at the end of a new report.

Version 12.17 Changes

This update includes a large number of changes and addition. The following is a list of the major changes and additions:

Data Trac & Site Pro:

Added a number of new field reports that can be accessed by clicking on the “Reports” button and selecting “Fields”.
Changed Job Filters so they get saved when you exit the program and go back in.
Changed Job Printing so you can go to the Job tab and select multiple jobs (using the Shift or Ctrl key on your keyboard) and then right-click and select “Print” to print them all.
Changed the program so Job Reports (when you right-click on a job and select Print) include maps.
Changed Share Crop so you can enter a plan on a share-crop field, then complete the plan, then bill the landlord.
Changed Field Records to support field names with up to 40 characters.
Fixed Enterprise Statements so they work for users who don’t have Farm Funds.
Fixed Job Reports (when you right-click on a job and select Print) so they print the proper rates and other information.
Added support for Data Trac Mate Notes and Scale Tickets.
Changed the Farming box so you can enter totals in the Farming box and have them pro-rated to fields based on the size.

Farm Site & Site Pro:

Added a “Transparency Slider” in the lower right-hand corner of the Map tab that works on all layers.
Added the ability to right-click on a layer in the tree-view and select “Copy”. Then right-click on a field, farm or category and select “Paste”.
Added Patterns that can be assigned to Job Types. This can be done by going to the “Resources” menu and selecting “Job Types”. You can then edit each Job Type (such as Harvest) and assign a pattern to it.
Added a new section to the Map Tab for the boundary layer. This section allows you to change the way the boundary map is displayed. The options that are available include:
- Enterprises – You can select a year and see fields colored based on the crop for the selected year.
- Farms – Boundaries are colored based on what farm they are assigned to.
- Field Boundaries – All Fields have the same color.
- Last Job – You can select a year and see fields colored based on the crop for the selected year. They will also have the pattern that was assigned to the last Job (Resources – Job Types) for that year.
- REI – Allows you to select a date range and see fields that have Restricted Entry (based on REI chemical usage) for that time frame.
Added a new drawing tool “Circle Tool Diameter” that allows you to draw a circle starting at the edge of the circle (instead of starting in the center). This tool is available for Boundary and Area layers by clicking on the down-arrow for the “Include Polygon Tool”.
Added Mid Point, End Point, Horizontal and Vertical Tools for boundary, area and line layers.
Added a merge option so you can hold down the shift or ctrl key on the keyboard and select two adjoining areas/polygons then right-click and select “Merge”.
Added support for writing field names, supplies, people, equipment and other information for use with the John Deere Greenstar 1 and Greenstar 2 displays.
Added reading data from John Deere Greenstar 1 and Greenstar 2 displays. This includes Field Doc data. When this data is read the program will create a field record along with the map data.
Added support for writing Ag Leader MSF files with field names, supplies and other information.
Changed the import of Ag Leader As-Applied data so that it will now create a field record that is linked to the map.
Added options to read and write Dickey John IntelliAg data.
Added support for Micro Trak Yield files.
Added options to import Farm Site Mate .fgp files as a boundary or a background layer.
Changed display of boundaries so that they always show up. Boundaries that do not meet selection criteria (from the tree-view on the left of the area at the bottom) are displayed as a boundary only.
Fixed problems where Creating Sampling Grids sometimes did not create lines or points.
Changed Site Pro backups so they include images.
Fixed the scrollbar in the Edit Legend box.
Added new conductance units of measure decisiemens, millisiemens, and microsemens.

Farm Funds:

Changed Employee Setup so deleting employees here will also remove them from the Inputs tree-view on the left.
Changed the Account Register so transactions to retired vendors still show the vendor name.

Farm Stock:

Fixed errors in Notation Report.
Changed the program so that if you start an operation in Farm Funds and go into Farm Stock, the date from Farm Funds carries over.

Version 12.11 Changes

This update includes a large number of changes and addition. The following is a list of the major changes and additions:

Added options to the Help menu to display manuals. For now tutorials may be displayed by running your Farm Data CD or by going to:
Added Support for Windows 98 and Windows ME. This is not available via a web update. If you are using a Windows 98 or ME machine, contact Farm Data Software and we will send you a new CD.
When printing accounting reports such as the General Ledger Detail Report in Farm Funds, the program will give you a tree similar to the Chart of Accounts for selecting accounts. This makes it easier to select accounts by category.
When printing field reports, there is a “tree” that is used for selecting fields and supplies. The tree for fields sorts fields by client (for Site Pro) and farm (for Data Trac and Site Pro). When doing a report for a supply, supplies are sorted by category (seed, chemical, etc…) and equipment by category (Tractors, Harvestors, etc…)
The top “Status Bar” shows the name of the project that you are in.
Changed Bank Reconciliation so that numbers are right justified. Also increased the amount of text space so larger vendor names are visible.
There have been a number of changes made to the field reports. Among them is the addition of the fertilizer report, separate chemical and supply reports and a Planning Report that includes costs for equipment and personnel.
Layers that have text only (such as notes layers) are being converted from past versions. Additionally, general text and labels on any layer will convert from past versions.
Added support for share-cropping for Data Trac users who do not have Farm Funds.
Seeds can be assigned to a commodity. The commodity is used for sorting purposes for selection and reporting.
Full support for Loupe/RDS Yield import including flags/markers and card formatting.
Added “Enterprise Statement – Crops” report for Farm Trac users (without Farm Funds) that shows summary of inputs with costs and total cost per hectare and tonne. Also shows sales and profit per tonne harvested.
When you set up people in Site Pro they have full properties including address, phone numbers and other details.
Crop Summary Report lists all fields, including fields that have never had a crop assigned to them.
Structures are listed in the tree view (along with fields) for all users (including Trac users who do not have Farm Funds).
Equipment, People and Livestock Notations reports have been added.
Changed Yield Import and other areas so deleted fields are not listed.
Changed conversions so all vendor details (address, phone, etc..) convert over from past versions.
Changed vendor listings in Farm Funds so people are listed last name first.
Default displays of names and addresses so delete vendors are hidden.
Fixed problem where completed plans were being converted back to planned jobs.
Changed Jobs tab so it no longer lists plans that have been completed (these are listed only as completed jobs and not as planned jobs).
When record something in Farm Stock, and you’re using Farm Funds, it will give the option to enter the details into Farm Funds
Fixed Fertiliser and Supply Reports so they work for the entered date range. Also fixed totals and problems where some entries were duplicated.
Added support for printing labels with the Names & Addresses Report and fixed problems where reports sometimes did not print correctly.
Changed the Account Register so that it no longer lists deleted vendors.
Budgets from prior versions are now convert to X2
Changed Supply Purchase so you can enter a negative quantity with a decimal place. In the past this would round negative 1.5 to negative 2
Fixed problems where reports would give errors if a user had a Windows login name with a special character such as a period (.)
Added an option to run the “Calibrate” program from the “Tools” menu.
Fixed problems in Initial Setup of Equipment where rounding caused some fully depreciated equipment to get an error that depreciation was greater than the book value of the asset.
Fixed problems where growing crop inventory report and growing crop inventories on the accrual books were not being valued from the enterprise statements.

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The following is a list of some of the major changes that were included in Versions 11.3 of our software, which was released in February, 2006.

Changes to Data Trac Plus & Site Pro:

Support for Mr Sid (*.sid) Image Files. The Calibrate program can now load MrSid image files. These files are high-resolution, geo-referenced images that are available from many government agencies.

Changes to Farm Funds:

Templates include Descriptions. When you save a template in the Purchases or Sales box, it will include the Description/Memo that was entered with the original transaction.
Added allocation hours column to Unemployment Report for determining total hours worked by non-hourly employees.
Made default button on Accounts Payable Reminder window "OK" instead of "Make Payments".
Details of Deposits. Journal entries for deposits made with the “For Deposit” button now show the vendor name for each sale in the deposit.
Added ability to save user's last choice in the Check Print dialog (Already Printed, Add to Batch, Print Now)
Changed Move & Adjust harvested crops to be by Crop instead of Commodity. By commodity is still an option but is not the default.

Changes to Farm Stock:

Added deleting for general events to the Calendar tab.
Added functionality to get the photos from Farm Stock when making a backup.
Added a function to have the health dialog work similar to the original way of adding a single event instead of multiple events.
Health Info - Added multiple selection on clicking, not ctrl->click

Changes to Farm Site Mate:

Fixed problem with New Leader / Rawson VRA where users would get incorrect model selected message.
Fixed measure tool sum calculation where measurements were too large when run on a desktop/laptop computer.

Data Trac Plus & Site Pro:

Added a “Metered” option to Equipment Properties. This is primarily for use with Trac Mate.
Changed “Get from the web” so using the “Center of Image” option gets the exact center of the image.
Updated Norwegian version to get images for Norway from the internet

Farm Funds:

Changed the program so non-default “Check Printers” work with Windows 98.
Fixed problems where deposits would sometimes be labeled as checks.

Farm Site & Site Pro:

Changed the program so it will remember the UTM zone from the “Measurement System” box.

Farm Stock:

Changed calendar so it reflects events that were just recorded (past versions required you to exit and return).
Fixed problems where the calendar sometimes defaulted to the wrong year.
Changed the program so notes can now be deleted
Fixed problem where new groups of animals would sometimes be listed as sold.
Updated Custom Reports to work with Windows 98
Changed Mother Performance Detail Report so it lists Sire.
Created a new “Animal Mother Father” report.
Created a new “Offspring” report
Changed the “Offspring” report so it prints for selected Location & Group.
Changed “Lot #” in Health Records so it will scroll for larger numbers
Fixed problems where the Inventory Check sometimes did not match up groups and locations.
Fixed problems where some births would not synchronize between Farm Stock & Stock Mate.

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)

Farm Site Mate:

Fixed problem with paths with offsets where the last point in a path would not be offset.

Farm Data Software^® Update Features

The following is a list of some of the major changes that were included in Version 11 - 11.23 of our software, which was released August 29, 2005 - January, 2006.

Changes to All Programs:

Changed the REI information so it can now handle up to 256 characters of data. (v11.1)
Changed the “Operation Maintenance” box so that it lists all harvest operations (past releases only showed harvest operations when Farm Funds was installed). (v11.1)
Fixed problems where filters for year, crop, landlord, etc did not properly work. (v11.1)

Changes to Data Trac Plus & Site Pro:

New Landlords Tab. The Field Properties box (which is viewed by right-clicking on a field and selecting Properties or by clicking on a field with the Define Object tool) now has a Landlords tab. Here you can indicate whether a field is Owned, Cash Rented, or Share Cropped. If the field is Share Cropped, you can assign any number of landlords to the field. You can then enter the percentage of each category of inputs (such as Seed, Fertiliser, Insecticides) for which each landlord is responsible. This can also be done for harvested crops and equipment. If you are using Farm Fund$, you can choose to have each category of input billed so that you can easily create a Farm Fund$ invoice for it. (v11)
Printing Reports for Landlords. The Field History Report can now be printed for any single landlord so you can have a report of inputs to be billed to an individual landlord. (v11)
Farm Fund$ Not Necessary to Assign Costs. If you are using the program without Farm Fund$, you can now assign a cost to equipment and personnel. Equipment costs are each recorded as a cost per charge unit (such as cost per acre or tach hour) and personnel costs are on a per hour basis. These costs will be charged to fields and will be reported on the Field History Report. (v11)
New Pre Harvest Intervals Tab. The Supply Properties box now has a PHI tab where you can enter Pre Harvest Intervals for a chemical. This can be entered on a crop-by-crop basis. (v11)
Printing Pesticide Summaries. The program has a new Pesticide Summary Report that includes a list of applicators (with license numbers), total acres covered for any date range, and chemicals used with total quantities. The report may even be tailored for use with some state agencies by adding lines for signatures. (v11)
Printing Application Details. The program has a new Application Details Report. This is a customisable report where the user can select what information he or she wants the software to print. The report can include a user definable header, a picture of the field from your map, a legal description, a report date, an operation date and time, a supply rate and quantity, a supply type and formulation, an active ingredient and formulation, target pests, REI Info, PHI Info, notations, equipment used, field conditions, weather conditions, applicator info, and a technically responsible person for the report. (v11)
Changed Field History Report for multiple fields with different crops so the summary at the bottom properly reflects the yield per ha for the total ha of fields with each crop. (v11.2)
Fixed problem where farming actions that went 100% to landlord did not show up on Field History Report or Enterprise Statement. (v11.2)
Fixed problem where Field Reports (in Darm Trac without Farm Funds) always showed 100% of inputs regardless of what the landlord split was. (v11.2)
Fixed problem where you would get an error if you clicked on the “Notes” or “Pattern” buttons in the “Farming” box when doing a harvest farming action where at least one of the fields being farmed is marked as “Share Cropped”. (v11.2)
Fixed problems in Calibrate where some World files would not automatically calibrate and/or would manually calibrate improperly. (v11.2)
Changed Field History & Enterprise Statements so landlord information is date sensitive. (v11.2)
Fixed problems where supplies from previous versions did not show up in Site Pro. (v11.2)

Farm Funds:

New Feature to Bill Landlords. The Income & Sales box now has a Bill Landlords button. When you select this button, you can select field operations for any fields that the landlord is assigned to. The program will then fill out the Income & Sales box with the supply sales for the inputs from the operations. This allows you to bill a landlord from a farming operation. (v11)
When billing landlords, users may enter a percentage to “Increase Costs by”. This is useful if you want to bill a set percentage above your cost. (v11.1)
Changed Landlord Enterprise Statements so equipment will not show up on report unless it is assigned to the landlord in the landlord properties box. (v11.1)
Added a filter to the Purchases & Sales Reports so you can display only Landlords and/or 1099 Vendors. (v11.2)
Added a filter to the Purchases Report so you can display only the transactions for a certain account. This is useful for 1099s as you can now display just payments to a landlord that went to “Rent Expense” (for example). (v11.2)
Added a filter to the Name & Address Report that allows you to filter by Landlords. (v11.2)
Added the ability to Edit Vendor Properties and add new vendors from the Income/Sales and Purchases reports. (v11.2)
Fixed problem where templates that had something other than a cheque number (such as “Debit card”) were getting a cheque # assigned. (v11.2)
The Feed box in Farm Funds now gives you the option of whether or not you want deleted livestock listed.(v11.2)
Changed the redisplaying of “Other Expenses” that are allocated to fields so it now lists all enterprises instead of just open enterprises. This caused problems for allocations made to closed enterprises as they would not be listed when you edited the “Other Expense” entry. (v11.2)
Changed Market Value for problems where livestock groups sometimes did not show up (after a group went to zero animals and later had animals transferred into it). (v11.2)
Changed Operations Maintenance so it no longer lists entries made in Allocate Inputs (in the past these entries would cause an error if they were selected) (v11.2)

Farm Stock:

Three New Animal IDs. Farm Stock now allows you to maintain up to five identifiers for each animal: Animal ID, Alternate ID, Left Ear Tag, Right Ear Tag and Electronic ID. (v11)
Easy Switching Between IDs. There is now a Main Animal ID menu where you can select which of the five animal identifiers that you want to use in Farm Stock. You can switch back and forth with this at any time. (v11)
Importing Animal Weights. The program now has a Generic Import for reading in animal weights. This import can read any ASCII delimited text file, such as a Comma Separated Value (.csv) file. This is useful for weights as output by most electronic scales. (v11)
Importing Other Livestock Data. The software application now has a Generic Import feature for adding a large number of animals in a few easy steps. This import can read any ASCII delimited text file (such as a Comma Separated Value (.csv) file. This can be used to import livestock records that were collected in another livestock program, a spreadsheet application, or a database. The imported data can also be used to update the information on animals (such as importing expected progeny difference (EPD) information). (v11)
Longer Names & Other Data. The Species, Location, Group, and Animal Name drop-down menus have been made larger to accommodate names with a large number of characters. (v11)
New Search Button. The program has a search button where you can enter part of an Animal ID and the program will find all matching identifiers. (v11)
Makes Modifications Easier. Farm Stock now includes the ability to change various characteristics for livestock, including making modifications to Status, Color, Breed, Health Code, Breeding Stock, and Management Code. (v11)
Enter Health Records for Multiple Animals. The software also includes the capability of completing multiple health actions at one time. (v11)
Converting User Defined Fields. You may also convert User Defined Fields to the various IDs (for users who have maintained the additional IDs in past versions using the User Defined Fields). (v11)
Sorting Data for Custom Reports. Custom reports can now be sorted for date and numeric data. (v11)
Changing Display of Animal Ages. You also have the option of displaying animal ages in years, days, months, or a combination of days and months and years, by selecting Days View from the File menu. (v11)
Removed error messages that would come up when animals were added in Farm Funds and the users selected the option to subsequently add them to Farm Stock. (v11.1)
When a template is used in the “Health Records” box, the name of the selected template is displayed at the top. (v11.1)
Changed the Feed Conversion Report so users can specify an ending date to be used. (v11.1)
Switched the Left and Right Ear Tags to be correct in custom reports. (v11.1)
Added “Birth Ease” to the “Add/Edit Animal Properties” box. (v11.1)
Added the following new reports: (v11.1)
- Current Location Report
- Dam Offspring Report
- Dam Offspring Detail Report
- Expected Due Date Report
- Feed Conversion
- Feed Conversion by Group
- Last Service Report
- Location History By Animal
- Location History By Location
- Mother Litter ID
- Mother Litter ID Wean
- Mother Mating History
- Preg Check Worksheet
- Sire Offspring Report
- Sire Offspring Detail Report
Changed the program so unidentified animals will show up in the sales box. (v11.1)
Fixed the comments area where it was displaying the birth comment instead of the wean comment. (v11.1)
Farm Stock now allows multiple pictures to be assigned to the same animal in the Setup tab. (v11.2)
You can now display pictures for animals in the “Bloodline” tab. (v11.2)
Updated the “Pedigree Report” so it can include livestock pictures. (v11.2)
All new Health Action area that includes a number of new useful features including the ability to have multiple treatments in the same Health Action (this is in Stock & Stock Mate) (v11.2)
Changed custom reports so they can show averages, minimum, maximum & totals. (v11.2)
Added a “Premise ID” to locations (Add/Edit – Locations) and added this to reports. (v11.2)
Fixed problems where some Custom Reports with User Defined Fields would not print correctly. (v11.2)
Fixed weight report to show up in the proper order and the Weight Check dialog now sorts by Animal Name and Columns are auto sized and sorted when it opens up (v11.2)
Added a new dialog box to edit templates without adding a health action. (v11.2)
Added sorting criteria on the health report(reason, treatment, admin, etc) (v11.2)

Farm Stock Mate:

RFID Tag Support. Farm Stock Mate can now work with RFID tag readers from IDology and Ytex. Farm Data Software will be add support for additional tag readers as we get requests from our users. (v11)
Entering Data for Groups. You can now enter feed and health data, take notes, and add animal actions for entire groups of animals. (v11)
Multiple Health Actions. This Mate program also includes the ability to complete multiple health actions at one time. (v11)

Farm Site Mate:

Adds Colour to Your Current Position. Farm Site Mate now allows you to select a colour to be used for your current position. (v11)
Displays Length of Path. This Mate software now displays the length of a path as it is being mapped. (v11)
Displays Full-Screen. You can now tap on the Navigation Tool to display it full screen, with the map in the small area on the left. (v11)
New Measurement Tool. The program also has a Measure Tool you can use to tap and drag anywhere on a map to get the distance between the two positions. (v11)
Displays Points or Paths. Site Mate now has an option to display VRA coverage maps as either points or paths. When displayed as a path, it will be easy to see skips in the fields. When displayed as points, you can use a legend to see the actual applied rate. The program will log all data as points regardless of which option is used. (v11)
More Accurate Maps. Site Mate also has a front-to-back offset in the GPS Setup box. This will be useful in increasing the accuracy of coverage maps. (v11)
Added exports for Ag Leader Basic and Ag Leader Advanced yield data formats. This makes it possible to export yield data in either of these text formats so the yield data can be imported into other mapping packages as yield data. (v11.1)
The program now includes GPS Time as an attribute for yield data. (v11.1)
Changed the Quick Yield Import so it will default to the crop from the yield file (when this crop also exists in the Farm Data project that is being use). (v11.1)
Changed Ag Leader As Applied and Site Verification import so that markers are supported. (v11.1)
Updated Quick Yield import tools to fix problems with some John Deere and Ag Leader Insight yield data. (v11.1)
The Quick Yield Import can now read multiple RDS & Loup yield files at the same time. (v11.2)
Added an “RDS Yield Card Setup” option to the Export box. This allows you to format a yield card with field names, crops and other information from Data Trac & Site. (v11.2)
Added an option to the Quick Yield Import for reading Claas & Caterpillar Lexion .aft and .inp files. (v11.2)
Added options to export yield data in the "Ag Leader Basic” and “Ag Leader Advanced” formats that are supported by most mapping packages. These exports were added to make it easier to transfer yield data between different software packages. (v11.2)
Added attributes for flow and distance traveled for Lexion Yield data. (v11.2)
Fixed problems reading in some Ag Leader As Applied files. (v11.2)

Guide Mate:

All-New Look. Guide Mate now has an all-new interface that makes it easier to use. The new interface is tied in with Data Trac Mate and Site Mate so it is easy to flip between a guidance screen and the map screen as well as a field records screen. (v11)
Gets You Working Faster. The program now allows for quick start guidance where a user only needs to select a guidance pattern and swath width. (v11)
Compatible with More Platforms. Guide Mate can work on laptop computers, as well as handheld computing devices with the Microsoft Mobile, Pocket PC, and Windows CE. (v11)
Light Bar on Map Tab and Guidance Tab. Guide Mate can display an on-screen light bar on the Map tab as well as in the Guidance tab. (v11)
Warning of Approaching Headlands. The program includes a customizable countdown feature when approaching headlands. This can include audible alerts. (v11)
Easier to Make Out Approaching Contours. The program allows you to select a look-ahead distance and steering needle size. This is particularly useful in Contour mode to see upcoming contours. (v11)

The following is a list of some of the major changes that were included in Versions 10.33 through 10.4.

Data Trac Plus & Site Pro:

Added a “Metered” option to Equipment Properties. This is primarily for use with Trac Mate.
Changed “Get from the web” so using the “Center of Image” option gets the exact center of the image.
Updated Norwegian version to get images for Norway from the internet

Farm Funds:

Changed the program so non-default “Check Printers” work with Windows 98.
Fixed problems where deposits would sometimes be labeled as checks.

Farm Site & Site Pro:

Changed the program so it will remember the UTM zone from the “Measurement System” box.

Farm Stock:

Changed calendar so it reflects events that were just recorded (past versions required you to exit and return).
Fixed problems where the calendar sometimes defaulted to the wrong year.
Changed the program so notes can now be deleted
Fixed problem where new groups of animals would sometimes be listed as sold.
Updated Custom Reports to work with Windows 98
Changed Mother Performance Detail Report so it lists Sire.
Created a new “Animal Mother Father” report.
Created a new “Offspring” report
Changed the “Offspring” report so it prints for selected Location & Group.
Changed “Lot #” in Health Records so it will scroll for larger numbers
Fixed problems where the Inventory Check sometimes did not match up groups and locations.
Fixed problems where some births would not synchronize between Farm Stock & Stock Mate.

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)

Farm Site Mate:

Fixed problem with paths with offsets where the last point in a path would not be offset.

The following is a list of some of the major changes that were included in Versions 10.2 through 10.32 that have been released, through February 11, 2005.

All Programs:

Fixed problems with some registrations not working.

Data Trac Plus & Site Pro:

Fixed problems where new projects were not getting geographic coordinates set automatically.
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
Added Enterprise Merging in Enterprise Maintenance
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).

Farm Funds:

Added 2005 Federal, FICA and Medicare withholding tables.
Fixed invoices show they print properly when a sale includes a negative dollar amount.
Fixed Market Value Balance Sheet so Accounts Payable/Receivable, Deleted Supplies, Trade-Ins, and Improvements Book Values were not date sensitive.
Fixed Market Value Balance sheet so it will print properly for: 1) Undetailed Land 2) equipment/Livestock sold after the report's end date.
W-2 report corrected for Federally Exempt deductions
Fixed payroll reports to correctly reflect deductions that reduces taxes.
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.
Fixed printing errors on 2004 W-2 Condensed where only the decimal amount of wages would print and State information was printed twice
Changed Supply Sales so deleted supplies are not listed.
Fixed sale that was part "Deposit Now" and part "Invoice" so it shows up correctly on Invoice/statement.

Farm Site & Site Pro:

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).
Fixed problem where Quick Yields did not recognize field names over 10 characters.
Fixed Restore Backup for problems where you could not restore a backup if Layer Management had been opened.
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.
Fixed bug where Yield Monitor Load Report was not correct. Points that had same Date/Time were not included being included

Farm Stock:

Added sorting to custom reports
Added group and location to the weaning of an animal, so that youcan transfer an animal when it is weaned
Added weight total to the weight check so you can use total or average weight for a group of animals
Fixed problems where Deleted Animals were showing up in some areas where they shouldn’t (such as Feeding).
Fixed Feeding so it no longer lists deleted feeds.
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).
Fixed Weight Check for groups of animals (where individual animals do not have Ids).

Farm Stock Mate:

Fixed problems synchronizing comments with Health Actions.

The following is a list of some of the major changes that were included in Versions 10.0 through 10.20 that have been released from August 30, through November 24, 2004.

Data 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).
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.

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).
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).
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.
The Copy Project button now allows you to copy the Chart of Accounts without copying other accounting information.
Added support for revised Forms W-2 and 1099.
The supply sales box no longer lists deleted supplies.
Changed Enterprise Maintenance so that edited enterprises will show the correct status (open or closed) after then have been changed.
Changed invoice printing so that negatives to loans will appear correctly on invoices.
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.
Fixed problems where the starting date in Enter Pay sometimes defaulted to the wrong date.

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.
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.
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.
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.
Added support for new Lexion Yield format (with Lexion Yield Tools).
Added support for exporting field boundaries for use on Lexion Yield Monitor (with Lexion Yield Tools).
Added support for flags used with new Lexion Yield Monitor (with Lexion Yield Tools).
Site Mate data can now be synchronized from within the “My Documents” directory as well as from any sub-directories under My Documents.

Farm Stock:

Farm Stock has a new “full screen” layout that is easier to navigate.
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.
Health Records now include Reason, Treatment, Shot Location, Lot Number (for vaccine), Shot Type, Administrator, Dose, Dose Units, and Comments.
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).
Health Actions may be saved as “Templates” for future use.
All Farm Stock reports can be exported in a number of useful formats including Word, .pdf, Excel, and Text.
New reports have been added including:
- 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.
Custom Reports can now include weights.
Custom Reports can now include Sire & Dam ID & Alternate ID.
Custom Reports can be saved, and can later be reprinted, edited, copied or deleted.
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+

Farm Stock Mate:

Health Actions may be saved as “Templates” for future use.

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.
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).
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.

The following is a list of changes that were included in Version 9.20 (released in April 2004) to Version 9.301 (released in August 2004).

All Programs:

Added support for Unicode language files so the desktop software can be translated into languages such as Russian and Chinese. (v9.22)

Data Trac Plus & Site Pro:

Changed Synchronization so you can synchronize more than one project with a single handheld device. (v9.20)

Field boundaries are now loaded from Data Trac+ to Data Trac Mate & Site Mate via synchronization.(v9.20)

When synchronizing Data Trac Mate data, all data will be displayed in a "Farming" box so users can review the data and make changes as needed before the records are updated.(v9.20)

"Planning" data can be exported as "Work Orders" for use with Data Trac Mate.(v9.20)

Notations that are created with Trac Mate and Site Mate will have an "Op Map" button. When this button is selected, a map for the notation will be displayed (such as a map that shows where different seed varieties were planted that corresponds to the planting note).(v9.20)

Changed Synchronization of Site Mate data so it looks for files in "My Documents" as well as in the "TMSMData/Scouting" directory. (v9.201)

Fixed overflow bug if layer name created in sychronization was longer than allowed.(v9.201)

Fixed a bug where the layer did not color by legend on the Operation report if a layer had been set to display solid color.(v9.201)

Fixed altitude to be in meters not centimeters. (v9.202)

When synchronizing with Trac Mate, deleted items or non-distributed supplies, and removed crops from Site Pro are no longer loaded into Trac Mate. (v9.202)

Added "Planning" features to Site Pro. (v9.206)

Changed Farm Site Pro so it can now work with Data Trac Mate. (v9.206)

Fixed Win98 crash when exiting Farm Trac+ or Site Pro (after synchronizing with a handheld device). (v9.206)

Add version number to fmain.ini when creating new clients in Site Pro so Client Projects can be restored to Data Trac and Site without errors. (v9.206)

Made drop down for list of sync locations longer. (v9.206)

Removed conversions to kg/hl in Quick Yields for metrics. (v9.206)

Fixed bug with enter, and exiting generic import dialog alot. (v9.206)

Fixed bug in Generic Import when importing lines only to area layer, fixed bug selecting a template using NEMA. (v9.206)

Fixed generic text import to default to "All Files (*.*)" instead of "Text Files (*.txt)" (v9.206)

Fixed errors when entering farming actions in Site Pro. (v9.206)

Added Coinage Report for South Africa. (v9.206)

Changed names of crop's in Farm Site Pro to include crop year (v9.206)

Fixed job notes not being exported in the work order. (v9.206)

Added functionality for entering Purchases or Sales as a Gross amount including VAT, then the VAT is calculated for the user. (v9.206)

Added 'Select All' and 'Select None' buttons to the Chem/Fert/Seed report. (v9.206)

Legends are automatically created for jobs from Trac Mate based on "regions".(v9.210)

You can go to the History menu and select "Operations" then "Maintenance". This will give a list of all the operations created with Trac Mate and Site Mate. You can select an operation or group of operations and either display the operation map or print a report that gives a map and summary.(v9.210)

Fixed problem where if you created changed the crop for an enterprise in Trac Mate (such as changing from Field Prep to a crop), that Data Trac would have both enterprises.(v9.210)

Round the rate to the proper number of significant digits in the plan jobs export. (v9.210)

Fixed Win98 crash when synchronizing with Site Mate / Trac Mate. (v9.210)

Fixed calculation of yield that did not convert lbs. to kg. properly.(v9.211)

Changed the Operation report so it calculates area properly. (v9.211)

Fixed problem where the map of the job on Operation report was sometimes hidden by the main field boundary. (v9.211)

Fixed import of Trac Mate jobs to correct for Region IDs of 0.(v9.211)

Fixed the Operation Report where it incorrectly added the unpriced quantity of supplies to total quantity used (when used with Farm Funds). (v9.212)

Added operation type to work-order file name.(v9.212)

Changed Operation Report tables so they are set to the proper directory.(v9.212)

Fixed problem where the Edit/Executing plans dialog did not list the landlord names properly. (v9.212)

Fixed problems where start and stop times did not come from Trac Mate when synchronizing.(v9.22)

Fixed crash in synching when a new crop is setup without Funds.(v9.22)

Farm Site & Site Pro:

Added an option to synchronize "Farm Site Mate" data with Farm Site or Site Pro (go to the File menu and select Synch Trac Mate). This allows users to load the raw, Site Mate data directly into Farm Site or Site Pro (without exporting the data as an ArcView Shape File). This can also be done directly from a Pocket PC (or a card in a Pocket PC), so users no longer have to copy files through Windows Explorer.(v9.20)

Improved speed in Layer Management (V9.207)

Updated FODD files for John Deere Yield so data from South Africa.(v9.210)

Fixed problems with yield data being incorrect (in Quick Yields) when in Metrics.(v9.210)

Added hidden boundary offset calculation to fix logs created by Site Mate versions with problems recording offsets. (v9.210)

Added columns needed by JD Office converter to the Main Layer Shape file export (fields only). (v9.210)

Added code to ignore corrupted FGP points by checking the checksum. (v9.210)

Added code to remove beginning '\' from database columns imported from Site Mate. (v9.210)

Changed the program to convert altitude from meters to feet if we're using the US measurement system.(v9.210)

Changed Generic import to list all files instead of text only files in text drop down. (v9.210)

Allow importing of data points with a GPS Quality of 9 (manual coordinates). (v9.22)

Added fix for all Region ID zeros that might exist on Site Mate log layers. (v9.22)

Added export of operation data as an ArcView shape file. (v9.22)

Initialize layer data table on the polygon being created in average polygons. (v9.22)

Fixed RDS application prescription file export to handle more than 9 different rates in a single file. (v9.22)

Farm Funds:

Added new report: GL Activity report (Accounting - General Ledger - Accrual or Cash Reports - GL Activity Report). This report includes total debits & credits and activity for select accounts for any date range. (v9.206)

Changed General Ledger Detail Report and GL Activity Report so you can change between Cash and Accrual Reports without leaving the dialog box. (v9.206)

Changed invoices so negative items will display properly. (v9.206)

Changed the program so it does not export supplies without accounts to Trac Mate when running Funds. (v9.211)

Farm Trac Mate:

Farm Trac Mate now runs on Pocket PCs, Laptops & Desktops with Windows 95 and higher and most Windows CE devices.(v9.20)

Trac Mate is fully integrated with Site Mate so "Operation Maps" can be created at the same time as Trac Mate data is logged.

Trac Mate now has a "Project Selection" button so users can enter records for multiple projects.(v9.20)

When Trac Mate is used with Site Mate, field boundaries will automatically be displayed in the background (if data is synchronized from Farm Trac+, Farm Site Pro or other desktop software that have been designed to work with this).(v9.20)

When Trac Mate is used with Site Mate, GPS data is used to compute the area covered and total product usage.(v9.20)

Data Trac Mate can load "Work Orders" that are created with Farm Trac+, Farm Site Pro or other desktop software programs that have been designed to work with these. These work orders can be displayed, modified and completed in the field.(v9.20)

Data Trac Mate allows users to enter "product fills" as they happen so the program can compute product usage. When used with Farm Site Mate (and GPS), the program will compute remaining product and the area that can be covered with the product. (v9.20)

Change supply selection so if the Cancel option is selected, the supply will not be selected.(v9.201)

Fixed errors for fields that do not have a size. (v9.201)

Added an option to Delete Projects.(v9.201)

Do not allow blank supply types or unitsAdded Wait cursors.(v9.201)

Added a checkmark on Field Conditions so you can tell when they have been entered. (v9.201)

Changed the "New Job" option so it runs much faster. (v9.203)

Allow remaining supply quantities to go negativeFixed for VRA controlling. (v9.203)

Fixed the object gridding to record the sample id. (v9.203)

Displayed project name now changes when you pick a new project. (v9.203)

Fixed loading tif files on the desktop version of Site Mate. (v9.205)

Fixed bug rounding large numbers(v9.205)

Added cell borders around editable numbers so it is more obvious which values can be edited.(v9.205)

Changed negative supply remaining to positive supply added, when not using fills. (v9.205)

Fixed bug where supplies could 'forget' which container they were in during a change. (v9.205)

If you start up Trac Mate and do not have a project selected, it prompts for one. (v9.206)

When you finish a job, the program will now display the total acres in the field (as well as the acres covered). (v9.210)

Fixed problems where importing an FOP file would sometimes not bring GPS data along with it (after a farming action was removed and a layer was deleted and the FOP was reimported). (v9.22)

Change the program so if you complete a job later, it does not take into account the time between when you finished and resumed the job(v9.22).

Changed the program so that it only automatically computes the quantity used (when the starting and ending quantities are zero and no fills were entered).(v9.22)

Fixed problem where selecting the Cancel button when finishing would take you back to the main screen with no buttons available. (v9.22)

Farm Site Mate

Fixed implement switch to work as a Comm port and with GuideMate. (v9.201)

Fixed crash when logging without control in VRA. (v9.206)

When you do a "Trac Mate Job" there is now an option to "Use VRA". This allows you to use Site Mate VRA while collecting Trac Mate data. This version is not figuring total product used from the "As Applied Rate". Instead the user still enters an application rate (an average rate) that is used. The next release will get product usage from the controller.(v9.210)

Site Mate VRA allows loading other background maps.(v9.210)

Site Mate Scouting now has an "Attribute Type" for "Sample ID". This is used when you create a Template or you assign attributes to a new log file. The program no longer automatically has Sample IDs anytime you do manual logging. This will be a text or numeric value that will automatically increment. (v9.210)

When starting a VRA Job, you can select "Log Without Control" from the first box that comes up (in the past you had to go through the Advanced VRA Options).(v9.210)

The "Scouting Jobs" option has a "Background Layers" button for loading ArcView Shape Files and imagery as background maps. You can also now display background layers without starting a log file.(v9.210)

The GPS Setup box now has a "Quality" tab where you can give the program a minimum GPS Quality to filter by. You can also enter a Maximum HDOP setting and tell the program to filter by honoring the "NMEA Checksum".(v9.210)

Fixed problems where the Offset feature was not working.(v9.210)

Changed the program so time is now listed as the number of seconds since January 1, 1970. In prior versions this was the number of seconds since midnight on that day. (v9.22)

Trac Mate Options are no longer displayed in the Configure tab unless Trac Mate is installed.(v9.22)

Guide Mate:

Fixed GuideMate progress bars from slowing down loading files (v9.205)

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