agMIS Management Accounting

agMIS Management Accounting forum

Important MA topics:

An accounting quiz

Accrual accounting simplified

The accrual equation; a farm accounting dilemma?

Why costing is not a double-entry function

A case for standard costing in ag

Coping, in the real world (coming soon)

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Management Accounting --
it's the future of farm accounting

Management accounting is more than 'accounting', and in this forum, we'll use two ways to explain and explore its many facets, all for users' benefits.

The first way -- On the left, we'll publish answers to general questions about management accounting and MIS systems and software. If you have specific questions, send them to us and we'll try to respond here.

The second way -- Via the questionnaire below, we're asking users to tell us about their management accounting needs, in order that we can expand the agMIS software documentation into more user areas.

The agMIS software documentation today includes examples for row crops, cattle and hog producers, and dairies. Every agMIS software set is uniquely able to handle any and all those products and production and more, but it's that 'more' we're looking to expand, document and publish here, for others' benefits.

Via the questionnaire below, tell us about your other management records needs, and if your solution is one we can document for others' usefulness, we'll furnish you free agMIS software. You must agree, of course, to use it and keep us informed of your results -- the good ones as well as those not-so-good -- so we, and our users, can continue to improve.

Watch for these
MA advantages :

Accounting not required. No debits, credits, account numbers.

Users decide levels of use. A busy crop producer, for example, may wish only to track critical inputs. Or feed only, for cattlemen.

Track more than dollars and cents. Whatever you define -- weather and watering, pest control apps and events, field ops, livestock health, sustainable and organic requirements, more.

Support for 'financial accounting'. Not every farm family needs dual-control accounting, but good MA systems support it, in audit-acceptable ways.

Unlike most if not all 'farm accounting' programs, which are single-product specific and keep records in general ledger financial accounting form and format, the agMIS system is a managements' generic framework we believe can adapt to just about any product, project or production that can be quantified. At user-defined levels of need. And while also supporting also, any level of acceptable (i.e., auditable) 'accounting' it user wants or needs.

At the present time, agMIS system documentation focuses on row crop, cattle, hog and dairy operations. And most of its users are engaged in one or more of those enterprises. There are, of course, myriad other ag-related enterprises -- from vegetables and flowers and orchards to aquaculture and exotic animals and so much more -- that have similar management demands as well as limited time for records and limited 'accounting' skills too -- and we're confident the generic capabilities of the agMIS system are versatile enough to accommodate all of them.

If your important production includes 'other ag-related enterprises' of any kind and you'd like our help to structure a management accounting solution, use your printer capabilities to print page two of this webpage below (one for each of your critical enterprises, if you wish), fill in the blanks and submit it or them. We'll respond, and if we feel we can help you -- and others as well from your experience -- we'll start by furnishing you a free edition of the farm financial management information system we call agMIS.

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Application for FREE **agMIS** software (one copy each product or project you manage or control)
Describe your product or project
Some specifics about its dimensions	What is its result or end-product called? ___________________ Is it a one-time effort? Yes/No______ Recurring? Yes/No______ Extends across more than 1 (fiscal) year? Yes/No ______ Its lot size is defined in terms of : acres? ______ head? ______ rows? ______ elapsed time? ______ other? __________________
About its end-product or result	What it's called ____________________________ For market? Yes/No_______ End-product unit(s) expressed in: bushels?______ lbs?______ tons?______ head?______ other? ______________
What are its 6 most critical production management categories? (seed, feed, fertilizers, field ops, labor, tillage, weather, etc.)	1.____________________ 2.____________________ 3.____________________ 4.____________________ 5.____________________ 6.____________________	Note: There's always more, but list the 6 you regard as most critical for best management results.
Regulatory requirements we must meet (sustainability, organics, etc.)	Describe records impact
How do you keep your records today?	Describe, including specific computer software
Agreement	By accepting free agMIS software, I/we agree to make a reasonable effort to use it in the manner explained above, and periodically to communicate results to T. Murphy Associates at the address at right. Name ____________________________________________________ Address __________________________________________________ City/State/Zip ______________________________________________ Phone(s): _________________________________________________ Signature: _________________________________________________ Date: ________________	How to reach us: T. Murphy Associates PO Box 475 Western, NE 68464 Tel. (402) 433-4801 info@agmis.com