Farms.com Agsoftware has been serving customers and distributing software created by CVC Technologies. Farms.com Agsoftware will be sending out periodic newsletters to all licensees of SeedTrack, to keep you up to date on improvements to the seed management software. Currently, Farms.com Agsoftware is trying to get a sense of the types of upgrades that would be most beneficial to SeedTrack. We will be contacting users in the near future for their thoughts, feedback, and suggestions regarding potential changes to SeedTrack.

New Staff

Richard MacDonald, will be filling a new position in the Farms.com AgSoftware business as a Sales and Marketing Associate, and will be the key contact for SeedTrack users. Richard is a recent honors Graduate of the “Marketing and Advertising Management” program of Holland College, a sister school of the University of Prince Edward Island, where he graduated top of his class. Prior to returning to school, Richard worked as a graphic artist doing freelance graphic design work for five years. Upon graduation he relocated from the east coast to London, Ontario. Farms.com/Agsoftware plans to leverage Richard’s experience and skills in marketing and advertising to build the business of the AgSoftware portfolio, as well as working with current customers to ensure their experience with Farms.com and Agsoftware is a valued one.

Kenn Sippell, has joined the Farms.com Agsoftware team in London to oversee the progress and technological development of SeedTrack. Kenn is currently entering his third year of study in Software Engineering at the University of Western Ontario. Kenn has extensive technical experience and has worked around the agriculture industry his whole life. He is currently finishing a work term at Western where he develops training simulations for medical robotics. Kenn was the recipient of Intel’s Award for Innovation in Computing and has received a gold medal in the Manitoba Computer Problem Solving Competition. Farms.com Agsoftware hopes to put Kenn’s skills and experience to work in order to take SeedTrack to the next level.

Also acting as important members to the Farms.com Agsoftware Team are,

Todd Crowe, will continue the role of technical support. Todd is in charge of managing information and technology for Farms.com. He has over 8 years of experience with information systems and originally started with eHarvest.com. Mr. Crowe was raised in an agricultural community near Niagara Falls. He holds a Master of Science degree in Plant Biotechnology and a Canadian Institute of Management business degree. Mr. Crowe has held a number of technology and management positions with government and private sector organizations.

Joe Dales, oversees the progress of Farms.com AgSoftware handling the planning and management roles. Joe is also Senior Vice President of Farms.com and oversees the planning, communications and implementation of the company's business strategies in conjunction with senior management. Prior to Farms.com, Mr. Dales was a pioneer in the agriculture technology sector. He was founder and CEO of eHARVEST.com, Farms.com Agsoftware is a forward thinking company. Realizing that technology is always changing, we plan to follow these changes and adapt to them. Below are some of the adaptations we have been considering. We would like to know what you think of these possibilities. Let us know your opinion, along with any other suggestions you may have. Please feel free to contact Richard at your earliest convenience.

Integration with an Accounting Package. Farms.com Agsoftware has received numerous suggestions from SeedTrack users requesting that we incorporate a financial/accounting package. We are currently investigating several options. Combining SeedTrack with a financial/accounting package will provide users with integrated software that will help them better manage their business, by reducing the applications they need to deal with on a day-to-day basis. This will also reduce the instances of duplicate data entry, thus creating a much more efficient and accurate software environment.

External Backup for SeedTrack Data. The loss of the SeedTrack database could be detrimental to a user’s business. Local backups are effective at preventing loss of data due to corruption or system failure. However, hard drive crashes, computer theft, and numerous other potential horrors can spoil even the best attempts to maintain backups. We are currently researching possible ways to provide our customers with secure non-local backups.

Quality Inventory & Sales (QIS) System Complete. CVC Technologies first version of Quality Inventory & Sales (QIS) software system is now complete. This software, which is designed for medium and small businesses allows for the management of internal business activities. QIS measures and tracks inventory, sales, logistics, cost of goods and, maintains quality control.

New Website for CVC Technologies

We have developed a CVC website at www.cvctech.com for information on CVC Technologies’ products, and services. For more information on Farms.com and Agsoftware please check out their websites at www.farms.com and www.agsoftware.com

Regards,

Richard MacDonald
Marketing Associate
Farms.com AgSoftware
richard.macdonald@farms.com
www.agsoftware.com
Phone: 877.438.5729 ext 5035
Fax: 519.438.3152 Ext 5035