Archive for April, 2012

Land Values… things to consider

Written by Pat Kroese on April 20, 2012. Posted in Dollars & Sense, Interviews & Testimonials, Planning & Managing

With land prices as high as we have seen in our lifetime there are a few key factors that should be considered.
#1 Current financial position – Are you flush with cash or will you be taking out a loan?
#2 Land Valuations – Where do you think land values will go in the next 1-3-5 years?
#3 Interest Rates – Where are they headed and what is the prospect of borrowing today vs 2 years from now.

Read more on this subject in the April edition of Corn & Soybean Digest –

http://cornandsoybeandigest.com/issues/math-land-buys

GrainBridge New Release – April 16th, 2012

Written by Pat Kroese on April 16, 2012. Posted in Releases

We have a new release out for you today. Here are some of the changes and new items.

Manager Report – new summary section

This section at the top of the report combines all crop profiles to give you a whole farm summary comparing your target revenue to current revenue.

Planner Report – New Target Revenue column

Summary of potential target revenue incorporating your profit goals, expenses and incomes

New commodities

We’ve added several new commodities.

  • Organic Corn
  • Sweet Corn
  • Durum
  • Organic Soybeans
  • Canola-Rapeseed
  • Sunflower-Confectionery
  • Sweet Potatoes
  • Processing Beans-Snap
  • Peanuts
  • Dry Beans-Black
  • Dry Beans-Great Northern
  • Dry Beans-Light Red Kidney
  • Dry Beans-Dark Red Kidney
  • Dry Beans-Pea (Navy)
  • Dry Beans-Pinto
  • Dry Beans-Pink
  • Dry Beans-Small White
  • Dry Beans-Small Red
  • Dry Beans-White Kidney
  • Dry Beans-Cranberry
  • Tobacco

Delivery range for Cash transactions

Instead of picking First Half/Last Half or All month for your delivery date on a cash sale, now you can pick a start date and an end date to reflect the exact delivery range of your sale.

Link to GrainBridge from Outlook or any CRM system

if you use Microsoft Outlook or a more advanced system to manage your client base and contacts, now you can link it directly to load up the client profile in GrainBridge. Please drop us a note and we’ll help walk you through that process.

We have made many new improvements to the interface along with a few bug fixes based on feedback from the field. If you have any notes for us on how we can make this a better tool for you, please let us know.

The GrainBridge Team