Dashboards: These computer tools can help you do a better job of steering the business side of farming and ranching

摘要

Imagine driving a grain truck down a steep grade into the Ohio River Valley without a speedometer. If the brakes and transmission work, you can do it, of course. But that missing gauge could mean a speeding ticket. Today's farms and ranches are like that truck, humming along with mechanical and biological efficiency. But their financial records are missing easily read graphics that could help avoid losses. Barry Dunn, dean of the college of agriculture and biological sciences at South Dakota State University, wants to change that.