Management Information Systems

Agriculture has a long and proud past history in applying information systems including farming operations. Although there have been significant strides forward in improving the decision making of farm managers there are still areas for improvement. The decisions of the future will be different from those of the past. There will be no quick and easy solutions on how to design the farm information system of the future. Indeed, each farm business will likely have its own unique system that has been tailored to meet the special informational requirement of the farm business and address the needs of the entire supply chain. Those that are able to build and effectively utilize the farm information systems of the future will have a strategic advantage over their competitors.