Missouri Farm Computer Users Conference
2002 Program
January 8 & 9, 2002
Holiday Inn Select; Columbia, MO

Tuesday, January 8, 2002

	Registration (begins at 12:00 noon)
	Welcome Ron Plain, MU
	Introductions and Idea Exchange
	Experiences with Online Auctions for My Farm Sam James, Fulton
	Break - Vendor Displays
	Concurrent (1 time)
	Beef Production Software - Tools to take home Commercial Agriculture Beef Focus Team
	Crop Production Software - Tools to take home Commercial Agriculture Crop Focus Team
	eBay - The ins and outs of using online auctions Sam James
	Concurrent (1 time)
	Issues with Starting and Maintaining a Website for Your Farm Don Day, University Extension, Boone County
	Getting More Than You Thought Possible from Your Spreadsheet Mike Monson, MU Linked sheets, missing links, etc. Whole Farm Planning example
	MIR Discussion and Help Session Gerry Ehlmann, MU Ron Plain, MU University Extension Farm Management Specialists
	Adjourn
	Dinner
	Concurrent (3 times - half hour each)
	Farm Books - Simple Accounting Package for Your Farm Jim Thompson, University Extension, Laclede County
	Security Issues: Protecting Your System When On-line - (Firewalls, Viruses & Hackers) Dan Barker, Internet Manager, Auxvasse
	Using Handheld Computers in the Field Travis Fritts, MU Crop Performance Testing
	How We Use Red Wing Accounting Software for Our Farm Jamie Triplett, Rutledge
	Backing Up Your Computer Michael Stachiw, Valley Park
	Email, An Important Tool for All Farmers Ron Sommer, Auxvasse
	Open-ended Discussion & Idea Exchange
	Software and Vendor Displays
	Hands-on Beginning Computer Use - What would YOU like help with? Advisory Committee Members
	"Toys of the Trade"- Peripheral Devices and How They Can Be Used for the Farm Stephen Martin and AgEBB Staff, MU Richard Crawford, MU Southwest Center
	Public Domain Software Exchange Jason Dieckhoff, MU
	Hors d'voures and Refreshments Compliments of the Holiday Inn Select
	Adjourn

Wednesday, January 9, 2002

	Breakfast Buffet
	Early Bird Breakfast Forum Operating systems, Internet use, other topics
	On the Horizon - New Technologies for the Farm Grant Mangold, Editor "Ag Innovator" Magazine
	Finding Ag Info and Software on the Internet Michael Stachiw
	Internet Technologies for Rural Missouri Dan Barker
	Tax Update LeRoy Vogel, CPA, Bowling Green
	Break - Vendor Displays
	FBS Accounting Software & Integrating Financial and Precision Ag Information Rhett Hunziker, Knox City Norm Brown, Aledo, IL
	Desktop Conferencing (video, audio & software) Bill McFarland, MU
	What To Buy Today (computers, printers, scanners . . .) Ed Hammersley, Walker Ron Buswell, Newark
	Adjourn