TY - JOUR
T1 - Information management in farm production
AU - Sonka, Steven T.
N1 - Funding Information:
The microelectronic technology promises to have wide applicability on the farm. Some of these advances, such as incorporating moniters within farm equipment, can be implemented without altering the farm's management process. This is not the case, however, for several other applications of the microcomputers. Numerous producers report difficulty and frustration when implementing computerized farm accounting systems, for example. These difficulties appear to result because the process of enhancing internal information systems raises issues that farm operators historically The research reported in this paper was partially supported by Project No. 05-306 of the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois and by Grant ATM-82-13734 of the National Science Foundation.
PY - 1985/10
Y1 - 1985/10
N2 - Although the microcomputer has significant potential for enhancing farm decisionmaking, implementation of that innovation must occur within the framework of each farm's information system. In this paper the concept of alternative information networks is suggested for industrial stage versus information stage farms. Evidence is presented that suggests that a movement from industrial stage farms is occurring. Implications of such a movement for farm adoption of computers are discussed.
AB - Although the microcomputer has significant potential for enhancing farm decisionmaking, implementation of that innovation must occur within the framework of each farm's information system. In this paper the concept of alternative information networks is suggested for industrial stage versus information stage farms. Evidence is presented that suggests that a movement from industrial stage farms is occurring. Implications of such a movement for farm adoption of computers are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0168-1699(85)90007-9
DO - 10.1016/0168-1699(85)90007-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:46549090513
SN - 0168-1699
VL - 1
SP - 75
EP - 85
JO - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
JF - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
IS - 1
ER -