HomeMy WebLinkAboutSaluting Huron County's Agricultural Industry, 1987-03-25, Page 21THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1987. PAGE A21.
Despite frustrations,
computers proving
handy tool
for more
and more farmers
More and more farms are
entering the computer age but,
warns Doug Walker, a Belgrave-
area farmer who is one of those who
made the big step, new owners of
the computer should be ready for
lots of frustrations.
Running a computer, says Mr.
Walker, who owns a beef feed lot,
grows soybeans, white beans and
wheat and operates a small seed
cleaning business, is like watching
Brian Orser skate or Oscar Peter
son play the piano: it looks so easy
but it takes a lot of practice.
Still, he says, for all the
frustrations, he feels the computer
has helped him, particularly in the
marketing aspect of his business.
One of the greatest reliefs the
computer gives, however, is in
plotting cashflows. He bring out a
bank cashflow book nearly 30
pages long and shows the detailed
calculations he had to go through
Continued on page A22
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