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March 2002

IN THIS ISSUE

PAM QA Plus

PAM for Viticulture

Staff News

Roger's Ramblings

SmartMap - NEW

PocketPAM News

South Africa

Agbis News

Fairport Distributors

In Closing

PAM QA Plus

In 1998 we delivered Australia' s first truly professionally engineered production recording software. That was PAM 2000+, now we are ready to deliver PAM QA Plus.
A new and refreshing look, a new help system and a host of new features.
For those of you who have not kept abreast of the PAM 2000+ updates, this is your chance to catch up and a chance to incorporate our new QA related features.
The Fairport Team has been working solidly for the past three months getting this new package together. The new QA features you'll find are …
· Many new QA reports including reporting by batch number
· Stored grain QA records and reports
· Document register and reports
· Training register and reports
· Approved Supplier register and reports
· Corrective Action register and reports
· You can now enter multiple batch numbers for a chemical or veterinary treatment within the same job
· Chemical Withholding periods can now be set for each crop type
· Livestock Sales - Vendor declaration number can now be entered in a sales record.

Other PAM QA features

· Chemical Spraying Worksheet - Special Form for your spray rig operator
· Highly enhanced and simplified data back up and restore system.
· Much smaller files - Compressed Winzip compatible files are created
· Historical backup files are kept
· Mapping data is backed up with the production data
· Many more neat features to keep your data safe.
· Livestock Diary - You can now filter all the records by mob to make your records more easy to find.
· Individual Animal records - This system is now importing and exporting to Breedplan and NLIS
· New icons, "Splash" screen, buttons and colour schemes to make your PAM experience even better.
Please Note: The (ex GST) price of the new PAM QA Plus software will rise by $250 over the old PAM 2000+ prices.

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PAM for Viticulture

Serve-Ag, our PAM Ultracrop distributors had received requests for several new features to make this program more suitable for small and large scale viticulture clients. We now have some of Australia's largest wine producers using this software and are anticipating many more in the near future.
Our USA distributor is gearing up to start selling this product and the other PAM versions later this financial year after some more minor enhancements and some training from Roger in May.
In March we released a new viticulture specific version of the PAM Ultracrop series of software.
· As the name suggests, this is for vignerons only, however Multiclient users with this version can view client data from the standard PAM and PAM Ultracrop programs.
· The perennial nature of grapes is "hard wired" into the program.
· Terminology specific to the grape production industry has been used
· Growth stages specific to grape production are catered for
· Varieties, Clones and Rootstock configuration has been included to keep track of your varietal improvements and to enable Variety-wise reporting
· New reports have been added to PAM UltraCrop; Crop Monitoring Reports and Yield Estimate Reports
Contact Serve-Ag or your local Fairport dealer for more information on PAM Ultracrop & Viticulture Specific. Pricing: $1499 and $1999 with Mapping (ex GST).

Staff News

Our office administrator Shorna left in early February to have a baby. She gave birth to a boy on March the 1st. Congratulations and well done to Shorna and Andrew.
Jodie Scott has taken over Shorna's role. Jodie is the daughter of a dairy farmer from the South West of WA. She recently graduated from the Alexander Business College and has fitted into life at Fairport very well.
Many of you will remember Dianne Zacher. Dianne was married on February 9th and is now happily into married life with her man Martin.
Meanwhile Paul and Darren have fitted in very well. The team is working extremely well together and our internal QA policies are making for a smoother operation and more pleasant work environment.

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Roger's Ramblings

My travels this year to date have taken me back to Russia (this time via South Korea) for two weeks and to the GRDC Northern Region Conference in Goondiwindi (Southern Queensland). It was great to meet up with many of our clients at the conference and to meet many new influential people in the grains industry. It seems like minimum tillage (or zero tillage) and controlled traffic farming practices are the "way to go" in these Northern New South Wales/Southern Queensland areas.

SmartMap - NEW !!

After a short holiday in the Russian Altai mountains skiing and trekking about in the snow and ice, Roger got down to some serious business in Novosibirsk where he signed an agreement to distribute software from Vito Technologies. Vito write software for Palm and Pocket PC platforms and have a vast experience in this area and the area of mapping, photogrammetry and ortho-rectification of aerial photography. So stay tuned for further announcements about the SmartMap program for Pocket PCs and the Vito-Navigator software for both Palm and Pocket PC. This system can be used for on-the-go mapping and basic guidance/navigation. An aerial photo can be shown on the screen (if you want) and data can be exchanged between SmartMap and PAM, gpMapper, FamStar or the Vito Technologies desktop program "Map Manager". Map Manager will be included (bundled) with SmartMap. Keep an eye on our web site for up to date information. The SmartMap and Map Manager bundle is due for immediate release at $AUD 500.00.

PocketPAM News

A sixth program has been added to the suite of programs for the in-field data collector series. The Inventory program was added early in January 2002. This new program is fully integrated into the Crop and Livestock Diaries. Chemical and drug batch numbers are automatically updated. Existing PocketPAM users should download the latest upgrade from the web site.
PocketPAM sales have again been extremely encouraging over the past three months. More developments are in the wings, so stay tuned.
There has not been a price rise for the PocketPAM software even though we have added this new Inventory program..

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South Africa

Roger will be attending the Nampo Field Days in Bothaville, South Africa again this year. Christo Helm and his crew from Senwes are going "all out" this year to promote the Fairport and KEE products. Variable Rate Application technology is quite advanced in the maize growing areas of South Africa and Senwes are very happy with the software and hardware we are providing them to sell to their clients.

Agbis News

On March 21st Agbis Pty Ltd were appointed PAM distributors for Northern New South Wales and Queensland. Matt and Rose Meehan have made great progress over the past two years and earned the rights to take over these territories. They are currently seeking professional business partners in strategic areas to work with them on carrying out their training and marketing plan. Matt has already established a business partner in Dubbo (Greg) who has been training PAM clients every day for the past month. We here at Fairport are very excited at this new development and look forward to the results which Matt is confident he can deliver.

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Fairport's Distributors

Fairport's distribution network throughout Australia looks like this:
Farmtek Australia Pty Ltd (03 5826 5081) manage the dealer network for southern New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia
Agbis Pty Ltd (02 6772 9200) manage the dealer network for northern New South Wales and Queensland
Serve-Ag Pty Ltd (03 6427 0800) manage the dealer network for Tasmania and the whole of Australia for the PAM Ultracrop series of software
Booth Technology (08 9383 4443) manage the dealer network for Western Australia.
Northern Territory is still managed from the Perth office but please contact Ag & Environmental Consultants on (08) 8948 1894 for local sales enquiries.

In Closing

The Fairport Team sends thanks to all our new clients for coming aboard and putting your faith in our products. We also thank all those who give us feedback on our products and efforts.
If you think we are doing a good job, tell others. If you think we could do better, tell us. We are continually striving to improve our products and service
We hope the season ahead is record breaking for you all.
Please check out our "New Look" website for all our latest news and information. And… Stay tuned for announcements on the integration of PAM with Australia's major agricultural financial programs.

Until June …
Best Wishes from the Fairport Team !

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