--- title: Is Your Farm Management System Stuck in a Rut? description: Evaluate your farm management proficency. image: https://www.masa.ag/hs-fs/file-17487885-jpg/images/rut-resized-600.jpg --- ![fbs-website-logo](https://www.fbssystems.com/hubfs/fbs-website-logo.png "fbs-website-logo") #### NEWS & EVENTS ## Farm Management Software & More [GET IN TOUCH](https://www.fbssystems.com/#contactform) ** [View All Blogs](https://www.masa.ag/news-and-events) #### OUR BLOG # Is Your Farm Management System Stuck in a Rut? Wed, Sep 26, 2012 @ 11:16 AM by [Norman Brown](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/author/norman-brown) ![](https://www.masa.ag/hs-fs/file-17487885-jpg/images/rut-resized-600.jpg) ![Rut resized 600](https://www.masa.ag/hs-fs/file-17487885-jpg/images/rut-resized-600.jpg) **“Choose your rut carefully. You’ll be in it for the next two hundred miles.”** **Sign on the Alaska Highway** The cyclical nature of production agriculture reinforces the cultivation of habits—some helpful, but many ultimately counter-productive.  For example once we’ve learned the least painful way to accomplish a routine chore, **we naturally stick to this path of least resistance even if that “rut” no longer leads precisely in the right direction**.  The challenge is recognizing when the familiar tools and processes that were adequate five or ten years ago are now hindering our competitiveness. Please download the **Management Proficiency Survey** on the right to determine whether you may be falling into—or even stuck already—in a management practices rut that is **preventing your from reaching your goals**.  Please honestly review these questions and check the appropriate boxes. Note:  some of the questions have been adapted from a management proficiency survey prepared by management consultant Dick Wittman and administered by Ron Swanson at the 2008 FBS Users Conference.   Topics: [managerial accounting](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/topic/managerial-accounting), [cost accounting](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/topic/cost-accounting), [farm financial statements](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/topic/farm-financial-statements), [accrual accounting](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/topic/accrual-accounting), [agricultural managerial accounting](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/topic/agricultural-managerial-accounting), [farm records](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/topic/farm-records), [farm software](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/topic/farm-software), [best practices](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/topic/best-practices), [farm budgeting](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/topic/farm-budgeting), [agricultural inventories](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/topic/agricultural-inventories), [activity-based costing](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/topic/activity-based-costing), [Dick Wittman](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/topic/dick-wittman) share this story, choose your platform - dd** - dd** - dd** ##### RELATED POSTS ![](https://www.masa.ag/hubfs/image-png-1.png) June 30, 2025 #### [Reliable Forms and Supplies for FBS Software User](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/masa-checks) [Read Article >>](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/masa-checks) ![](https://www.masa.ag/hubfs/download-2.png) June 23, 2025 #### [Azure Maintenance Window](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/azure-maintenance-window) **Weekly System Maintenance Begins June 25th: What MASA Users Need to Know** [Read Article >>](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/azure-maintenance-window) ![](https://www.masa.ag/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/21%20ratio%20image%20of%20a%20combine%20in%20a%20field%20with%20opaque%20mathematical%20signs%20equations%20and%20graphs%20and%20dollar%20signs%20around%20it%20to%20convey%20the%20idea%20of%20analyzing%20losses%20at%20harvest%20time-1.jpeg) March 29, 2025 #### [Are Hidden Costs Eating Away at Your Harvest ROI?](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/harvest-hidden-costs) [Read Article >>](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/harvest-hidden-costs) ![](https://www.masa.ag/hubfs/download-1.jpg) March 26, 2025 #### [MASA Enhances FBS Platform with CropZilla for Smarter Decisions](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/masa-adds-cropzilla) [Read Article >>](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/masa-adds-cropzilla) March 25, 2025 #### [Stay Ahead with the Updated 2025 Farm Financial Standards Guidelines](https://www.masa.ag/farm-management-software-blog/2025-ffsc-guidelines) In today’s rapidly evolving agricultural landscape, producers are tasked with managing increasingly complex business environments where processing... 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