FarmLogic was a hit once again!  This time it was at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville.  We were featured in a great video on Farm Industry News (http://farmindustrynews.com/tv/nfms09/0217-farm-logic/) website.  We heard from lots of folks and have started selling the product nationwide.  As always, the Farm Machinery Show is the show of shows among indoor ag shows.  it was a chance for us to show off the tremendous new product.  Our friends at Trimble also received great pub from the TV feature that also focused on the rugged Nomad handheld computer that serves as our mobile platform.

Feedback from farmers at our September trade show booths has been outstanding for the new FarmLogic software.  Once again, farmers in Ohio and the surrounding area were excited when they saw the new FarmLogic software at the Farm Science Review.  Comments once again centered on how easy the software is to use.  We are excited about releasing the product to the agriculture community in October.   If you want to learn more about FarmLogic farm information management software, check us out on the web at www.farmlogic.com.

We took the FarmLogic product to the Farm Progress Show in Boone, IA and it was a huge hit!  It was the first show for FarmLogic and we could have sold dozens of units at the show.  But, we were listening to our future customers instead of selling.  We heard loud and clear that farmers want and need a simple way to keep up with their information.  Their reaction to our software confirmed that we are providing that solution.  The 10-hour trip from Murray to Iowa was worth the ride.  Look for FarmLogic at the Husker Harvest Show next week in Grand Island, NE, September 9-11.  We’ll have our eyes and ears open again to find out what else farmers want from our new product, which will launch very soon.

Last week we participated in our first trade event, the Farm Progress Show in Boone, IA.  A great time was had by all and the FarmLogic product made quite a statement.  Everyone was impressed by the speed and ease of use of the software and the ruggedness of the TDS/Trimble Nomad, which we tossed, beat and abused for three days while demonstrating the machine’s durability.  Tab should be posting some pictures from the show in the near future.

Next we travel to Grand Island, NE for the Husker Harvest Days.  I know we will once again have a great time and meet a lot of new and interesting people while showcasing the FarmLogic product.  When we get a moment to catch our breath we will post some of the more interesting stories we have collected during our first string of farm shows.  I anticipate Brandon will have some great posts detailing his adventures in Boone and Grand Island!!  Until then, turn it off, wait thirty minutes and restart (inside joke in regards to my tech support to my wife during the trip to Boone).

With the new TeamRugged blog site comes the first venture into the blogging world for me, and many of other staff members at TapLogic.  We’re all pretty good with computers around here, but we’ve all been busy working on FarmLogic software development, the first product offering from TapLogic.   Since the computer that serves as the platform for our software - the TDS Nomad - is so tough, so rugged, the TeamRugged name was a natural.  Hope you like it!

So, this blogging stuff is a great diversion for all of us.  When our web design guy, Steven Sanders, came up with the concept of TeamRugged we all thought it was great.  Now, we’ll blog on this site regularly about the things we like to do - hopefully things you like to talk about as well.

For me, I’m a sports guy - heavy into baseball and football.  Baseball on the pro level and football on the college level.  Our whole office is basically St. Louis Cardinals nuts.  Go Albert, go Cards!  But, our office staff is very diverse with opinions and thoughts on everything from farming to old cars to backpacking to this new crazy game we’ve discovered - cornhole.