❖Partly a blog, partly tutorial, and partly step-by-step guides for using QuickBooks in agriculture.

❖A sub-site of www.goflagship.com, which can also be reached by going directly to QBAgCenter.com.

❖Most of the articles are written by Mark Wilsdorf, author of The QuickBooks Farm Accounting Cookbook™ series, with guest authors from time to time.

❖Includes discussions of QuickBooks editions (both desktop and online), techniques for entering transactions and getting reports of interest in farm/ranch accounting, news and comments about add-ons and other products of interest to agricultural businesses that use QuickBooks.

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Unless stated otherwise, all Ag Center articles, discussions, and techniques are focused on cash basis accounting, the type used on the majority of farms and ranches in the U.S. However, many articles discuss accrual accounting concepts—including things like converting cash records to an accrual basis—to help explain the advantages of accrual accounting for measuring and analyzing farm business profits.

QuickBooks Online (QBO) and the QuickBooks desktop editions (QBD) such as Pro, Premier, and Enterprise operate similarly, but they are very different in a some feature areas, and the commands for using them (menus, buttons, etc.) are arranged very differently.

Most of the early articles here will be focused on the desktop editions—with QBD screenshots and menu commands—though the concepts and ideas in most articles can be applied in QBO as well. As QBO gains popularity in agriculture, expect to see more QBO-specific articles here.

Some people get concerned if you call their operation "a farm" when they think of it as "a ranch"...and vice versa. The same as in The QuickBooks Farm Accounting Cookbook™ series, when you see "farm" in a QB Ag Center article think of it as a generic reference to any business which involves agricultural production. Why "farm"? Partly because it is short and easy to type!

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