Product Announcement: AGRIS™ Product Suite 18.4.0 is Available!

November 30, 2018

What PRODUCTS are involved?

AGRIS™, AgroGuide™ and oneWeigh™ systems

What are the HIGHLIGHTS?

Output improvements for prepays, grain customer acknowledgements and delayed price receipts.
Processing performance improvements
Integration improvements with the Agronomy Integration Service, oneWeigh and Pennent Mill Manager systems for more efficient operations.
Security improvements for better business control.
Technology updates, including support of the latest Actian PSQL and Microsoft SQL Server database engines for more deployment flexibility.
Usability improvements simplify usage of the system.

What are some of the NEW FEATURES and benefits?

Below are a few of the highlights found in AGRIS 18.4.0. A ReadMe document is available for a full list of the changes.

Package	New Feature / Enhancement	Benefits
Communications (CFT)	Various improvements to make the integration with Pennent Mill Manager* even better	Improve the ability to capture and report on relevant information. Improve the accuracy of inventory cost when interfacing with Pennent Mill Manager. Maximize flexibility and accuracy of tracking freight and miscellaneous landed cost transactions.
Communications (CFT)	Allow Blends coming from the Agronomy Integration Service* (AIS) to flow into the AGRIS system as Sales Orders	Maximize the accuracy and timeliness of inventory positions, especially during busy seasons
Commodity (GRN)	Ability to print delayed price receipts	Reduce time and effort to produce delayed price receipt forms. Maximize accuracy of delayed price receipt form information.
Commodity (GRN)	Ability to print / view Customer Acknowledgment form from customer status screen	Reduce steps and time spent generating commodity information for a customer.
Inventory (INV)	Cost Adjustment Procedure > Adjust Cost For Usage - New progress status indicator to know how far in &/or how much remains of the Adjust Cost For Usage process	Increase understanding about if and how the Cost Adjustment Procedure is progressing. Increase confidence that the Cost Adjustment Procedure is progressing.
oneWeigh (ONE)	Various enhancements for better automation and auditability	Reduce time and increase ability to evaluate exceptions to normal scale processes.
Patronage (PAT)	Ability to key a custom description on patronage system integration that prints for each transaction type.	More easily communicate the source of the patronage transaction with the patron.
Technology: Database Engines	Support Actian PSQL v13 SP2 Server & Workgroup for Windows Support AGRIS and AgroGuide on Microsoft® SQL Server® 2017 Standard edition with Cumulative Update 9 (or higher)	Increase flexibility to run the system on the latest Actian PSQL v13 database engine service pack. Increase flexibility to run AGRIS and AgroGuide on the latest Microsoft database engine.

* Contact your Greenstone Relationship Manager for more information.

How can you GET it?

Click HERE to see the prerequisites, highlights, technical information, and supporting software pertaining to this release, as well as the link to download it.

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The new Greenstone Community will also help you:

Manage support cases logged with Greenstone as well as create new cases with the ability to indicate severity
Search knowledge base articles quickly
Interact with other Greenstone customers on topics important to you and your business
Find the latest news on the products you use (including our latest software releases)

Need more HELP?

For assistance or additional information on installing the update, contact the Customer Experience team at mysupport@culturatech.com or 800-366-2474.

Want more NEWS you can use?

AGRIS 18.4.0 Software Update 1 is planned for release in early January and will focus on regulatory changes for the 2018 tax year reporting.
Want to learn more about the mobile applications that work with AGRIS? Check out the new Greenstone website and stay tuned for more information by joining the "Mobile Apps and Systems of Engagement" user group on the Greenstone Community to provide your input on this!
The ability to run MyGrower on the PSQL database engine is now an option for you! Contact your Greenstone Relationship Manager for more information.
Click HERE to learn more about and register for the Greenstone AGRIS Customer Conference February 17-19, 2019 in Tampa, Florida!

AGRIS Customer Documentation

AGRIS 18.4.0 Product Announcement