FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 15, 2005
Contact:
Joe Dales
Farms.com Ltd.
(877) 438-5729 x5013
joe.dales@farms.com
Popular Farms.com Website Launches New Features and Tools.
Ames, IA & London, ON. Farms.com, supplies innovative information products and services to farmers, ranchers and agriculture business in the North American agriculture and food industry, announced the launch of several new features and tools on the popular www.farms.com portal website.
The Farms.com website is visited by up to 12,000 users per day and generates over 2.5 Million page views per month has improved the site navigation for improved ease of use. The Farms.com site usage increased over 32% in 2005 compared to the year earlier statistics as farmers continued to go online, adopt and learn how to more fully take advantage of the internet technology.
Some of the new features added to the Farms.com site.
New streaming media – both audio and video are available for free to users – there is a wide range of agriculture TV show content that can be watched via the computer and internet.
New streaming media – both audio and video are available for free to users – there is a wide range of agriculture TV show content that can be watched via the computer and internet.Additional Expert Commentaries and Analyses – several new industry personalities are providing regular insight on a wide range of topics, such as business management, marketing, risk management, production and finance.
Improved farmer discussion and chat forums – allow people to ask and answer questions – share opinions on new products, market situations and government policies.
There is an expanded news and agri articles content management system for swine, beef and crop sectors.
“We are pleased to offer these new features and information content to our website users, our www.farms.com website usage continues to grow at a rapid rate as farmers discover the value of these information tools in their operations”, says Joe Dales, Vice President of Farms.com.
Farms.com Ltd. is a leading provider of innovative information products and services, such as software, websites, consulting and marketing services to the North America agriculture and food industry. Some of the Farms.com operations include, PigCHAMP – the leading software supplier to the pork industry, M&F Trading – the leading livestock marketing company in the swine industry. The company operates from offices in Ames, Iowa, Clinton, North Carolina, Fresno, California and London, Ontario Canada