--- title: Cash Cow Farmer Blog | Tracy Frank description: "racy Frank is a SheSays, Variety, and Farmer's Forum reporter for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead.\n\nHave a comment to share about a story? Letters to the editor should include author’s name, address and phone number. Generally, letters should be no longer than 250 words. All letters are subject to editing. Send to letters@forumcomm.com" --- ### About Us CashCow helps all farmers manage and market their grain. [Find out more](https://cashcowfarmer.com/about) ### Contact Us - Customer Service - (605) 622-0208 - [admin@cashcowfarmer.com](mailto:admin@cashcowfarmer.com) - 16106 395th Ave Turton, SD 57477 [![Logo](https://blog.cashcowfarmer.com/hs-fs/file-2187096008-svg/images/logo.svg)![Logo header](https://blog.cashcowfarmer.com/hs-fs/file-2187116028-svg/images/logo_header.svg)](https://cashcowfarmer.com/)Marketing Support for Farmers - [Home](https://cashcowfarmer.com/) - [Our Blog](https://blog.cashcowfarmer.com/posts) - [About Us](https://cashcowfarmer.com/about) - [Contact Us](https://cashcowfarmer.com/contact) - [Login](https://cashcowfarmer.com/users/sign_in) - [Sign Up](https://cashcowfarmer.com/users/sign_up) ## Tracy Frank racy Frank is a SheSays, Variety, and Farmer's Forum reporter for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. Have a comment to share about a story? Letters to the editor should include author’s name, address and phone number. Generally, letters should be no longer than 250 words. All letters are subject to editing. Send to letters@forumcomm.com Find me on: ### Recent Posts ## [S.D. farmboy turned investment banker creates farm management program](https://blog.cashcowfarmer.com/posts/s.d.-farmboy-turned-investment-banker-creates-farm-management-program) Posted by [Tracy Frank](https://blog.cashcowfarmer.com/posts/author/tracy-frank) on Apr 10, 2015 2:08:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![Progressive Agriculture Farm Software Presentation](https://blog.cashcowfarmer.com/hubfs/Fargo_Farm_Forum_1.jpg "Progressive Agriculture Farm Software Presentation")S.D. farmboy turned investment banker creates farm management program [Original Article](http://www.inforum.com/news/farmers-forum/3717779-sd-farmboy-turned-investment-banker-creates-farm-management-program) By [Tracy Frank](http://www.inforum.com/users/tracy-frank-0) After growing up on a South Dakota farm, Scott Anderson became a Wall Street investment banker. But when his dad retired, he moved back to the family farm near Andover and brought some of his Wall Street wisdom with him. He created a spreadsheet to help manage the fields and calculate his costs to grow each bushel, field by field. When he tried sharing his spreadsheet with other farmers, however, he found it was too complex. "There were so many formulas and algorithms that it was unusable by anybody but me," he said. [Read More](https://blog.cashcowfarmer.com/posts/s.d.-farmboy-turned-investment-banker-creates-farm-management-program) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.cashcowfarmer.com/posts/s.d.-farmboy-turned-investment-banker-creates-farm-management-program#comments-listing) Topics: [Grain Markets](https://blog.cashcowfarmer.com/posts/topic/grain-markets) [All posts](https://blog.cashcowfarmer.com/posts/all) ### Access to New Farm Management Updates [![Risk Free 30 Days Trial](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/462749/924ac1a4-47b0-4e2a-94f4-15c2ca690611.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/462749/924ac1a4-47b0-4e2a-94f4-15c2ca690611) ### Top Posts [![Subscribe on itunes](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/462749/a810fd89-49b7-4c5f-a0a4-982d19a31d3e.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/462749/a810fd89-49b7-4c5f-a0a4-982d19a31d3e) ### Contact Us - Customer Service - (605) 622-0208 - [admin@cashcowfarmer.com](mailto:admin@cashcowfarmer.com) - 16106 395th Ave Turton, SD 57477 ### About Us CashCow helps all farmers manage and market their grain. [Find out more](https://cashcowfarmer.com/about) ### Follow Us [Twitter](http://www.twitter.com/cashcowfarmer) [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/cashcowfarmer) [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/cashcowfarmer) [Instagram](http://www.instagram.com/cashcowfarmer) [Back To Top](https://blog.cashcowfarmer.com/posts/author/tracy-frank#top) - [Terms](https://cashcowfarmer.com/#) - [Privacy](https://cashcowfarmer.com/#) - [Contact Us](https://cashcowfarmer.com/contact)