Overview and study procedures / Marvin T. Batte -- Farm information systems design and use by selected demographic and business characteristics / Marvin T. Batte, M. Edward Rister, Gary Frank, and Gary D. Schnitkey -- Farm information systems for cash grain, forage and fiber farms / Robert P. King and Craig L. Dobbins -- Information systems for fruit, vegetable, nursery, and specialty crop farms / Tim L. Cross and William A. Amponsah -- Dairy farm records systems / Stephen B. Harsh, Deborah H. Streeter, and Earl Fuller -- Records systems for beef farmers/ranchers / David L. Watt, Lawrence A. Lippke, and Odell L. Walker -- Use of farm information systems by pork producers / Robert W. Jolly and Robert H. Hornbaker -- Summary and implications / Marvin T. Batte