Managing data from cotton and soybean performance trials quickly grows to be an overwhelming task for any large seed company. To aid in the process, Delta and Pine Land Company (D&PL) is developing a crop performance data management system known as the "Agronomic Information System" (AIS). The system evolved from a centralized database developed using an IBM AS400, through an interim Excel spreadsheet system on personal computers, to a combination Access and Oracle bases system using a client-server model.