CropVillage Update

Are you interested in and enthusiastic about sharing your dairy agriculture story through social media? The AgChat Foundation has developed a conference to help grow farmers', ranchers', and producers' skill sets with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs, YouTube, and smart phones. The 2011 Agvocacy 2.0 Training Conference will include large and small group learning to help you establish the confidence you need to "agvocate" through social media. Applications are due June 24th.

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Information To Help Your Operations

• From SwineCast.com Audio: What Are 2011 Feed Availability Issues? - Audrey Adamson, National Pork Producers Association VP of Public Policy, discusses NPPC's work in Washington to consider options and solutions for feed availability issues likely to arise this fall.
• From PoultryCast.com Video: Importance of Traceability - Marcine Moldenhauer, Meat Link, LLC, explains the importance of traceability in protecting USA export trade.

Agriculture Telling its Story

• From PoultryCast: Audio: What's Washington Doing For You Now? - Jim Wiesemeyer, Washington Editor for Pro Farmer magazine, says short carryouts and growing usage will require two good crop years in a row.
• From SwineCast, one of the most watched videos of late. How Do We Feed Pigs With $5+ Corn? - Dr. Mark Whitney, associate professor, University of Minnesota Extension, shares his analysis on how $7 corn will impact pork producers and what they can do in this market. From the 2011 Minnesota Pork Congress, January 19-20, 2011, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
• Audio: How Farmers Get Serious Business Done With Mobile - Audrey Bartlett (Product Marketing Manager with John Deere‘s Intelligent Solutions Group), Jeff Caldwell (Multimedia Editor for Agriculture.com/Meredith Corporation), Justin Davey (Multimedia Producer for Agriculture.com/Meredith Corporation), Nathan Wright (founder of media consulting firm Lava Row), and Neil Mylet (founder and CEO of LoadOut Technologies, LLC) share how farmers are using technology and mobile devices to get real work done on real farms.

Agriculture Telling its Story

• Audio: Mycotoxin Binder Research - Do They Work For You? - Jessica Nixon, Poultry Science graduate student at North Carolina State University, shares her research on effectiveness of the mycotoxin binding solutions currently on the market. While some producers have better luck with some products than others, Jessica's research shows a definate feed efficiency response. From the 2011 International Poultry Scientific Forum.
• Winter Farm and Ranch Work - Do farmers and ranchers take the winter months off? Definitely not! This AgChat discussion shares insights on what does happen during the winter months.
• Video: How Do We Feed Pigs With $5+ Corn? - Dr. Mark Whitney, associate professor, University of Minnesota Extension, shares his analysis on how $7 corn will impact pork producers and what they can do in this market. From the 2011 Minnesota Pork Congress, January 19-20, 2011, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
• Video: How to Attract and Keep Valuable Farm Employees - Jim Lummus, Department of Producer and Industry Relations, National Pork Board, provides the tools and information to setup your foundation for employee recruiting and retention.
  

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Below are some recent additions to CropVillage to help you manage your operations.

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Crop Conversations

• Audio: What is the Farm Credit System and How Does it Operate? - Jack Shuler, President and CEO of ArborOne Farm Credit, explains the Farm Credit system, how it operates, and how it has evolved.
• Audio: Who Is The Food Truck Movement in Minneapolis? - Lisa Carlson, Co-Founder of Chef Shack, shares her food and thoughts on

Below are some recent additions to CropVillage to help you as the crop seasons start to shift into summer activity.

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Crop Conversations for Your Operations

• Audio: How Sustainable is Our Future in Agriculture? - Dr.

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Systems-Based Approach to Assessing and Protecting Food and Agriculture

Kate Leese Burgers, MPH, James Lee Witt Associates, shares her presentation on a systems-based approach to assessing and protecting food and agriculture.

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What is in store for the corn & soybean markets this growing season?

Dan O'Brien, Kansas State grain market economist, looks ahead to the USDA's March 31st planting intentions report and the impact of this growing season on feed prices.

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What Might Agricultural Field Robots Look Like?

Rasmus Nyholm Jørgensen , Professor in Biosystem Engineering at University of Southern Denmark, shares insights on agricultural field robots.