CropVillage update for October 26, 2009, National FFA Convention wraps up

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October brought to Indianapolis several thousand young adults to the 82nd National FFA Convention. The Truffle Media team was on the floor talking with career floor exhibitors and students about their experience. Of particular interest are the 2009 FFA Agri-Entrepreneurs winners. They are energetic, optimistic, and are pursuing their ideas with passion. These are people to keep your eye on!

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CropVillage^™ Conversations

CropVillage 0183 Kansas State Views Enterprise Profit and Loss.. A conversation with Kansas State's Troy Dumler, looking at aggregate records of enterprise profitability and project returns on a state-wide basis.
CropVillage 0182 Watch For Corn Molds On The Ear In Your Field. Purdue's professor of plant pathology Dr. Charles Woloshuk discusses mold development in the field with suggestions to watch out for a recent reappearance of an old problem.

CropVillage^™ Headliners

"The "Bickering" Family": by Don Tyler. "We know these people. The family with the siblings who can’t seem to see eye-to-eye on anything and end up bickering over who, even now that they are in their 40’s, got the larger ice cream cone at the State Fair when they were 8 and 10 years old. (Yes, that’s an actual argument that I heard…..)."

CropVillage^™ Conference Connection

Conversations from 2009 National FFA Convention, October 21-24, 2009, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
- Audio Clayton Carley and The Sweet Corn Shack, 2009 FFA Agri-Entrepreneur winner.
- Video Mike Rowe, from Dirty Jobs was the main keynote at 2009 National FFA Convention.