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CropVillage update for March 29, 2010, What is Ahead In The USDA March 31st Planting Intentions Report?

John Blue — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:18:31 +0000

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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.

What is the Agriculture 2.0 Conference?

Janine Yario, NewSeed Advisors, talks about how media and conferences are bringing together investors and presenting companies to create and develop new ideas around ag sustainability, food production, energy, and agri-tech.

What Should Be Considered When Using DDGs In Poultry Feeds?

From PoultryCast: Dr. Danny Hooge, Hooge Consulting, presented his thoughts on the use of DDGs in poultry rations and potential issues to be aware of at the Midwest Poultry Federation Convention Pre-Show Nutrition Symposium.

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Agriculture Telling its Story

Foodchat on Food and Health. What are the ways in which food, health, and education can be formulated to improve lives and create a future in which all children are not at risk of obesity?

The Persistence of the Primitive Food Movement From the Freakonomics Blog, "Americans are currently embracing a strange sort of primitivism. Bicycles are losing gears, runners are afoot in shoes designed to creatae a barefoot sensation (some are even running barefoot), and men are growing bushy Will Oldham-like beards. It’s all very curious and entertaining. But nowhere has our love for the supposed simplicity of the past been more evident than in food trends."

Food Cannot Be Ethical. Only People Can. A recent report, Ethical Food, attempts to address "Are ethical brand claims influencing food purchases? And if so, which claims matter most to consumers?". Unfortunately, this report is about creating a divisive environment around food, its production, and the people who work in the food and agriculture industries.

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PoultryCast update for September 1, 2009, What is the future of meat production

John Blue — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:27:02 +0000

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Update for September 2, 2009

PoultryCast steps back from our industry to hook up with an innovation specialist who recommends introducing competition into your problem solving process. This isn’t the knock-down, drag-out confrontation we all seek to avoid. Give the problem to small groups to work on, then reward the cream that rises to the top. Good buy-in, team building, and outside-the-box thinking could benefit your ogranization.

PoultryCast^® Conversations

What is the future of meat production?: Industry analyst and blogger Dr Dennis DiPietre looks at macro trends which will affect the future of meat production.
Can competition to stimulate innovation help your operation?: Dr. Fiona Murray at MIT's Sloan School of Management recommends setting up a competition to get those creative, problem solving juices flowing in your organization.
What will new developments In bird gender selection do for your productivity?: Dr. Kristin Navara and colleagues at the Univesity of Georgia are working on expanding the performance toolbox through gender selection before hatch.

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SwineCast update for July 9, 2009, Plantapalooza and Canadian Producers Call For North American Voluntary Cull Program

John Blue — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:02:22 +0000

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Update for July 9, 2009

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Conversations in the community are looking at new ways of considering our current situation. The recent 4th of July special focused on innovation in a crisis from a source outside of agriculture. The speaker, Emmanuel Maceda of Bain Management Consulting, discussed using extreme situations as a springboard to implement change, certainly, an apt description of our current industry outlook. Learn more.

In a meeting just this week with a group of industry leaders, new ways of providing information and value in light of disease concerns and new economies are being considered. Whatever the future looks like, it will not be ‘business as usual’.

SwineCast has already inked agreements with key meeting organizers to capture and extend the reach of presentations and information offered at major conferences, recognizing time and travel budgets are highly constrained today. Beyond reporting on the conference, we’ll bring the conference to you. Keep an eye on our SwineCast.com/ConferenceConnection page in coming weeks to stay in touch with industry issues and events.

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Updates and information on the industry.

Audio: SwineCast 0440, Canadian Producers Call For North American Voluntary Cull Program.
Audio: SwineCast 0439, New Soybean Varieties Provide Options For Livestock Rations.
Audio: SwineCast 0438, 4th of July Management Special, Emmanuel Maceda of Bain Management Consulting: Innovative Leadership During Economic Crisis.

SwineCast^® Headliners

Get the latest thoughts and commentary on the industry.

Blog: Two Sides of the Same Book, By Mark Jewell . "Spend some time evaluating the different kinds of jobs available to us in the agriculture industry, and something interesting starts to emerge. Almost as if there were two different covers on the same book, there appears to be two different genre’s to exist in, if you work in the agriculture industry. First, you have the stereotypical farm work that anyone can see. Tractors driving through the fields, someone bailing hay, a farmer working on equipment, another hauling manure - all the kinds of jobs that get the day to day dirty work done.". Read more.
Blog: Jeremy Knutson Commodity commentary on markets. Read more.
Blog: The Balancing Act Continues, By Dennis DiPietre. "I traveled through the midwest corn production areas last week and I must admit, the corn looks exceptionally good. This falls in line (and my impression is no doubt influenced by!) the recent USDA corn report which puts acres planted for the coming year at 87 million (which is second in acres to 2007, the all time ethanol corn demand plantapalooza), up a million acres." Read more.

SwineCast^® Conference Connection

From the 2009 World Pork Expo, June 3 to 5, Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
- Audio: Pork Academy Looks At Hispanic Labor Future.
Most viewed video presentation from The National Institute for Animal Agriculture's The Changing Face of Animal Agriculture conference held March 31 - April 1, 2009, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
- Video: Bill Medley - How Wall Street is Impacting Credit to Farmers.

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