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AMC 0035 - Josh Wackler helps young adults in ag to understand how social media use can impact their personal, school, and work

Ag Media Conversations — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:23:17 -0700

Josh Wackler helps young adults in ag to understand how social media use can impact their personal, school, and work lives.

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Josh Wackler seeks to educate young adults on the use of social and new media in ways to improve their future, not hurt it.

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DairyCast update for November 4, 2009, Who is giving $120,000,000 to agriculture?

John Blue — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:20:20 -0700

The week before last provided an excellent opportunity to regain a fresh perspective on the future of our industry. It was a pleasure for me to take part in the some of the activities of the 82nd National FFA Convention. There is nothing quite like the enthusiasm and excitement of tens of thousands of young people focused on feeding a growing world population through agriculture advancements.

Even though enthusiasm and excitement will not cause the challenges we face to disappear without hard work, I believe that positive thinking will do much more than negative thinking. It is great to see the way that FFA is developing our next generation of industry leaders.

On another topic, why is Bill Gates, Microsoft Founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, giving $120,000,000 to agriculture projects? Discover more below.

How are you sharing your story of agriculture? I would enjoy hearing your comments, send me a note.

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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced $120 million in agricultural grants, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, urged governments, donors, researchers, farmer groups, environmentalists, and others to set aside old divisions and join forces to help millions of the world’s poorest farming families boost their yields and incomes so they can lift themselves out of hunger and poverty. Gates said the effort must be guided by the farmers themselves, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and the environment. Part 1 DairyCast 311 and Part 2 DairyCast 312 .
DairyCast 0310: What's happening with silage harvest?. Phil Kruger, Nutritionist with Mycogen Seeds, highlights the recent World Dairy Expo conversations as well as what conditions dairy producers in his region have worked through during harvest.
DairyCast 0309: Advice from the Grand Champion of the World's Forage Analysis Superbowl David Dickey, South Town Dairy Farm of South New Berlin, NY & World's Forage Analysis Superbowl Grand Champion, offers his perspective on producing high quality forages and getting the most from your cows.

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"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…..)."
The Food System and Feeding the World. Post by Dr. Terry Etherton Much has been written about the “Food System” and how we should go about feeding the world. To put “much” into context, I ran a Google search using the phrases “food systems” or food system; got 906,000 returns for the former and 759,000 returns for the latter phrase. Why the keen interest in the food system?

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Conversations from 2009 National FFA Convention, October 21-24, 2009, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
- Audio: Ariel Waldeck and and All American Genetics, 2009 FFA Agri-Entrepreneur. Ariel shares why she got into showing Brown Swiss Dairy Cows.
- Video: Mike Rowe, from Dirty Jobs was the main keynote at 2009 National FFA Convention.
Selected educational seminar presentations from the 2009 World Dairy Expo, September 29 - October 3, 2009 Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
- Video: Using Popular Media to Tell Dairy Farming's Story Polly Ligon O'Grady, Weber Shandwick; and Jolene Griffin, Dairy Management, Inc.
We continue to provide you with information, in partnership with the National Institute for Animal Agriculture, from the ID-INFO Expo 2009, held August 25 - 27, 2009 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
- Video: Discussion of Various ID Technologies: Trade-offs of one over another from Bryan Rickard, Kansas Animal Health Department.

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PoultryCast update for October 29, 2009, What are the FFA youth of today up to?

John Blue — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:54:42 -0700

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"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…..)."

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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.
PoultryCast, in partnership with the National Institute for Animal Agriculture, brings you selected presentations from the ID-INFO Expo 2009, held August 25 - 27, 2009 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
- Audio: The Current State of Animal Identification in the U.S., Dr. John Clifford, USDA
- Video: Integration of Animal Identification in State Animal Health Programs, Dr. Dave Fly and George Teagarden, National Assembly of State Animal Health Officials.

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Clayton Carley and The Sweet Corn Shack, 2009 FFA Agri-Entrepreneur

Truffle Media Networks — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:38:15 -0700

Clayton Carley and The Sweet Corn Shack, 2009 FFA Agri-Entrepreneur, branched out to catering and using T-shirts to spread the word.

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Clayton Carley, and The Sweet Corn Shack, 2009 FFA Agri-Entrepreneur.

Cathryn Clark and Clark's Ark Pet Sitting Service, 2009 FFA Agri-Entrepreneur

Truffle Media Networks — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:34:43 -0700

Cathryn Clark and Clark's Ark Pet Sitting Service, 2009 FFA Agri-Entrepreneur; hardest part to starting company? Buying the variety of food to feed the numerous pets.

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Cathryn Clark and Clark's Ark Pet Sitting Service, 2009 FFA Agri-Entrepreneur.

Ariel Waldeck and All American Genetics, 2009 FFA Agri-Entrepreneur

Truffle Media Networks — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:30:41 -0700

Ariel Waldeck and All American Genetics, 2009 FFA Agri-Entrepreneur, shares why she got into showing Brown Swiss Dairy Cows.

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Ariel Waldeck, and All American Genetics, 2009 FFA Agri-Entrepreneur.

2009 National FFA pictures

Truffle Media Networks — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:19:34 -0700

Pictures from the 2009 Nationa FFA Convention.
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Truffle Media Update for Oct 20, 2009, How can you follow the 82nd National FFA Convention?

John Blue — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:04:54 -0700

What is happening in agriculture new/social media?

The 82nd National FFA Convention will bring 55,000+ students to Indianapolis for many agricultural related activities Oct 21 - 24. Social media and new media is core to the event: follow through Twitter (@nationalFFA), YouTube, myspace, Facebook, and podcasts/video casts/blogs.
Proud To Dairy represents dairymen and women sharing and exemplifying values of hard work, persistence, ingenuity, honesty and homegrown success. Ryan Curtis and Ray Merritt provide background, vision, and direction of Proud To Dairy.
Illinois MarketMaker is a collaboration between the University Of Illinois Extension, the Initiative for the Development of Entrepreneurs in Agriculture, the Illinois Department of Agriculture, and C-FAR. The idea for MarketMaker was an outgrowth of previous C-FAR projects exploring market opportunities for value-added meat products.
Dairy Interactive is an interactive community for sharing comments, concerns, and questions about dairy production. Utilizing interactive 3D animation, DairyInteractive.com provides for customization of milking routines, turning a computer into a 24/7 bilingual training center.

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Feedback loops being replaced by engagement? Learn more from MailChimp about taking advantage of your customer's email interaction with your marketing campaigns.
The State of Social Media Marketing Profs just released the executive summary for The State of Social Media. This summary provides insight into marketers' use of social media and how company culture and environments can play a part in the success or failure of social media use. The full report will be out in December 2009 at Marketing Profs' State of Social Media website.

Truffle Media hightlights

World Dairy Expo Educational seminars now available through DairyCast.com. Of special interest is Polly Ligon O'Grady and Jolene Griffin's presentation Using Popular Media to Tell Dairy Farming's Story.
ID-INFO Expo 2009 In partnership with the National Institute for Animal Agriculture, Truffle Media made available several presentations and special interviews from the ID-INFO Expo 2009, held August 25 - 27, 2009 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Both audio, video presentations, and event pictures provide usable information on the important issues of traceability and identification. One presentation to review is The Need for Food Traceability Programs by Dr. David Acheson.
Allen D. Leman Swine Conference highlights include a great presentation by Dr. Kristien Van Reeth on the recent developments in swine influenza (SIV) plus Charlie Arnot shares what consumers want.

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Truffle Media Update for December 03, 2008

John Blue — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:12:28 -0700

Truffle Media Update
December 03, 2008

Ag Media Conversations recent podcast episode

Audio: AMC 0016 - Kim Newsom, Editor of the FFA New Horizons Magazine, shares what the National FFA is doing with new media and social media to engage the 550,000 plus FFA members. Kim talks about the use of Twitter, Facebook, and FFA Nation, the FFA's online community exclusively for FFA members.

Some Ag Media Conversations you may have missed

Audio: AMC 0015 - Perspective on Communication in a New Age Digital World; panel members from industry, education, and "traditional" print media.
Blog: The web and new media approach to get people together quickly to gain insight and perspective. Read more
Video: "Star Wars" - an a cappella tribute to John Williams. Why is this here? One, this is really an entertaining video! Additionally, the audio and video production quality is really great (and done by one person!). But importantly, this is a great example of a person who has talent (signing and directing) developing material for developing an audience for Corey Vidal's other show series on teaching people to dance. See more.

Truffle Media updates

FYI, Mark Jewell put on the Ag & Social Media. Use it Today! Let's Learn How. webinar Dec 4 at 10am CST. He used a case study to look into what social media to use. Read more.
Truffle Media Networks' SwineCast^® and the Iowa Pork Producers Association announce their second annual partnership to provide coverage of seminars at the 2009 Iowa Pork Congress in Des Moines, IA. Read more.

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AMC 0016 - Kim Newsom, Editor, FFA New Horizons Magazine - TruffleMedia.com

Ag Media Conversations — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:10:55 -0700

Kim Newsom, Editor of the FFA New Horizons Magazine, shares what the National FFA is doing with new media and social media to engage the 550,000 plus FFA members. Kim talks about the use of Twitter, Facebook, and FFA Nation, the FFA's online community exclusively for FFA members.

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Audio: Kim Newsom on the National FFA's use of new and social media.

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