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October 3: Christmas tree-farming is a year-round endeavor for the Tillman family in Washington state. The biggest crush--at harvest--starts about a month from now. October 1-2: The Heritage Foundation recently held a web event titled The Future of Farming: Exploring a Pro-Health, Pro-Farmer Agenda. Video of the two-hour event is here. September 30: The Dairy Conservation Navigator is an online platform consolidating science-based information on dairy conservation topics. It was created by the Dairy Checkoff program. September 29: Dr. John Shutske of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Cindy Kovar of Texas AgrAbility presented during an online program for the AgriSafe Network about safety considerations for having farm equipment on public roads. A recording is available online and you can sign up for a paid (or free) membership to view it. September 26: One more story from a Farm Foundation Forum from this past summer. Jeff Winton, a dairy farmer from upstate New York and founder and chairman of Rural Minds, talks about the challenges of dealing with mental illness in a farm/rural environment. September 25: The University of Arkansas hosted a recent symposium on AI in Agriculture. Included was a talk by Girish Chowdhary, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering and computer science at the University of Illinois. Among other things, he talked about autonomous robots that could seed cover crops beneath the canopy of a corn or soybean crop still in the field. September 24: National Crop Insurance Services featured the president of the International Association of Agricultural Production Insurers, Pascal Forrer, in a discussion of crop insurance programs globally and how the U.S. version stacks up. September 23: ATV and UTV safety is the focus of a recent episode of the AgriSafe Network’s Talking Total Farmer Health podcast. It features Curt Porterfield, assistant director for facilities and safety for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech. Listen here (Episode 43). September 22: The National Corn Growers Association and the Renewable Fuels Association teamed up on a new study on the potential economic impact of having E-15 ethanol blends of gasoline sold year-round. RFA Chief Economist Scott Richman talks more about it here. September 17-19: In a webinar sponsored by U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action, multiple panelists discussed Energy and Energy Use Efficiency on the farm. Marty Matlock (Univ. of Arkansas) talked about on-farm energy production, as did Pennsylvania dairy farmer Marilyn Hershey (Chair of DMI, Inc.), who has an on-farm manure digester. And, Doug Berven of POET covered the growth potential offered by biofuels production.

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