Tuesday, March 9, 2010

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM CST

Hosted by: The AgrowKnowledge Alternative Energy for Agriculture Resource Team, Larry Thurow, Parkland College Presenter: Eric Rund

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Many countries in Europe have been producing, and utilizing Miscanthus for biomass energy for more than ten years. Although they are looking at large power plant projects, there are many producers growing Miscanthus for use in their communities, farms and homes. We can adapt much of what they have learned to our farms in the Midwest. Eric Rund of RUND FARMS | INTERNATIONAL AGTIVITIES produces seed corn, food grade corn, and seed beans on 775 acres in East Central Illinois. The past three years his operation has been experimenting with biomass crops. Eric traveled to Europe last February to learn how farmers there are producing and marketing a highly productive perennial grass Miscanthus Giganteus. What he learned has changed his focus on how we and other Midwest farmers can participate in this new market.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

4:00 PM-5:00 PM CST

 Hosted by: the AgrowKnowledge Agricultural Biotechnology Resource Team, Barry Pate, College of Southern Idaho Presenter: Ian Hildon

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 Thursday, March 4, 2010

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST

Hosted by: The AgrowKnowledge Alternative Energy for Agriculture Resource Team, Larry Thurow, Parkland College Presenter: Randall Lloyd

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

CST Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have revolutionized our transportation systems, urban and rural planning, and agricultural management by making them more efficient. Additionally, most people have used a GIS, and do not even know it. For example, have you ever looked up driving directions online or used Google Earth to look at your house; if so, you have used a GIS. The objective of the Introduction to GIS webinar is to help students understand four basic areas of GIS including: what is GIS, object representation, data structure, and GIS capabilities. The object representation section will discuss how real world objects are represented as features in a GIS. Data structure will introduce vector and raster data, and how these data structure work. The GIS capabilities section will introduce different methods for analyzing and manipulating mapped (spatial) data such as querying data, creating buffer zones, and joining spatial data. At the conclusion of the webinar, the student will have a good understand of GIS and its capabilities.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST

A course in geospatial data collection is being developed by AgrowKnowledge as a resource for colleges to teach important skills creating geospatial projects. Skills such as use of GPS for field collection, development of map features and data attributes, project development, and creation of descriptive maps to visualize collected data are included within this course. This webinar will review the objectives of the course; discuss in detail each unit within the course and its learning activities; and encourage feedback on distribution and dissemination of the materials.

November 12, 2008

4:00-5:00 p.m.

Central Learn how SMS precision agriculture software is used by farmers and agronomists to make management decisions. During this webinar you will see the “easy to use” features and powerful ‘analytical” capabilities of this software package.

Presenter: Michael Vos, Ag Leader

November 19, 2008

4:00-5:00 p.m.

Central Holland Scientific is the recognized as a world leader in active light reflectance crop sensing technology. Learn the basics of this new technology and of second-generation active light reflectance sensor products.

Presenter: Kelly Kopsa, Ag Leader