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Food Safety & Traceability: Supply Chain Visibility from Farm to Fork
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Supply chain visibility is crucial for food processors, but implementing the traceability solutions necessary to achieve that visibility can be a challenge.
View this on-demand Webinar or get more info.
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RMA - 2013 Data Indemnity Maps
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The Risk Management Agency (RMA) released the updated 2013 data indemnity map.
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Announcements from The Appraisal Foundation
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2013-08: ETHICS RULE - Confidentiality - "Subject Property Data and Confidentiality"
Read more and get the details
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Events
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Summer Ed Week
July 13-17, 2014
Des Moines, IA
Leadership Institute
September 8-12, 2014
AgroNomics - 84th Annual Meeting
Oct 27-Nov.1, 2014
Tucson, AZ
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Contact Us
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American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
950 South Cherry Street,
Suite 508
Denver, CO 80246-2664
TEL: (303) 758-3513
FAX: (303) 758-0190
www.asfmra.org
Staff Contact Info
Executive Council
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Welcome to the ASFMRA Ag News. We hope you will find it a useful tool for staying up to date with ASFMRA news, courses, seminars and critical information for rural property professionals. |
There's more than meets the eye as UAVs begin to fly the friendly skies of agriculture
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Forrest Laws - Delta Farm Press
Earnest Earon says farmers could probably get just as good a look at their crops with a 300-foot stepladder. But it would be very difficult to carry the ladder around in a pickup truck. Instead, farmers are turning more and more to unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs to help get a broader view of their fields. Earon discussed how UAVs are helping farmers collect and manage the data they need to make good cropping decisions in a presentation at the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. Continue reading on the Delta Farm Press
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Kohl: Build Liquidity Now to Weather Six-year Downswing
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 Throughout the boom in farm incomes and explosion in farmland values the past several years, Dr. David Kohl, professor emeritus of ag economics at Virginia Tech, has consistently cautioned farm operators and ag lenders concerning their spending and acquisition of debt. Now that grain prices have dropped sharply, squeezing profit margins as a result, he has upped the intensity of his message. Login to Member Resources to download the latest issue of LandOwner.
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What does the end of the tobacco buyout mean?
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By Southeast Farm Press staff | Southeast Farm Press
Commonly called the tobacco buyout, the Tobacco Transition Payment Program last payment is scheduled for January 2014.
What does this mean for rural economies and tobacco production?
The federal tobacco price support and quota program ended in 2004, deregulating U.S. tobacco production and providing compensation to quota owners and tobacco farmers over a 10-year period. As of 2012 $4.11 billion had been paid out by USDA directly to tobacco growers and $5.85 billion directly to former quota owners. Continue reading
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Which Tablet is Best for Appraisers?
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By The Appraiser Coach - Dustin Harris
Editor's Note: This may apply more to a residential or commercial appraiser but there may something here for the rural property appraiser.
I teach a number of classes and workshops on mobile appraising. I define mobile appraising as using tablets and laser measuring devices to gather data at your real estate appraisal inspections. There are two questions that I get asked frequently: "Which tablet should I buy?" and "Which laser measuring device is the best?" Both are great questions. I will tackle the first question today and the latter question in a subsequent article.
Read the entire article.
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Solar may be alternative for dealing with California's high energy costs
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Western Farm Press
California's energy and environmental policies make it a high-cost energy state. But some growers are finding that installing solar panel arrays can be an answer to the dilemma of rising electrical bills. HelioPower's Tom Millhoff talked about some of the reasons why California's costs are high and how farmers can use solar panels and tax credits to reduce their own costs. Millhoff was a speaker at this year's American Society of Farm Manager and Rural Appraisers annual meeting in Reno, Nev. Listen to excerpts from Tom Milhoff's presentation in Reno.
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Amazing Sponsorship for 2013 Foundation Auction
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What a night to remember! The 2013 Education Foundation Auction in Reno raised $38,000, 68% of the Chapters donated items to the Auction, and the Sponsorships for the event were amazing! This event raised the bar to new heights for future years. Let's all gear up and get started on the 2014 Education Foundation Auction that will be held on October 31, 2014 in Tucson, Arizona and see if we can shatter this year's numbers by raising more money at the Auction, having 100% of the Chapters donate items to the Auction, and continue to have the fantastic Sponsorships of this event with the addition of some new Sponsors! Thank you for making this event the huge success that it is! View a list of additional sponsors.
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Thank You from the Meador Family
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The Leonard Meador family expresses our deepest thanks for your love, support, and prayers in our behalf. Without faithful friends and believers supporting us, the path we are on would be very difficult to walk. More than ever we have felt and seen in action the fervent prayers of faithful saints.
In so many ways you have blessed our lives over the last month. Just saying "thank you" seems so shallow, but we pray God will bless you in ways we cannot. We were greatly humbled by your benefit auction in our behalf. The American Society is more than a professional development organization. It is a family caring for its own. We love you deeply. You are a true blessing to us as we continue on the path God has chosen for us to walk. Our desire would be to return and pass on the great outpouring of support you have given us.
With humble thanks for your kindness and wishing you God's richest blessings,
Leonard and Karen Meador
(Editor's Note: ASFMRA member Leonard Meador, AAC, of Rossville, Indiana recently underwent surgery)
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New initiative focuses on critical role of soil health
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DECEMBER 4, 2013: Farm Foundation, NFP and The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation today announced the launch of a new initiative designed to bring attention to the critical role of soil health in the challenge of feeding 9 billion people by 2050. This announcement is being made to mark World Soil Day on Dec. 5. Read more about the soil initiative.
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Texas Chapter Spring Meeting & Education
Date: January 29-30, 2014
Location: Granbury, TX
Description: Education | Business Meeting |Netwoking
Course Offered: January 29: ASFMRA Best in Business Ethics (4hour) | Rural Land Values Workshop (4 Hour)
January 30: 7 Hours USPAP Update
Contact Name: Carmen Bierschwale
Contact Phone: (325) 446-3052
Contact Email: ckbierschwale@gmail.com
Get information on other Chapter Meetings.
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 Please let us know what you think of the ASFMRA Ag News. Is there anything else that you would like to see covered?
SIncerely,
Suzanne Gruba
American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers
The Most Trusted Rural Property Professionals
sgruba@asfmra.org
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