The 30th edition of Husker Harvest Days featured cattle with information from the comprehensive IGENITY profile. Mike Hynek, Goldrush Genetics, Guide Rock, Neb., displayed two Balancer bulls at the show, promoting his herd’s genetics and the use of DNA technology. The comprehensive IGENITY profile includes analyses for economically important traits such as tenderness potential, fat thickness, ribeye area, yield grade, …
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This is an unusual way to make puffed rice but it works. Somehow they have this little cannon type thing that once it heats up you bang on it and it explodes and the puffed rice pops out into a basket. This was one of the many interesting little things we got to experience at our reception at the University …
John Deere Scholarship Rewards NAMA Student Leadership
NAMA student chapters that excel at offering students the tools they need to develop their leadership and academic skills have a chance to get some fiscal help from John Deere. Outstanding chapters that apply for The John Deere Signature Award could win up to $3,000. The John Deere Signature Award is designed to create a new level of recognition within …
Lunch on the Bus
I not only have a fascination with the production and promotion of food but I like to eat it too. One of the cool things about an IFAJ Congress is you’re assured to try something new. Here’s lunch on the bus this afternoon. I would detail all the contents of the box but I’m not sure what they all were. …
IFAJ Officers Take the Stage
The officers of the IFAJ took the stage this afternoon to lead the Annual Meeting. After reading off the delegates roll call it was down to business. One of the things that was approved was a change recommendation to the IFAJ constitution and rules to make some corrections and update them. These were done with the help of Paul Queck …
Ag School Welcome
Here’s Dr. OHSAWA Kanju, President of Tokyo University of Agriculture who welcomed us at the start of our activities here at the school. I’ve only seen a small part of the school but they have a very nice setup with interpreters, making it easier for all these multi-cultural ag journalists to communicate. His President’s message from the school’s website says, …
Tokyo University of Agriculture
After all the city scenes it was nice to pull into the Tokyo University of Agriculture campus and walk through some trees. This is our group walking in to the main auditorium from the buses. This afternoon we’ve got a program that includes the annual delegates assembly of the IFAJ, multiple simultaneous educational sessions and a press conference with the …
Crosstown Tokyo Traffic
We’ve already seen a lot of this here in Tokyo. In fact, we got almost 2 hours worth on the way to the Tokyo University of Agriculture where our afternoon program is taking place today. This is one big city and one of the things that really hits you is the buildings of all shapes and sizes that are built …
On Tour at ZEN-NOH in Japan
I found a very nice man here in the ZEN-NOH Fresh Produce Marketing, Co. in Tokyo who is letting me use his internet connection to post a quick picture from our first tour. I tried to load pics to the photo album but I couldn’t get connected so I’ll be adding quite a few later. This is a very large …
IFAJ Congress in Japan
Hello from Japan. This week’s program is coming to you from Tokyo. Cindy and I start out with a review of our trips last week to Canada, Germany and Belgium. Then you can hear an interview with International Federation of Agricultural Journalists President, David Markey. David says that IFAJ is now over 5,000 members strong worldwide. He says we’ve got …