All The Way From The USA

Chuck Zimmerman

AmericansThis is a fine looking group from the United States. We waited until the last possible moment to get this picture taken.

The closing banquet was closing around us by the time we got around to it.

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Some of the Canadians Attending IFAJ

Chuck Zimmerman

CanadiansI don’t have any of their names, but Owen Roberts, if you know feel free to post a comment and identify these Canadians attending the IFAJ Congress.

I had to post this because I’ll be in Ontario next month conducting an agriblogging and farm podcasting workshop at the University of Guelph. The two on the left are students there.

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Dairy Barn Fashion

Chuck Zimmerman

Cow InterviewIt’s been a long trip and sometimes you start to get a little goofy. I tried to interview old Betsy here but she wasn’t interested.

As you might expect, we had to suit up to go into the diary barn.

I wasn’t the only one thinking I looked pretty fashionable in my blue suit.

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Robotic Dairy Expert

Chuck Zimmerman

Gunnar PetterssonBefore we got to go into the dairy barn on today’s IFAJ Congress tour we learned about automatic or robotic milking from the expert.

He’s Gunnar Pettersson, Swedish University of Agricultural Science. He used a power point presentation but I recorded him anyway and am providing an edited version of that talk.

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Robotic Milking At Smestad Farm

Chuck Zimmerman

SkallerudsToday I got to visit a dairy operation which is pretty big business in Norway. We toured the Smestad farm. Pictured here are our hosts, Ole Kristian and Randi Skallerud.

The interesting part of the dairy is that he’s using an automatic milking system. So before we event went into the barn we learned more about robotic milking.

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A Reindeer Roast

Chuck Zimmerman

Reindeer RoastHere at the IFAJ Congress in Norway we have not gone hungry.

Our dinner last night was a reindeer roast. Actually we had a lot of meat that included lamb and I’m not even sure what all else.

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