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CropLife Ambassador Network:
A network of agronomic professionals who are committed to generating public awareness and appreciation for American agriculture

Located on the Education Page are the following:

Mini-Bulk Container Recycling Summit Presentations

Careers in Precision Agriculture
Drive into the Future with a Career in Precision Agriculture. Information about training and scholarships for preparation for a career in precision agriculture. Listing of Career Development Programs in Precision Agriculture.

Field Marking System [PDF] A field identification system for crop protection technologies.

Fundamental Principles for Product Traceability Recent events in the agriculture industry indicate the desirability of a system to track products throughout the entire distribution chain.  The purpose of this Document is to provide some assistance in identifying basic components of a traceability system.

Pesticide Training/Info.

Product Standards [PDF] Employees promote environmental stewardship to ensure a safe and abundant food supply.

Request: A Career in Precision Agriculture 12 minute video features various industry recruiters explaining the technical aspect of ag retail and the educational opportunities available to prepare potential employees for this increasingly technical field.

Teacher Resources
Educational materials about crop chemicals and plant development.

Traceability Implementation Project (TIP) Executive Summary "Successfully Tracking Product Movement From Formulator to Field: An Ag Retailer's Perspective"

Traceability Implementation Project Guidelines Outlines 10 steps for agricultural retailers to follow to track and trace crop inputs.

Traceability Implementation Project PowerPoint Presentation "Tracking Product Movement from Formulator to Field: An Ag Retailer's Perspective" summarizes the technology and shows possible tools to use.

"The Rapid Evolution of Ethanol as a Universal Gasoline Blending Component" "The Rapid Evolution of Ethanol as a Universal Gasoline Blending Component," the topic of Gene Peters' presentation to the MACA Board of Directors meeting on Thursday, November 13, 2008.

War of the Weeds Presentation Learn about the challenge of weed control faced by farmers and the history of technological advances from human labor, mechanical advances and scientific methods used by humans to solve the problem. Explore how science is a human endeavor.

Water Issues Brochures A reference to 30 commonly asked questions about pesticides and health issues.


 

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Federal Water Quality Coalition

The Weather Channel

USDA Ag Marketing Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Work Plan

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MACA NEWS
03/03/2010
Rosemary O'Brien, CF Industries, Washington, D.C., Presented the Nebraska Extra S.T.E.P. Award
01/07/2010
MFA Agri-Service of Laddonia, Presented the Missouri Extra S.T.E.P. Award
11/18/2009
MACA Holds Min-Bulk Summit
10/14/2009
MACA Announces Mini-Bulk Summit
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