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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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