Top 10 Uses for AgManager.info

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1 Top 10 Uses for AgManager.info Rich Llewelyn Phone: Green, KS 1 You know you're living in 2012 IF 1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave. 2. You the person who works at the desk next to you. 3. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have a Facebook page or Twitter account. 4. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home. 5. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen. 6. Leaving the house without your cell phone (which you didn't have the first 45 years of your life) is now cause for panic and you turn around to go get it. 7. You have apps on your phone that you have no idea what they do. Green, KS 2 A Few Current Trends in Internet Usage Greater interactivity: blogs, wikis, YouTube takes time to find things; can take a lot of time. Increasing mobility : laptop computers, cell phones, i-phones real-time information. Visual media video, graphics, GIS. Specialized software, download times. Rapid information obsolescence frequent updates/revisions requiring diligence to view. Limited number of sites visited. Most usually go on-line for a specific site. Green, KS 3 Development of AgManager.info 2002 AgManager.info developed and launched as a single, comprehensive site. Initial focus on risk management, crops, and livestock marketing. Now: Grain basis tool/maps, decision tools, updates Publication of upcoming events/conferences Current usage of AgManager.info More than 80,000 visits from more than 25,000 unique visitors per month (More than triple since 2004) Most popular sections: Livestock, Crops, Farm management, Upcoming events, Agribusiness, Policy Green, KS 4

2 Recent and Coming Developments for AgManager.info Notification of changes and updates using RSS feeds (in addition to current listserv to send s). Web tools, operated in the web browser, in addition to Excel spreadsheets. Continuously updating livestock graphs. Video presentations. ti Development of the grain basis tool and maps to allow easier use and to expand the scope. Redesign Green, KS 5 Green, KS 6 Top 10 Uses for AgManager: #10 GRAIN BASIS MAPS & BASIS TOOL GIS maps show the week s basis and deviation from the 3 year average, for corn, milo, wheat, and soybeans in the Central Plains. Basis s tool provides look-up ability of weekly basis s (Wednesday close) for corn, soybeans, milo and wheat for approximately 800 locations in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, North and South Dakota. Some locations have data since Green, KS 7 Green, KS 8

3 #9 UPCOMING EVENTS * Risk and Profit Conference (August in Manhattan) * Ag Lenders Conferences (October in Manhattan/Garden City) *I Insurance Workshop (November in Salina) * Ag Profitability Conferences (December-February, throughout the state) * Lease Workshops (December-February at 10 locations across the state) * Excel Workshops (December-February at 6 locations across the state) * MAST (November and February on-campus for two-days, then distance in between) Green, KS 9 Green, KS 10 #8 KFMA (Kansas Farm Management Association) * KFMA Monthly Newsletter KFMA Whole-Farm Analysis (since 2001) By state, region, and county * KFMA Enterprise Analysis (since 1995) Livestock; Non-irrigated crops; Irrigated crops By region and state * Contact info and position announcements Green, KS 11 Green, KS 12

4 #7 GRAIN OUTLOOK NEWSLETTER * Dan O Brien * Twice monthly * Usually following WASDE report around the 10 th of the month. * Includes info from around the world (Europe, S. America, and Asia) as well as U.S. markets. Green, KS 13 Green, KS 14 #6 FARM MANAGEMENT GUIDES * Kevin Dhuyvetter, Troy Dumler, Dan O Brien and others * Released in October/November * Provides a PROJECTION, not historical results * Crops, livestock, financial management and other topics Green, KS 15 Green, KS 16

5 #5 LIVESTOCK MARKETING * Glynn Tonsor, LMIC, Ted Schroeder, Kevin Dhuyvetter * In The Cattle Markets weekly newsletter * Livestock & Hay Charts and Databases * Budgets, papers, presentations, tools * BeefBasis.com, NAIBER cattle feeding risk analyzer, and CRMIL risk library Green, KS 17 Green, KS 18 #4 CROP INSURANCE/RISK MANAGEMENT * Art Barnaby * SURE & ACRE programs and their interaction with crop insurance * Crop Insurance Recommendations * Updated d Marketing Year Average (MYA) prices * CRC, GRIP/GRP, AGR-Lite Green, KS 19 Green, KS 20

6 #3 Land Leasing Information Kevin Dhuyvetter and Terry Kastens Kansas County Level Land Values and Cash Rents Leasing Papers Decision Tools, including KSU-Lease.xls Land Leasing Forms Hunting Leases Green, KS 21 Green, KS 22 #2 DECISION TOOLS * Kevin Dhuyvetter and others * Excel and Browser-based Flash Files * Most popular: KSU Option Strategies, KSU-Lease, GPS- Guidance * Others (about 60 total tools): Machinery tools: combine, sprayer, GPS guidance Fertilizer calculator Economics of spraying field crops CRP Decisions KSU-Landbuy Notes on Decision Tools on AgManager Some tools require inputs from the user. Usually blue cells/font will signify input cells by the user. Many tools use macros for printing and navigation. Need to set macro security settings to moderate, which will cause Excel to ask if you want to enable macros. Green, KS 23 Green, KS 24

7 KSU-Lease: Budget input page KSU Option Strategies Inputs and output Green, KS 25 Green, KS 26 Cattle-Buy/Sell Decision Tool in Web Dashboard Cattle-Buy in Web Dashboard Green, KS 27 Green, KS 28

8 And #1 AgManager.info FRONT PAGE Provides easy access to: * Recent Updates * Upcoming Events * Left-side Menu *C Contributors tib t Info * Google search of the site * Site Map *Other Links Green, KS 29 Green, KS 30 Left-side menu Events Contributors/Site map Google Search Downloads and Software Adobe Reader (PDF), Adobe Flash (animation), Adobe Shockwave (multi-media). [ Other multi-media: RealPlayer, QuickTime, Windows Media Player. OpenOffice.org free open-source software with word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software. Compatible with MS Office. Some changes (Apache, not Oracle), but still useful. Telephony: Skype at Good source for misc: Gizmo s at: Green, KS Green, KS 32

9 Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 7 (follows Vista) was released in October, Windows XP no longer sold as of June 30, 2008, but still supported. Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7 was released in February SP2 scheduled for mid Windows 8: now in beta version. Launch: fall, 2012??? Google Chrome OS: a new operating system by Google, released in 2010, primarily for netbooks (small, inexpensive laptop computers). Linux: free, open-source, operating system software. Usually requires some technical capabilities. Security Issues Dealing with malware: Viruses (AVG Anti-Virus at Anti-spyware: Gizmo s atwww com Use a firewall (Windows has a built-in firewall) Be careful of spam and phishing Creating good passwords: Take familiar phrase and use first letter of each word (TBONTBTITQ: to be or not to be, that is the question ) Capitalize letters, like a proper name in the phrase. Substitute numbers/letters for words: 2 =to; 4=for; L8=late; R=are; U=you; etc. Add punctuation where it makes sense (comma, etc) Green, KS 33 Green, KS 34 Microsoft Office & Office Live Workspace Compatibility pack for using MS Office 2010 and 2007 with Office 2003 (top of the list): For MS Office 2007 and 2010, a useful site with 2003 templates to learn 2007 and 2010 is: Office Live Workspace allows user to access and share files from anywhere. 5GB of free online storage. Password-protected d to limit i access. Office 2010 in Next version: 2013? Miscellaneous Hoaxes and urban legends: Monitoring and filtering (different functions) Monitoring: or Both have monthly or annual fee Filtering: CovenantEyes (above) has limited filtering. Also: or Old sites or information that has been removed or changed: Keep programs updated. Microsoft releases updates on the 2nd Tuesday of each month for Windows. Set automatic updates for virus programs. Green, KS 35 Green, KS 36

10 Blogs: Miscellaneous Sponsored blogs such as the University of Illinois ( or news blogs (almost everywhere) Start your own using one of several blog sites, including Blogspot ( t ) Blogger ( Other fun/useful programs/sites Map programs Mapquest, GoogleMaps, or YahooMaps. Satellite views: GoogleEarth (Now with GoogleOcean) YouTube Miscellaneous Social networking sites: Facebook Twitter (140 character limit). Now has many professional uses. Browsers: Internet t Explorer 9 (Microsoft), released March, Not for Windows XP. More secure than IE 8. Mozilla Firefox 10: Released January 31, Highly secure. Many features. Firefox released versions 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in Version 9: early Version 3.6 will not be supported after April, Google Chrome. Newest version: 15. Fast and works better for some sites. For Apple, Safari browser 5.0 Green, KS 37 Green, KS 38 The Final Word Lots of info available on the internet AgManager is an important agricultural site Decision tools/farm management info Crop Insurance/Policy Info Livestock Marketing KFMA data/info/newsletters Crop basis data/maps Grain Outlook Farm Management Guides Conferences and events THANK YOU! QUESTIONS? Rich Llewelyn: rvl@ksu.edu Green, KS 39 Green, KS 40