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FFA Field Day

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Columbia FFA and South Callaway FFA


September 15, 2009


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In one of the sessions students discussed several ways in which computers could be used on farms and composed the following list:

  • GPS
  • Keeping EPD records
  • Checking on fungi outbreaks
  • Checking weather
  • Tracking yields
  • Keeping track of animals
  • Mapping
  • Selling products online
  • Checking livestock prices
  • Tracking fertilizer use
  • Stock prices
  • Feed prices
  • Crop prices
  • Calculating prices for your own livestock
  • Managing finances
  • Farm layout
  • Organizing farm business
  • Farm laws and mortgages
  • Servicing farm equipment
  • Research grants and funding
  • Recording calving records
  • Predicting trends in market
  • Communicating with other farmers
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Facebook, MySpace (social networking)
  • Using webcams and security
  • Advertisement
  • Taxes

These videos are available in Windows Media Video (WMV) format. The video clips are of the same subject but at different qualities and file size. The video was created by using a standard video camera and captured on a computer using an ATI VGA All In Wonder 8MB PCI video capture card.

Columbia and South Callaway
Length of Video: 11.00 seconds
High Speed Version
High Quality
Video
File Size: 2.79 MB		 High Speed Version
Low Quality
Video
File Size: 1.24 MB
Dial-up Version
Video
File Size: 88 KB