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There is a group here at Edinburgh working in this area. I
suggest you contact Robert Muetzelfeldt.
(R.muetzelfelst@ed.ac.uk)

Graham Russell

Dr G. Russell
University of Edinburgh
Institute of Ecology & Resource Management (Agriculture Building)
West Mains Road
Edinburgh EH9 3JG
SCOTLAND
International phone +44 31 535 4063 Fax +44 31 667 2601
UK phone 031 535 4063 Fax 031 667 2601

You can get more information on DAISY from

Soeren Hansen
Dept of Agricultural Science
Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
Thorvaldsensvej 40
DK-1871 Frederiksberg C
Copenhagen
Denmark

Tel (int) 45 - 35 28 33 86
Fax (int) 45 - 35 28 34 60

Don't have an email address for him but you could try

fischer@elc1.dina.kvl.dk

as I believe Lars Fischer is rewriting DAISY in C++ (it is currently in Fortran)

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Nick Hutchings, Land Use Div, MLURI, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, AB9 2QJ, UK
E-mail: mi046@mluri.sari.ac.uk Tel/Fax: +44 224 318611/311556
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Recently, I read a paper on soil sampling that has left me with several
questions about the methodology used to identify soil properties. To my
knowledge, the principal approach to soil sampling involves the removal of
cores from the study site, with the subsequent homogenization of the
soil and chemical/physical analyses of the resultant mixture. What are
the advantages of using this methodology (as far as identifying the environment
that soil water and plant roots are exposed to)?

The recent study I read (my citation is at home) concluded that a more
accurate way to characterize the soil environment is to sample the soil
solution from a soil core instead of first mixing/disaggregating the soil.
How valid are these two different methods in identifying the
"soil environment"? Is it realistic to assume that the latter approach
could be implemented within the constraints of a research budget?

Ideally, shouldn't the soil properties be determined in situ? Are there
any non-destructive soil sampling approaches available?

I would appreciate any insight/citations the discussion group could
send my way. My knowledge is such that a citation for a review of
soil sampling methods would be very helpful.

Regards,

Mark Stelford
Department of Geography
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115

stelford@geog.niu.edu

The "bible" on this (especially for the uninitiated such as myself) is
the two-volume work "Methods of Soil analysis" Edited by Klute (v 1) and
by Page, Miller and Keeney (v 2). Published by Amer. Soc. Agronomy and
Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. as Agronomy Monograph #9, 1986 and 1982.

R. DON WAUCHOPE, RESEARCH CHEMIST DON@TIFTON.CPES.PEACHNET.EDU
USDA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE (912) 386-3892 FAX 386-7225
POB 748, U. GA COASTAL PLAIN EXPERIMENT STATION
TIFTON, GA 31793

Mark,

Run down Dr. Nyle Wollenhaupt at U/Wisconsin (I get him via gopher).
He's done some soil sampling work that might be of interest.

Jim - Farmer - Iowa City, IA,
jnmeade@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu

Mark, I guess that mixing soil samples is a good way to get
the average properties of the unit of interest except in
the case of some physical properties where the structure is
changed by the process. Nor does conventional sampling
show any effects of a lower horizon on an upper one (e.g.
drainage status). Ignoring the latter problem, bulking the
soil would be effective where the scale of variation of the
properties of interest was small enough to not cause a
significant error. However, problems arise whenever
properties vary spatially and especially where the response
of the crop to the soil property is not linear.

Have you read
Beckett, PHT & Webster, R (1971). Soil variability: a
review. Soils and Fertilizers 34, 1-15? You might also
find the following paper of interest:
Ragg, JM & Henderson, R (191980). A reappraisal of soil
mapping in an area of southern Scotland Part I. J. Soil
Sci 32, 559-572

Graham

Dr G. Russell
University of Edinburgh
Institute of Ecology & Resource Management (Agriculture Building)
West Mains Road
Edinburgh EH9 3JG
SCOTLAND
International phone +44 31 535 4063 Fax +44 31 667 2601
UK phone 031 535 4063 Fax 031 667 2601

To: Crop modellers in Europe (and anyone else who is
interested!)

The European Society of Agronomy has a section devoted to
Agroclimatology and modelling. For more information ask
your country representative. I am the UK representative
and can give you the contact address of the other country
reps. Alternatively contact the ESA Office in France (Fax
+33 89 72 49 33). There is a congress every two years and
the next will be in the Netherlands from 7-11 July 1996.
The first circular and call for papers has been issued.
Email ESA96@ab.agro.nl for more information.

Dr G. Russell
University of Edinburgh
Institute of Ecology & Resource Management (Agriculture Building)
West Mains Road
Edinburgh EH9 3JG
SCOTLAND
International phone +44 31 535 4063 Fax +44 31 667 2601
UK phone 031 535 4063 Fax 031 667 2601

I know that many crop modellers also like to go out into
the field to take measurements.
An International Workshop in Field Techniques for
Ecophysiology (the third in a series) will take place near
Siena in Italy from September 17-23 1995. The target
audience is post-graduates and post -doctoral workers who
wish to know about the range of techniques available.
However, experienced practitioners are also welcome
especially if they are able to bring their own equipment. The
workshop will include presentations by experts, displays by
manufacturers but most of all an actual field campaign in
which all the equipment will be used in realistic
situations in the field. Please contact me if you would
like further information.

Graham Russell

Dr G. Russell
University of Edinburgh
Institute of Ecology & Resource Management (Agriculture Building)
West Mains Road
Edinburgh EH9 3JG
SCOTLAND
International phone +44 31 535 4063 Fax +44 31 667 2601
UK phone 031 535 4063 Fax 031 667 2601

What follows is a progrm and registration form for the Farm Animal
Computing Technologies (FACTs 95) Conference. It's being held in Orlando
in March of 1995. It's a really great program with top notch speakers.

Registration information is enclosed. Please send any questions to me
directly, and not back to this list.

Mark Varner
varner@umd5.umd.edu
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Program
and Registration

FACTs 95

March 7,8,9 1995
Orlando Florida

Farm Animal Computer Technologies
Conference

Tuesday, March 7

3:00- 6:00 p.m. Internet Demonstration Room
Mark Varner, Moderator

6:00 p.m. Banquet
Gary Weber, Master of Ceremonies

7:30 p.m. Keynote Address

Wednesday, March 8

General Session: Perspectives on Computer
Technologies
Henry Tyrrell, Chair

8:00- 8:35 am Producer Perspective of Information Technology
Sam Cnosson, Wendell, ID

8:35- 9:05 am Agri-Business Perspective of Information
Technology
Paul Johnson DVM, Enterprise, AL

9:05- 9:40 am Possibilities for AI Applications in Animal
Agriculture: A researcher!s perspective
Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

Developer I: Integrated Systems
Nick Stone, Chair

10:15-10:40 am Dairy Management Information Systems.
Ed Schmisseur, Oregon State University

10:40-11:05 am S.P.E.C.I.A.L. - Simulation Model to Support
Decision Making in Pork Production
Dewey Harris, USDA-MARC

11:05-11:30 am An Integrated Agricultural Planning Model
for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Houshmand Ziari, Texas A & M University
11:30-11:55 am Whole farm planning for crop/livestock farms.
Nick Stone, Virginia Tech

User I: Accessing Information for Decision Support
Systems
Mark Varner, Chair

10:15-10:55 am Development of software that accesses
multiple sources: Lessons learned.
Mike Tomaszewski, Texas A&M

10:55-11:15 am Range Cow Culling and the Value of
Pregnancy Testing: A Decision Support
System via the World Wide Web.
Russell Tronstad, University of Arizona

11:15-11:35 am Forage Information System (FIS) World
Wide Web (WWW).
David Hannaway, Oregon State University

11:35-11:55 am Outreach: A Computer Based, Document
Management System for Extending
Information.
Abbas Ahmadi, University of California

12:00-3:00 p.m. Poster Session
Lawrence Jones, Chair

Developer II: Technologies for Practical Problems
Jim Oltjen, Chair

3:15- 3:40 p.m. Dairy Decision Support System: Dynamic
Simulation Model for Culling Management of
Dairy Cows in Large Dairy Herds.
Terry Lehenbauer, University of California

3:40- 4:05 p.m. Fuzzy Decision Making in Dairy Cattle
Management
Rene Lacroix, McGill University

4:05- 4:30 p.m. The Application of Markov Decision
Processes as a Framework for Decision
Support in Animal Production .
Anders Kristensen, Royal Veterinary and
Agricultural University, Denmark

4:30- 4:55 p.m. Data Preprocessing for Neural Network
Classifiers.
Rene Lacroix, McGill University

User II: Use of Modeling for Practical Decision
Support

3:15- 3:55 p.m. The Florida Dairy Management Project: The
practical application of advanced modeling
techniques to aid decision making.
Mike Delorenzo, University of Florida

3:55- 4:15 p.m. Model for Financial Evaluation of Alternative
Production Strategies for Michigan Dairy
Farms.
Stephen Harsh, Michigan State University

4:15- 4:35 p.m. Implementing an Energy Utilization Model
for Prediction of Cattle Growth and
Composition.
Jim Oltjen, University of California

4:35- 4:55 p.m. The Beef Grazing Model GRAZE:
Availability, Documentation and Case
Studies.
Otto Loewer, University of Florida

Thursday, March 9

Developer III
Larry Jones, Chair

8:00- 8:40 am A Case Study in Generic Task Problem
Solving: Helping to Grow Wheat in Egypt.
Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

8:40- 9:00 am Utilizing object-oriented analysis, design, and
programming techniques to develop a dairy
herd simulation computer program.
Andy Skidmore, Michigan State University

9:00- 9:20 am Use of single-chip microcontrollers in farm
data collection systems.
Robert Sherlock, Dairy Research Corporation,
New Zealand

9:20-10:00 am An Object Oriented Simulation Model of a
Pig Herd with Emphasis on Information
Flow.
Erik Jorgensen, National Institute of Animal
Science, Denmark

User III: Use of Knowledge-Based Systems in
Practical Decision Support and Training
Basil Eastwood, Chair

8:00- 8:40 am Implementing expert systems: real
knowledge from the school of hard knocks.
Dick Plant, University of California, Davis

8:40- 9:00 am Knowledge and Expert Based Decision
Support Systems for Professional
Agriculturists .
Earl Fuller, University of Minnesota

9:00- 9:20 am Benefits and Characteristics of Computer-
Based Training in Higher Agricultural
Education.
Wolfgang Heuwieser, Fu Berlin

9:20- 9:40 am Use of Decision Support Systems in the
Assessment of Current and Alternative
Livestock Enterprises in Northern Chiapas,
Mexico.
Jerry Stuth, Texas A&M University

General Session: Issues Regarding Transfer and
Widespread Adoption of Technology
Dewayne Dill, Chair

10:00- 10:25 am Considerations for Transfer of Publicly
Developed Computer Technology to
agribusiness.
Shade Sangosina, Monsanto Co., Innovations
Group

10:25- 10:50 am Building Ties with Agribusiness -
Experiences with PigChamp.
Linda Klemmer, Pig Champ Business
Manager, University of Minnesota

10:50- 11:15 am Challenges Marketing and Supporting
Decision Aids in the Public Sector
Roy Black, Michigan State University

11:15- 11:40 am Funding Opportunities and Limitations
through the NRI Ag Systems Program
Jim Cook, USDA/NRICGP

11:40-12:00 Overview of the FACTs95 conference and
concluding remarks.
Larry Huggins, Purdue University

Workshops

#1) Physiological Modeling of Swine Growth and Response to
Nutrition and Environment ( 3 hours)
Larry Turner1, Tom Bridges1, James Usry2, and Rich Gates1
1University of Kentucky
2Heartland Lysine, Inc.

The NCPIG model developed at Kentucky as part of the North
Central Region Project NC-204, will be used to demonstrate the
concepts of physiological modeling of swine for simulating growth
of 20-100 kg pigs. Applications described will include 1) use of
misting systems, 2) nitrogen and phosphorous waste production
prediction for diets supplemented with amino acids and phytase,
3) neural-net development based upon model predictions, and 4)
base growth and nutrition calibration studies. A !hands-on!
session is included, and each participant will receive an executable
version of the model with documentation.

#2) Software Engineering: What is it and What can it do for
You? (3 hours)
Rod Korthals and Sam Alessi, United States Department of
Agriculture

Do you have computer outputs of unknown data, software that
no one can understand, let alone maintain, or problems
finishing programming projects (and the documentation) on
time or within budget? In addition to open discussions and
lessons learned presentations, Mark Borger from the Software
Engineering Institute (SEI), a Federally Funded Research
Center sponsored by the DoD, will discuss some of their
experiences in helping organizations improve their own
software development and maintenance practices.

#3) Delivering Extension Information via WWW (2 hours)
Russell Gum and Russell Tronstad, University of Arizona

This workshop is intended to demonstrate 1) the use of the world-
wide web for delivery of livestock marketing and management
information, and 2) how to build a WWW server.

#4) Fuzzy Expert Systems (2 hours)
Russell Gum and Russell Tronstad, University of Arizona

A hands-on workshop of fuzzy logic and expert systems presented
at a laymen!s level. This will be informative to participants
interested in the practical applications of this technology to the
livestock industry. The workshop will give participants a basic
understanding of what fuzzy expert systems are and an
introduction on how to apply them to real world problems
involving decision support systems.

#5) Joining the Information Superhighway. (2 hours)
Mark Varner, University of Maryland

This workshop will discuss and give experience in joining the
Internet. It will include a years subscription to an email host on
the Internet and telecommunication software.

Conference Committee

Lawrence Jones, Cornell University, Co-Chair
Jim Oltjen, University of California, Co-Chair

Henry Tyrrell, CSRS-USDA
Basil Eastwood, ES-USDA
Nick Stone, Virginia Tech
Dewayne Dill, Cenex/Land O'Lakes
Mark Varner, University of Maryland
Danny Simms, Kansas State University
John Carey, Texas A&M University
Larry Huggins, Purdue University
Rob King, University of Minnesota
Aalt Dhykhuizen, Wageningen Agricultural University

Posters

Use of an Integrated Computerized Record Keeping System and Electronic
Transponders to Manage Beef Cattle Health and Production Records.
Kristin Allen, University of Missouri

Design of a Decision Support System to Evaluate Mastitis Control.
Heather Allore, Cornell University

An Interactive Computer-Based Program to Teach Body Condition Scoring
in Dairy Cattle.
Wolfgang Heuwieser, Fu Berlin

NCPIG: Physiological Model of Swine Growth and Response to Nutrition
and Environment .
Larry Turner, University of Kentucky

Constructing Crop Enterprise Budgets.
Gary Frank, University of Wisconsin

Evaluation of Waste Management Models for Decision Support Systems.
Roger Eigenberg, United States Department of Agriculture

Manure Management: An Example of the National Dairy Database
providing tools for Making Farm-Level Decisions.
Deanne Morse, University of California

Current use of Computer Technology by South Dakota Sheep Producers.
Mike Adelaine, South Dakota State University

Decision making under uncertainty: Application of stochastic dominance to
dairy capital budgeting.
Craig Thomas, University of Florida

A Short-Run Production Planning Model for the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice Michael Packing Plant.
Allen Sturdivant, Texas A&M University

Teaching Animal and Veterinary Science Seniors Using File Transfer
Protocol for Classroom Assignments.
John Miller and Donald Miller, University of Idaho

General Information

Hotel

A block of rooms has been held at the Orlando Marriott, 8001
International Drive, Orlando FL 32819 until February 7, 1995.
Guarantee your reservations with a major credit card by calling 407-351-
2420. Identify yourself with the FACTs Conference to obtain room rates
of $80 single/double. These rates apply three (3) days prior to and three
(3) days after the conference.

Airline Information

USAir is the official airline. Travel must take place between March 3 and
13, 1995; round-trip to and from Orlando; subject to availability; Globe
Travel Service is handling reservations and may be contacted at 800-724-
6191.

Registration

The attached registration form should be returned by February 8, 1995.
The registration fee of $150 includes admission, one proceedings, 1
banquet, 2 lunches and refreshment breaks. Registration received after
February 8 will be $175. Only checks drawn on US banks or international
money orders will be accepted. Make checks payable to Cornell
University and send to: Mrs. Dee Brothers, Cornell University, 272
Morrison Hall, Ithaca NY 14853-4801.

Sponsored in part by:
USDA - Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
NCR 171 Regional Research Project
American Association of Computing Companies

Return registration form to:
Mrs. Dee Brothers, Cornell University,
272 Morrison Hall, Ithaca NY 14853-4801

Registration Information

First name (for badge) _______________________________

Last name _________________________________________

Company/Univ _____________________________________

Address ___________________________________________

____________________________________________

City/State___ _____________________ Zip______________

Email address _______________________________________

Phone (_____)_______________________________________

Registration
rec!d before 2/8/94 $150 ______
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student $100 ______

Workshops
#1 $125 ______
#2 $25 ______
#3 $25 ______
#4 $25 ______
#5 $50 ______

Total enclosed $ ______

Dear Dr. Russell,

In refer to your recent Internet mail:

1. Is there a World Organization of Agronomy & Climatology? And, if so, do
you have their Internet address.

2. What would be an equivalant USA organization, what would it be called?

3. I worked in the fields of Math. Cybernetics and Art.Intelligence as well
as Systems Theory -- all of them concerned with modelling in one way or
another. I wonder if you know of any concerns of enterprises, consultancies
that deal modeling in Agronomy and Climatology.

The reason for this last question is that I am currently not in employment
and have wanted for sometime to move into these fields.

regards

Dr. Frank Dowlat
535 Broadway,
Venice, CA 90291
GEpx@aol.com

>In order to get subscribers talking, I would like to request that each
>new subscriber introduce themself as far as name, affiliation, areas of
>interest models worked with and one 'burning' issue which could serve
>as a focal point of discussion. This introduction, though helpful, is
>voluntary.

My signature gives my name and affiliation, so I won't repeat them here.

My areas of interest include dairy production, animal production,
economics, disease dynamics, and decision support systems for production
and clinical decision making (including population-level test
interpretation).

No real 'burning' issues come to mind. My only thought is that we in
production agriculture and population-based medicine have yet to really
tackle the impacts of non-linear dynamics and skewed populations/data one
standard decision making algorithms (that largely assume "average" inputs
and additive/multiplicative interactions). We talk about them, but do not
institute them in many instances.

Not that I have any clue about addressing these concerns, either.

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B. D. Slenning (barrett_slenning@ncsu.edu)
Coordinator, Population Medicine Group
Food Animal & Equine Medicine Department
Box 8401 College of Veterinary Medicine
N. Carolina St. Univ., Raleigh, NC 27606 USA
voice: (919) 829-4324 fax: (919) 829-4317
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My signature and personal details can be found at the end of this
message so I won't repeat them here. My specific interest area is
decision support systems in viticulture. I am currently employed as a
research person attached to the Cooperative Research Centre for
Viticulture in Australia, which incorporates team research from three
universities, the NSW, Victorian, and South Australian Departments of
Agriculture, and various Grape and Wine and Horticultural Industry
Associations. My position is to devise a method of enabling growers
to have an input into the development of a decision support system
for Viticulture. This DSS, called 'AusVit', contains pest and disease
prediction modules, and relies on the downloading of compatible
weather data from weather stations located within the vineyard. In
effect my position, a market research type position, attempts to
locate opportunities with growers can provide input into development,
and at the same time, investigate other opportunities for technology
adoption within the viticultural industry.
At present I'm attempting to locate any information on
expert/decision support system development which has been carried out
in the past, but particularly those associated with intensive
horticulture. As well as this, information regarding problems with
DSS development and/or promotion and acceptance of technology, is
equally well sought after.
Thank you for reading.

Scott

..
S.Glyde
Ron Potter Centre - Winery,
Charles Sturt University
WAGGA WAGGA 2650
NSW AUSTRALIA

Tel: 069 332 728
Fax: 069 332 107

Most of the modelling we're involved with falls undr the broad heading of
pest risk analysis. Within this we're attempting to integrate decsiion
support systems with GIS for plant and animal quarantine risk assessments.
This is still in its infancy here, however, there are two main streams of
development. A software package with limited gis support for use bu
plant/animal health agencies and an in-house environment that will support
spatialisations of point models and investigations of the impacts on pest
distribution and abundance due to greenhouse and climate variability. We're
looking to link our pest models with suitable crop/host models with a gis
framework developed under ARC/INFO/GRID.

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ph +61 7 365-1896 | University of Queensland
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I am interested in the cotton model OZCOT described by Dr. Hearn:

Hearn, A.B. OZCOT: A simulation model for cotton crop management. 1994.
Agricultural Systems 44:257-299.

Does anyone know of Dr. Hearn's E-Mail, or of the availibility of this model?
Has anyone worked with this model on sandy soils, or in the Southeast USA?

Jim

Dr. Jim Hook | Internet: jimhook@ | National
Coastal Plain Exp Stn | tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu | Environmentally Sound
P.O. Box 748 | Voice: (912) 386-3182 | Production Agriculture
Tifton, GA 31793-0748 | Fax: (912) 386-7293 | Laboratory

Hello Everyone,

I wonder if there is anyone out there who knows of Knowlege Engineering
positions in southern/central Calif.USA. (MS (Math),.BS(Statistics), Phd,
Math.Systems Theory, AI). Special Interest in Modeling, Fuzzy and Many-Valued
Logics, Ecological Modeling.

regards

Dr. Frank Dowlat
GEpx@aol.com
310 399 8078

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Marshall English
Oregon State University
Dept Bioresource Engineering
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CALL-FOR-PAPERS

25th Crop Simulation Workshop
Biological Systems Simulation Group
March 13,14 and 15, 1995
Mississippi State, MS

TO: Potential Participants

FROM: J. M. McKinion, Chairman

SUBJECT: Call for papers for the 25th
Crop Simulation Workshop

Areas of Interest: The Crop Simulation Workshop is organized by
an Ad Hoc group of scientists interested in all details of the
subject of biological systems modeling with particular reference
to agricultural systems. Papers will be considered on such
diverse areas as modeling methodology, software modeling tools,
models of biological systems (crops, pests, weather, soils, plant
diseases, animals, economics, and subsystems), farm machinery
operations, agricultural products processing, and modeling
languages. Also of interest are papers on the application of
artificial intelligence to agriculture such as expert sysyems and
genetic algorithms. Papers discussing the application of GIS and
GPS to agriculture are also of interest.
Meeting Site: The 1995 meeting of the Crop Simulation Workshop
will be held March 13-15, 1995 at Mississippi State, MS. If you
desire to present a paper at this meeting please complete the
form attached and return with a maximum 1 page extended abstract.
The tentative agenda for the workshop is attached. There will be
both oral presentations and a poster session. Since there is a
limited number of time slots for oral presentations, submitters
should indicate on the attached form whether their proposed paper
will be suitable for presentation as oral only, poster only, or
both.
Time Allotted for Oral Presentations: Twenty minutes will be
allocated to each oral presentation. However, oral presentations
should be limited to less than twenty minutes to accommodate
discussion. Please mark on the advance registration form
attached whether your submission will be suitable for oral
presentation if selected by the review committee.
Poster Presentations: Space will be allocated for poster
presentations. An hour and a half on Tuesday afternoon from
1:00PM to 2:30PM will be set aside for this activity. Please
mark whether your submission will be suitable for a poster
presentation if selected by the review committee.
Software Presentations: A number of PC computers will be made
available for demonstration of modeling software. If users need
to bring their own equipment, please advise the chairman listed
below so that facilities can be arranged. PC's will be equipped
with Windows 3.1, minimum 8MB ram, 3 1/2 and 5 1/2 floppies, and
CDROM drives. If a connection to the Internet is needed, please
advise the chairman. Time for software demonstrations will be
from 3:00PM to 4:30PM. If you desire to demonstrate modeling
software, please note in the space provided on the advance
registration form.
Travel from and to Airport: Please mark on the advance
registration form whether you will need assistance in traveling
to and from the GTR Airport. Shuttle service will be provided to
Workshop attendees if requested. Airline service to Columbus, MS
or Golden Triangle Regional Airport (GTR) is provided by
Northwest Airlink via Memphis, TN; American Eagle via
Nashville,TN and Atlantic Southeast via Atlanta, GA.

Housing Information:

Holiday Inn Best Western
Hwy 12 Hwy 12
Starkville, MS 39759 Starkville, MS 39759
(601)323-6161 (601)324-5555

*No rooms blocked. Government rate is $40.00/night for single.
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Meeting Sponsors:

USDA Agricultural Research Service
USDA-ARS Crop Simulation Research Unit
Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University
American Society of Agricultural EngineersTentative Program Schedul e

Monday,March 13, 1994

11:30-12:00AM Transportation to meeting
12:00-1:00PM Registration
1:00- 1:10PM Welcome and housekeeping announcements
1:10- 2:30PM Oral Presentations
2:30- 3:00PM Coffee Break
3:00- 4:40PM Oral Presentations
5:00PM Adjourn, Transportation to Hotels
6:30-7:30PM Reception (Bar-B-Que)
7:30-10:00PM Roundtable Discussion

(Note) Transportation will be provided to hotels after
Roundtable.

Tuesday,March 14, 1994

8:00- 8:30AM Transportation to Meeting,Coffee
8:30-10:00AM Oral Presentations
10:00-10:30AM Coffee Break
10:30-12:00AM Oral Presentations
12:00- 1:00PM Lunch (Provided)
1:00- 2:30PM Poster Presentations
2:30- 3:00PM Coffee Break
3:00- 4:30PM Software Demonstrations
4:30PM Transportation from Meeting
5:30- 11:30PM Dinner at Silver Star Casino,
Transportation Provided

Wednesday,March 15, 1994

8:00- 8:30AM Transportation to Meeting, Coffee
8:30-10:00AM Oral Presentations
10:00-10:30AM Coffee Break
10:30-12:00AM Oral Presentations
12:00 Adjourn, Transportation from Meeting
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Au mois de mars prochain, il y a un worshop sur les Crop Simulation dans
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tu devrais faire une demande a l'INRA pour y aller, ca pourrait
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On Mon, 19 Dec 1994, Catherine Angonin wrote:

> I'm sorry about my message sent (due to a mistake) on the 18/12. It was
> a suggestion for a colleaegue to participate to the workshop on
> Crop Simulation in Mississipy State.Is publicity not allowed on Agmodels?
>
> Catherine
>

>I'm sorry about my message sent (due to a mistake) on the 18/12. It was
>a suggestion for a colleaegue to participate to the workshop on
>Crop Simulation in Mississipy State.Is publicity not allowed on Agmodels?
>
>Catherine
>

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MarK:

Greetings!

Hows' the WWW development going? I've finally made some progress
here. Boy, it's brutal to try to get some concentrated time for
stuff without doing it a 2 am!

The computer scientist that I'm working with has been terrific. He's
set me up with a Sun SparcStation 5 (115 MIPS machine) with HotMetal
as the authoring package for creating HTML documents. Everything is
very exploratory, but I have something up:

http://web.css.orst.edu

Part I'm wrestling with today is the issue of text documents. How
have you ported over the NDD stuff? What have you created as the
template for streaming into? Also, issues of copyright with respect
to logos and other stuff need to be resolved. I'll be asking our
media folks to help me with that.

What have you done for a paper for the FACTS'95 conference? Any
thoughts on format? I'd like to have mine similar to yours (share
the work-load) and keep it conceptually similar.

January is fast approaching, so would appreciate your thoughts ASAP.

Thanks.

David

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125 Crop Science Building
Department of Crop & Soil Science
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-3002
Tel: 503-737-5863
Fax: 503-737-1589
Email: david@oscs.orst.edu
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On Fri, 30 Dec 1994, David B. Hannaway wrote:

>
> Part I'm wrestling with today is the issue of text documents. How
> have you ported over the NDD stuff? What have you created as the
> template for streaming into? Also, issues of copyright with respect
> to logos and other stuff need to be resolved. I'll be asking our
> media folks to help me with that.
>
Text documents can be handled several ways. If you use MSWord or
another word processor that supports the RTF format, then a document
can be saved as RTF. There is a shareware program called RTF2HTML
that will convert the file from an RTF document to an HTML document.
A simple way to keep the formating in a text document is copy it
into a simple HTML document as "preformatted" text, using the
<pre></pre> tags. Hope this helps.

Jonathan Haskett
jhaskett@asrr.arsusda.gov

> 125 Crop Science Building
> Department of Crop & Soil Science
> Oregon State University
> Corvallis, OR 97331-3002
> Tel: 503-737-5863
> Fax: 503-737-1589
> Email: david@oscs.orst.edu
> NeXTmail OK!
>
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