Two recently added reports in the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center help answer that question.\u00a0 They come from the Agricultural Market Advisory Service (AgMAS) and include:<\/p>\n
AgMAS is a collaborative effort of agricultural economists at Ohio State University, Purdue University and the University of Illinois.\u00a0 It began during 1994 and, since then, has tracked the pricing performance of about 25 advisory services to which it subscribes.<\/p>\n
Results may hold special value for communicators interested in topics such as risk communications and the quality, accuracy and economic value of agricultural information.\u00a0 Details are available from the AgMAS web site, which you can view at:\u00a0www.aces.uiuc.edu\/~agmas\/<\/a><\/p>\n Here are the titles of some other documents that we have added recently to the collection of literature about risk communications, as related to food and agriculture:<\/p>\n We\u2019re pleased to hear from some readers who find useful information in this news page.\u00a0 Recent examples of feedback:<\/p>\n The National Association of Farm Broadcasters web site recently added a page entitled, \u201cHistory of NAFB.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Written by NAFB Historian Dix Harper, it describes the development of NAFB during the past 55 years, from its origin in 1943 to its most recent technological development (a 1998 CD-ROM presentation about farm broadcasting).<\/p>\n Actually, this report traces back to the origins of broadcast information for farmers, more than 20 years before NAFB formed.\u00a0 It begins with weather and grain reports aired during 1921, then briefly sketches some highlights in farm broadcasting throughout the U.S. during the 1920s and 1930s.<\/p>\n You can see this history page on the NAFB web site:\u00a0www.nafb.com<\/a><\/p>\n Contact: Jim Evans at\u00a0evansj@uiuc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s quite easy.\u00a0 \u201cMost words are easy for me to spell once I get the letters right.\u201d\u00a0 (Response from an elementary student in English class, cited in: Harold Dunn, The World According to Kids.\u00a0 Spectacle Lane Press, Georgetown, CT, 1992, p. 59)<\/p>\n Please let us know if we can help you find information and\/or if you can suggest documents that we might add to this collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How accurate are the market advisory services for crops?\u00a0 Two recently added reports in the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center help answer that question.\u00a0 They come from the Agricultural Market Advisory Service (AgMAS) and include: \u201c1995 pricing performance of market advisory services for corn and soybeans\u201d (published in March 1997) \u201c1996 pricing performance of market advisory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acdc_news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11321,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11320\/revisions\/11321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/a>Other recent additions about risk communications.<\/b><\/h3>\n
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\n<\/a>Feedback about the \u201cNews and Announcements\u201d page.<\/b><\/h3>\n
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\n<\/a>History of NAFB now online<\/b>.<\/h3>\n
\n<\/a>Here are calls for papers to be presented at two approaching conferences related to agricultural<\/b>\u00a0communications:<\/b><\/h3>\n
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\n31-February 2, 1999, at Memphis, Tennessee USA.\u00a0 Suggested topics: practical applications of new communications
\ntechnology; publications, videos and special projects; measurement and accountability; and media relations.\u00a0 December 7 is
\nthe deadline for abstracts, to be sent by e-mail.\u00a0 For details contact: Ned Browning, Mississippi State University, at
\nnedb@ext.msstate.edu<\/a><\/li>\n
\n1999, at Fargo, North Dakota USA.\u00a0 Keynote speaker is Everett M. Rogers, noted communication scholar who will
\nrespond to a panel presentation about his research in health communication.\u00a0 Undergraduate and graduate students are
\nencouraged to submit essays and proposals for papers.\u00a0 Information: Dr. Deanna Sellnow, Department of Communication,
\nNorth Dakota State University, at:\u00a0dsellnow@badlands.nodak.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n<\/a>Let us know if we can help you announce a meeting related to agricultural communications<\/b>.<\/h3>\n
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\n<\/a>Best regards and good searching.\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n