Resource, 1996, September

Features

• AE 50 OUTSTANDING INNOVATIONS
  Presenting the 1996 AE 50 award winners -- the best in engineering for agricultural, food, and biological systems. See the special 32-page insert in the center of the magazine for the top engineering developments and the companies that made them.
• Sensors and Computer Systems
  Site-Specific Crop Management (SSCM) uses computers and sensors to measure and predict soil and plant conditions. New developments could lead to more accurate, higher quality data for agricultural production.

Inside ASAE

• Members Flock to ASAE's Annual Meeting
  1995-96 ASAE President George J. Kriz speculates that the proliferating number of attendees at ASAE's Annual International Meeting was due to the strength of continuing professional development courses.
• Annual Meeting Coverage
  Board and council actions, meeting statistics, President's Citations, Directors' Citations, Past Presidents' Awards, and other highlights of the 1996 Annual International Meeting.
• Students
  Students at the annual meeting actively seek change; winners of AGCO Design, Student Honor, Student Mile, K.K. Barnes and EMI awards; ASAE now offering two $1,000 scholarships.
• Professional Development
  International Conference on Evapotranspiration and Irrigation Scheduling.
• Events Calendar
  1996
  • Sept. 15-17 -- Liquid Fuels and Industrial Products from Renewable Resources (with Bioenergy '96). Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
  • Nov. 3-5 -- International Conference on Evapotranspiration and Irrigation Scheduling. San Antonio, Texas, USA. (Joint with Irrigation Assn. EXPO.)
  1997
  • Feb. 9-12 -- Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference '97 (AETC'97). Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
  • May 5-7 -- Agricultural Machinery Conference. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.
  • May 29-31 -- Fifth International Livestock Environment Symposium. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
  • Aug. 10-14 -- ASAE Annual International Meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
  1998
  • July 12-16 -- ASAE Annual International Meeting. Orlando, Florida, USA.
  1999
  • July 18-22 -- ASAE Annual International Meeting. Toronto, Canada (joint with CSAE).