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Signs of Innovative Research

Signs of Innovative Research. Independent retailer perspective. Amy Asmus, CCA CCA National Board Past Chair Asmus Farm Supply, Inc. Rake, IA 50465 amy@afschem.com Consulting Clients with Sustainable Recommendations To Maximize Production. Research has no set Trail.

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Signs of Innovative Research

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  1. Signs of Innovative Research Independent retailer perspective • Amy Asmus, CCA • CCA National Board Past Chair • Asmus Farm Supply, Inc. • Rake, IA 50465 • amy@afschem.com • Consulting Clients with Sustainable Recommendations To Maximize Production

  2. Research has no set Trail There may be paths to follow, but when you step off the path, where you are at is not insignificant in the final outcomes.

  3. Research is not only conducted by scientists In the past research has traditionally moved from the scientific researchers to practitioners. How can innovators in the field influence research? In what way are public and private funded research used in the field?

  4. Technology is allowing growers to collect data With the access growers have to technology in their operations, they are gathering data on all sorts of practices… How to we clean through some of the data to find a clear street to follow???

  5. Which way to go? If our assumption is that all research is flawed, what types of research will be used to base recommendations on?

  6. Retailers are working to facilitate in Field trials Comprehensive season long evaluation platform to look at products or practices that tell the whole story of what happen in the LOCAL field… decisions are not just based on bushels per acre.

  7. Earmarked or not, most funding streams have Pets Government and non government funding streams… “How do we identify the research priorities that will guarantee that we will feed, fuel and clothe a growing population?”

  8. Best Ideas need to be able to be implemented Are there social, economic, sustainability or other hurdles that need to be addressed before research findings will be adopted?

  9. Signs of Innovative Research Independent retailer perspective • Amy Asmus, CCA • CCA National Board Past Chair • Asmus Farm Supply, Inc. • Rake, IA 50465 • amy@afschem.com • Consulting Clients with Sustainable Recommendations To Maximize Production

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