Podcasts about AMS

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Jacob Simon, Founder & CEO at Adapt API. They discuss the benefits of using Adapt API to streamline processes and automate repetitive tasks and the challenges of automating the exchange of information between carriers and agencies.  Episode Highlights: Jacob explains that account managers are actually some of their biggest supporters as RPA frees them up to focus on revenue-bearing activities. (5:18) Jacob shares the biggest piece of pushback he gets, including concerns about carrier coverage and potential job loss due to automation. (14:59) Jacob discusses the challenges of building technology in insurance due to the lack of standardization and the complexity of API integration. (25:00) David shares his experience as a commercial producer and his decision to start his own company. (27:42) David discusses the potential pushback from employees who fear losing their jobs to automation and the benefits of using virtual professionals and how automation can take agencies to the next level. (32:52) Jacob shares that Adapt API is integrated with other systems such as NowCerts, Hawksoft, and AMS 360. (38:21) David talks about the importance of being an adopter or adapter of new technology in the insurance industry and highlights the benefits of being at the forefront of new developments. (39:58) Tweetable Quotes: “What we've done with Adapt API is, we are automating a lot of these repetitive tasks, these things that are steps one through ten, do the same thing every single day. We do it for you with the software, so that you can focus on the actual relationship driven and insurance side of the business.” - Jacob Simon “We have something that works for most agents, you're going to be paying just like a usage basis, which ends up being, you know, much, much, much lower than any of those custom build solutions would be.” - Jacob Simon Resources Mentioned: Jacob Simon LinkedIn Adapt API David Carothers Kyle Houck Florida Risk Partners The Extra 2 Minutes

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Jacob Simon, Founder & CEO at Adapt API. They discuss the benefits of using Adapt API to streamline processes and automate repetitive tasks and the challenges of automating the exchange of information between carriers and agencies.  Episode Highlights: Jacob explains that account managers are actually some of their biggest supporters as RPA frees them up to focus on revenue-bearing activities. (5:18) Jacob shares the biggest piece of pushback he gets, including concerns about carrier coverage and potential job loss due to automation. (14:59) Jacob discusses the challenges of building technology in insurance due to the lack of standardization and the complexity of API integration. (25:00) David shares his experience as a commercial producer and his decision to start his own company. (27:42) David discusses the potential pushback from employees who fear losing their jobs to automation and the benefits of using virtual professionals and how automation can take agencies to the next level. (32:52) Jacob shares that Adapt API is integrated with other systems such as NowCerts, Hawksoft, and AMS 360. (38:21) David talks about the importance of being an adopter or adapter of new technology in the insurance industry and highlights the benefits of being at the forefront of new developments. (39:58) Tweetable Quotes: “What we've done with Adapt API is, we are automating a lot of these repetitive tasks, these things that are steps one through ten, do the same thing every single day. We do it for you with the software, so that you can focus on the actual relationship-driven and insurance side of the business.” - Jacob Simon “We have something that works for most agents, you're going to be paying just like a usage basis, which ends up being, you know, much, much, much lower than any of those custom build solutions would be.” - Jacob Simon Resources Mentioned: Jacob Simon LinkedIn Adapt API David Carothers Kyle Houck Florida Risk Partners The Extra 2 Minutes

Episode 174  Sponsored by Ron Rubin Winery Episode 174 | Randy Pitts, Owner & Winemaker at Harvest Moon Winery Wine of the Day: Sparkling Verdelho Brut Zero - Lodi 2021 Podcast Sponsor: Ron Rubin Winery 1:38 - What's going on at Harvest Moon. 3:00 - Pesticides are not the answer! Leave healthy land to the next generation 5:33 - Sparkling Zinfandel - and Wine of the Day discussion. 6:58 - Randy tells us a little more about how sparkling wine is made. 8:22 - In 2022, Harvest Moon made 9 sparkling wines.  11:26 - Randy recommends food pairings 13:03 - No reservations necessary at Harvest Moon! (But if you want to do something special, reservations recommended)  15:10 - Fast Five with Ed Morris from Ron Rubin Winery (Recipe below) 17:01 - Randy expects that this year's yield will excellent high quality and high quantity fruit 20:11 - We hear about Randy's farm tours and discover Beth's secret love: Goats! 24:35 - Come to Wine Country with questions! We want to chat wine - you can always learn something new. 28:55 - Beth backtracks a little bit to find out how Randy got started with winemaking! 30:33 - On the Wine Road website - you can find wineries that can accommodate walk-ins! 31:31 - Wine Road Seminar Series! Check it out on the Wine Road website! Fast Five Recipe:  Caprese Salad From Ed Morris @ Ron Rubin Winery Fresh Tomatoes Fresh Mozzarella Olive Oil Fresh Basil  Balsamic Vinegar Can be cut up in slices on a plate or diced in a bowl  Pairs with Pam's Un-Oaked Chardonnay https://shop.ronrubinwinery.com/SHOP.AMS?LEVEL=BOT&PART=CHPMNOS21B Links:  Harvest Moon Winery Wine Road Seminar Series Ron Rubin Winery  Credits:  The Wine Road podcast is mixed and mastered at
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On this episode of The Association Podcast, we welcome Dave Caruso, Co-Founder, President, and CRO of HighRoad Solution, to hear about his background and the evolution of HighRoad from an email marketing provider to their current focus on marketing automation strategy and integrations. We discuss the importance of channel strategy, building integrations and partnerships with other companies in the industry, and the need for companies to stay up-to-date with the latest technology and trends to provide the best possible experience for their customers. We also touch on the concerns surrounding the rapid adoption of AI and the importance of human intervention in its use.

Enablement works best when the sales leader and reps are working closely from day one. They understand, before a person comes in, what their background is and what they need to be most successful.Caroline Holt is a results-oriented leader with extensive experience reducing friction in the sales and renewal process for AMs, AEs and SDRs. She has a passion for designing sales training programs, onboard and up-skill sales teams, owning the product marketing voice and managing the solutions engineering teams. She is the VP of Revenue Training and Enablement at Bonterra, a company that supports people who make social good possible so they can drive more impact for more people in less time.In this episode, she shares how sales enablement can look different for every business, finding who's responsible for the sales enablement process, recommendations to building world-class enablement, tracking metrics, and more.Resources: 310 Creative Article

This week is a doozy.It starts with 3 minutes of Jamie eating chips. Salt and Vinegar. Riveting.Then we get into the afterlife. Where do we go? How do we get there? What do we believe?Then we ruin some lives with "Relationship Advice with Ams and Jams".Then we bring it home with "Listener Mail"!Visit our website, click here!

In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley sits down with Brenden Corr. Brenden Corr is the director of business development at Loss Run Pro. He joins the podcast to talk about how we bet on ourselves and actually win… We also may have, at some point, discussed loss runs as well. This is an episode you don't want to miss... Episode Highlights: Ryan shares his personal journey of discovering the impact of inflammation on his body and making changes to his diet and lifestyle to reduce it. (4:39) Brenden mentions how humans used to consume a pound of sugar per year in 1920 and now consume 130 pounds of sugar per year, causing a variety of health issues. (10:27) Ryan discusses how being healthy can be a competitive advantage in business. (14:13) Brenden shares his uncle's advice that sales are a combat sport that requires both mental and physical preparation. (18:55) Brenden shares his personal experience with making changes in his life to improve his situation. (22:16) Brenden explains the importance of emotional sobriety and the most difficult part of the recovery process, as well as the importance of mental clarity and positivity in life. (27:23) Ryan discusses the significance of finding purpose and meaning in order to be happy. (33:57) Brenden mentions that Loss Run Pros assists insurance producers in completing loss runs more quickly and efficiently. (42:37) Brenden discusses Loss Run Pro's two main solutions: automating loss run requests for new business and proactively scheduling loss run requests for current accounts. (45:07) Brenden shares the types of insurance agencies that will benefit the most from Loss Run Pro. (50:09) Ryan discusses how Rogue documents and tracks workflows using living documents and Google Docs. (52:20) Brenden mentions that Loss Run Pros has been in business for two and a half years and has just under 2500 agencies signed up, which has allowed them to understand what the downstream look like for retail agents and how to improve integrations with AMS systems. (56:30) Key Quotes: “Our system is designed to simply help producers get loss runs faster, for a very cost-effective price point.” - Brenden Corr “Our goal was to automate not only those emails that are going out but then also to allow agencies to be far more proactive, and schedule them across, you know, a year or a couple of years out. So kind of two solution points there.” - Brenden Corr “The advantage of that is not only is it automating the process from an agency side with trackability, and in our program, but then it gives your prospect a one-click button that allows them to access their loss runs directly from the carriers.” - Brenden Corr Resources Mentioned: Brenden Corr LinkedIn Loss Run Pro Reach out to Ryan Hanley Rogue Risk Finding Peak

In this episode of The Ryan Hanley Show, Ryan Hanley sits down with Brenden Corr. Brenden Corr is the director of business development at Loss Run Pro. He joins the podcast to talk about how we bet on ourselves and actually win… We also may have, at some point, discussed loss runs as well. This is an episode you don't want to miss... Episode Highlights: Ryan shares his personal journey of discovering the impact of inflammation on his body and making changes to his diet and lifestyle to reduce it. (4:39) Brenden mentions how humans used to consume a pound of sugar per year in 1920 and now consume 130 pounds of sugar per year, causing a variety of health issues. (10:27) Ryan discusses how being healthy can be a competitive advantage in business. (14:13) Brenden shares his uncle's advice that sales are a combat sport that requires both mental and physical preparation. (18:55) Brenden shares his personal experience with making changes in his life to improve his situation. (22:16) Brenden explains the importance of emotional sobriety and the most difficult part of the recovery process, as well as the importance of mental clarity and positivity in life. (27:23) Ryan discusses the significance of finding purpose and meaning in order to be happy. (33:57) Brenden mentions that Loss Run Pros assists insurance producers in completing loss runs more quickly and efficiently. (42:37) Brenden discusses Loss Run Pro's two main solutions: automating loss run requests for new business and proactively scheduling loss run requests for current accounts. (45:07) Brenden shares the types of insurance agencies that will benefit the most from Loss Run Pro. (50:09) Ryan discusses how Rogue documents and tracks workflows using living documents and Google Docs. (52:20) Brenden mentions that Loss Run Pros has been in business for two and a half years and has just under 2500 agencies signed up, which has allowed them to understand what the downstream look like for retail agents and how to improve integrations with AMS systems. (56:30) Key Quotes: “Our system is designed to simply help producers get loss runs faster, for a very cost-effective price point.” - Brenden Corr “Our goal was to automate not only those emails that are going out but then also to allow agencies to be far more proactive, and schedule them across, you know, a year or a couple of years out. So kind of two solution points there.” - Brenden Corr “The advantage of that is not only is it automating the process from an agency side with trackability, and in our program, but then it gives your prospect a one-click button that allows them to access their loss runs directly from the carriers.” - Brenden Corr Resources Mentioned: Brenden Corr LinkedIn Loss Run Pro Reach out to Ryan Hanley Rogue Risk Finding Peak

Join Jem & Justin as they unpack custom packaging showdowns, Bambu mods, AMS upgrades, & GPT4 prowess. Discover S-GPT shortcuts, KPIs, and the art of resurrecting dreams, finding your edge, and mastering deep work. Get ready for a Thursday twist!

This edition features stories on U.S. President Barack Obama visiting Osan Air Base, Maxwell Air Base commissioning its first Academy of Military Science graduates, and two generations of firefighters from the same family. Hosted by Senior Airman Brad Sisson.

This edition features stories on Pakistan flood relief efforts, NASA requesting delivery of an alpha magnetic spectrometer (AMS) by the U.S. Air Force from Switzerland to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an engineering team making renovations to a school in Sri Lanka as part of exercise Pacific Angel, and an Airman who was part of a larger group of volunteers helping clean Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York, as part of Air Force Week in New York City. Hosted by Senior Airman Brad Sisson.

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, commonly abbreviated to AMF, coevolved with plants from 500 million to one billion years ago. Fossil evidence shows AMF in existence back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Paul Schreiner, Research Plant Pathologist at USDA-ARS in Corvallis Oregon explains that grapes are a very receptive host for AMF and their symbiotic relationship benefits both organisms. AMF helps plants obtain nutrients like potassium and phosphorous. The plant provides AMF with sugars and fatty acids. AMF lives both inside and outside of the plant. Inside the plant, they form arbuscules inside the root cell. These structures look like little trees and increase surface contact dramatically. Outside the plant, AMF mines for nutrients, likely releases carbon, and prevents soil erosion with its root hair-like structure. Listen in to learn the practices you want to use, and not use to increase AMF populations. References: 149: Fair Market Trade: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Grapevines 151: The Role of the Soil Microbiome in Soil Health 165: Become a Microbe Farmer: Make Compost Article Abstract: The diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi amplified from grapevine roots (Vitis vinifera L.) in Oregon vineyards is seasonally stable and influenced by soil and vine age Paul Schreiner, Oregon State University Courtesy Appointment Paul Schreiner on ResearchGate USDA-Agricultural Research Service Publications Vineyard Team Programs: Juan Nevarez Memorial Scholarship - DONATE SIP Certified Vineyard Team – Become a Member Get More Subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss an episode on the latest science and research with the Sustainable Winegrowing Podcast. Since 1994, Vineyard Team has been your resource for workshops and field demonstrations, research, and events dedicated to the stewardship of our natural resources. Learn more at www.vineyardteam.org.   Transcript Craig Macmillan  0:00  Our guest today is Paul Schreiner. He is a research plant physiologist with USDA ARS in Corvallis, Oregon. And today we're going to talk about our arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Thanks for being on the program.   Paul Schreiner  0:11  Thank you for having me, Craig, happy to be here and talk about one of my favorite subjects.   Craig Macmillan  0:17  Obviously, can we just go with AMF, we'll just jump right to that. Yes. Because if I have to arbuscular too many times today, I'm gonna, I'm gonna crash.   Paul Schreiner  0:27  It's a tough one. And it's back in the old days, it used to be called vesicular, arbuscular mycorrhiza. So it was even harder.   Craig Macmillan  0:34  Yeah, it was even hard. We're not in the old days. Whenever a bunch of scientists were sitting around and going, like, you know, what the V this just too much. Can we get into three words, you know, was that big national meeting of mycologist. All right. So let's just go for you studied EMF for a long time. And you have stayed in the field. So you've studied vineyards? Let's start the very beginning. So what are AMF? And what kinds of roles do they play in the soil and interacting with plants?   Speaker 2  1:00  AMF are, as you said, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. So there are a group of fungi that evolved a really long time ago, estimates are from at least 500 million to a billion years ago.   Craig Macmillan  1:15  Wow.   Speaker 2  1:16  Yeah, that the billion number comes from some molecular clock kind of work, which, you know, is based on mutations in DNA that might be slightly overestimated, but there's fossil evidence that shows them at 450 million years ago. That's a really long time. You know, that's, that's what dinosaurs were around.   Craig Macmillan  1:35  Early dinosaurs if we had time later. I want to know how paleo Micology where I How do you find fungi, but we don't have time for that right now. But if we can come back to that, that's mind blowing.   Unknown Speaker  1:48  Yeah, we can.   Craig Macmillan  1:49  Go ahead.   Paul Schreiner  1:50  Yeah. So one thing I should say I think that's helpful is there's more than one kind of mycorrhizal fungi group, basically, right? The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are this older group, or they evolved a very long time ago, and there's been a long period of coevolution with plants. And what's happened is the arbuscular mycorrhiza, which is the kind that grapevines form. Most of our crop plants also form arbuscular mycorrhizal that mycorrhizal group can no longer grow or complete their lifecycle by themselves on their own, they require a host plant to get carbon to survive, there's a whole bunch of other kinds of mycorrhizal fungi. The most important besides the arbuscular would be what we typically call Ecto mycorrhizal fungi and the Ecto are typically on forest trees, especially in temperate and boreal regions. Interestingly enough, a lot of the trees in the tropics are am or arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. So, it is important to just think about that, because some people, when they hear Mycorrhizal, they automatically assume one or the other Ecto or am or arbuscular. It's even far more complicated than that, because there's like five or six other types of mycorrhizal fungi that different plant groups associate with. However, the mycorrhizal fungi that I studied the arbuscular type are the most prevalent, they're the oldest. And you know, it's kind of an interesting thing, science wise that, based on our best information, they evolved, the whole world was one big continent, right? That's when they really radiated and evolved rapidly, I can get a sequence out of grapefruits. That's a mycorrhizal arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus. And it'll match 100% to a sequence in Europe somewhere, or in South America somewhere on any other crops. And, you know, so that's kind of an interesting thing.   Craig Macmillan  3:39  That's a question. And so if we have that kind of similarity in different parts of the world, does that make the research that's done either in on vines in another continent? Or on a different crop? Does that is that useful for understanding how these things work in advance?   Paul Schreiner  3:56  Certainly, yeah. Especially in the last, I'd say 20 years, because we've developed molecular tools to really delve into evolutionary questions and DNA, those kinds of things. Were starting to separate that group of fungi with a finer tooth comb, if you will, right. In a very broad sense, there was this massive radiation during Pangea, and then all the continents separated, a lot of that genetic material is very, very similar. However, there is still evolution going on. It's just you have to look harder for it. And you have to do whole genomes. That's not something that I do. I'm much more on the practical side of agriculture. But I tried to stay in tune with all that. This group of fungi traditionally were thought to be asexual. Now, we think there might be some sort of sexual phase, but it's unclear and not clearly demonstrated yet. We're learning more all the time. But it's also a slow, kind of a slow process. Their interest intractable to study this group of fungi a little bit because they do rely on a host plant to complete their lifecycle. So like, we can't culture them and put them in a lab. So were grown on petri dishes, you know, that kind of thing. They have to be grown with a plant. So we've developed ways to do that. But it does present challenges.   Craig Macmillan  5:10  Yeah, how do you do that.   Paul Schreiner  5:11  And this is really important for this group of fungi. From a practical sense, you have to grow them on a plant companies that produce mycorrhizal inoculum have this kind of fungi, the arbuscular type, they are growing them on plants. Typically, they're doing that in a some kind of either soil or soilless mix, and producing that in a greenhouse. And what like when I grow cultures of these fungi, we grow them on plants. One of the challenges with this group of fungi that relates to all this is that they're also ubiquitous around the globe, pretty much anywhere you have plants, these fungi are are there, the diversity is different in different places, of course, and there probably are some specialists, you know, groups, for example, that might be in more tropical climates versus more boreal climates. But I mean, we're still just beginning to understand that kind of information with this group of fungi. You asked also, what role do they do in terms of soil ecology or plant ecology? There's no question. The biggest role that this fungi plays is in helping plants obtain phosphorus. There is evidence of uptake of other nutrients, particularly those nutrients that are more immobile in soil. And that's why phosphorus is one in particular, but Potassium is another nutrient that's not super immobile in soil, they help take up potassium, they also help take up copper, zinc, I'd say those four are probably the top. However, they also play a role in nitrogen uptake in some plants. You know, we have addressed this in grapes with my former student, Tian Tian, who's now a farm advisor in Southern California working on table grapes, part of her thesis work was looking at the nitrogen impact on mycorrhizae, and how they help with nitrogen uptake. And we're continuing that work to some degree now with my new student. So far, we've not been able to show that the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are helping grapevines take up nitrogen. However, lack of evidence doesn't mean it can't happen. Other groups have shown in other plant systems that they do help the plants take up nitrogen. But still even even though that's true, without question, Phosphorus is the main thing that this group of fungi helps plants obtain from soil, you know, and phosphorus is a really critical thing, because yeah, phosphorus reserves are running out, you know, we've been mining basically guano, right? I mean, that's our main source of phosphorus all around the world. I just read an article it was in the New Yorker the other day, about phosphorus. I'm glad it's, you know, being highlighted again, because, you know, some people think 20 years from now, we're going to be out of phosphorus.   Craig Macmillan  7:40  I think so.   Paul Schreiner  7:41  And we're going to be in a world of hurt. Yeah. So it's hard to know for sure. Other people estimate we've got hundreds of years, but I don't know how good these estimates are. But helping plants get phosphorus means we don't need as much phosphorus to apply as a fertilizer. This is becoming an issue for basically the whole globe and human production. Yeah, their biggest role is Phosphorus, they also probably help do other things in plants, which I can kind of go down a list if you want.   Craig Macmillan  8:07  Well, before we do that, I do want to do that. Because I think that that's crucial because a number of ideas have come up and some I think are probably accurate. Some I think are not, but I don't know, AMF, it's a parasite or it's a symbiotic organism?   Paul Schreiner  8:21  Yeah there symbionts.   Craig Macmillan  8:23  Okay, there's symbionts. Now, how does the plant and the fungi interact? Are there things that go into the root or the root is coded by something? Or how does that work?   Paul Schreiner  8:34  Yeah, so that's, it's a pretty interesting process. If you start at the very beginning of a naked root, let's say, you know, a root does not colonize this starting to grow in soil. It sends out signals that the fungus consents, or the fungi, you know, there's more than one fungus in this group. Some of those signals, we already know what those are, like Striga lactones are one for example, you know, complicated term, but it's just a particular group of compounds plants make, the fungi can sense that. And they can grow towards the root, you know, the hyphy of the fungus, when it touches the root or makes contact with the root, it forms what's called an apex thorium, and then it makes a penetration peg and can basically punches through the wall of the root. This is the same way that fungal pathogens, you know, who are bad fungi, let's say right, they also use the same kind of mechanism. And typically when that's happening, you know, there's enzymes involved, bits of the cell wall of the plant and or some of its cuticle get kind of chewed up by enzymes and it releases certain compounds and then the plant can say, Oh, I know this one's a bad guy, or sometimes a plant is producing enzymes, for example, kinase that's trying to degrade the fungus itself and then you release certain other signal compounds, so the plant can sense that and in certain pathogens. We know that a very specific metabolite can be sensed by the plant and it stimulates the plant to respond in a defense response with the mycorrhizal fungi. The defense response is repressed.   Craig Macmillan  10:00  Okay, oh.   Paul Schreiner  10:01  Yeah, and so part of that is probably the kinds of chemicals that the and fungi have that are being released, you know, through these various enzymatic interactions have yet to be recognized by the plant as as the bad guy. Anyway, that's, that's maybe getting a little too into the weeds. But yeah, it all starts in the same way like a pathogen trying to get in or even, you know, there's a group of parasitic plants that form these things called hostaria, that attack roots of other plants. Same kind of process.   Craig Macmillan  10:31  It sounds to me like there's an enzymatic reaction, and then also a signaling reaction, which would probably be some kind of a protein, I would guess it's complicated, or it's a feedback thing in that, oh, I've been poked, oh, I'm gonna do this, Hey, wait a minute, this is okay. And then they kind of settles into a balance, I guess. Is that fair to say?   Paul Schreiner  10:49  Yeah, I think that's a good way to look at it. It's really complicated. And I mean, we only are beginning to understand the way they communicate. You know, there's a whole new class of compounds called effector proteins, which are secreted by different organisms and soil plant can recognize a lot of those, it crosses many things like even goes to nematodes, right? Like this is all kind of newer stuff that we're learning. But the bottom line is, the am fungi get in because they don't stimulate a defense response in the plant. And that's because there's been at least 500 million years of coevolution the plant knows these guys are okay, these are the good guys. Once they're inside, they grow throughout the cortex of fine roots. And then they form these things called arbuscules. And that's where they get their name. So the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi form arbuscles, our bus skills are basically like a little tree, if you can see a picture of it, it looks like a little tree inside a root cortical cell. It's just basically a way that both the fungus and the plant increase their surface area contact by like, a huge amount, you know, like, like, imagine what a tree looks like above ground, you know, like, especially without the leaves on the wintertime is a great time. That's exactly what it arbuscular Looks like in miniature inside a root cortical cell, the plant membrane grows all the way around that there's all kinds of activity that arbuscule cell is super active, because there's a lot of metabolic things happening. And that's where the plant and the fungus are exchanging nutrients,   Craig Macmillan  12:17  then then exchange is cell wall to cell wall. It's not puncturing into a cell, or is it punching into? Oh, heck, what's the word I'm looking for, a pipeline?   Paul Schreiner  12:28  No, the and fungi don't get into the vascular tissues of the plant, they actually colonize these cortical cells, they're sort of like, if you think about leaves, leaves the cells, we think about most of the mesophyll, or the spongy mesophyll. They're the ones that are doing photosynthesis, right? In the root cells that are most active in the fine roots are the cortical cells. That's where most of the activity is happening. So the fungi colonize there, they form these arbusculs which is, I mean, they're, they're amazing structures, they're very cool. They're short lived, like, a lot of times in arbuscular, will form, develop, and then degrade within, say, a week to 10 day period, you know, so it's like a fairly rapid turnover during that you increase the surface contact between the two organisms, but there's always still a membrane on the fungal side and a membrane on the plant side that keeps those two organisms separate, you know, their cytoplasm doesn't mix. You know, that would be weird, kind of, you know, would be weird. Yeah, we just don't see that in biology, you know, they really have much greater metabolic activity in those arbuscular cells. So what happens is, the fungus is giving phosphorus to the plant in this process, and other nutrients. And then in exchange, the plant is giving the fungus sugars. And we now know also fatty acids. Yeah, that's been a recent discovery in the last two decades. Anyway, I can't remember exactly when it came out. We now know because of genome sequencing efforts, that this group of fungi lack the ability to make fatty acids, they actually get those from the plant as well.   Craig Macmillan  14:01  So we've got the arbuscules on the roots. That's kind of the structure, we've got the peg in there. Now what's going on away from the roots? Are these big long, multi celled single identifiable organisms, or is it kind of a community or what what's going on?   Paul Schreiner  14:19  There are different fungi. Okay, so there's multiple species, a single root can have many species of fungi inside it. However, those species also probably mark out some territory. This part is still a little bit unclear because it's really hard to pinpoint this stuff. Just as an example, our research vineyard here at Oregon State University that I work on, even though I'm ARS I also work in in part of OSU, our research vineyard. I think we found 19 Different mycorrhizal fungi. colonizing the groups, the roots of the grape vines, you know, there's a fair number, how they actually interact on a very tiny scale like within an individual single individual root is it's hard to know for sure, that's again Getting off into the weeds a bit.   Craig Macmillan  15:01  Not so much because I'm going somewhere with this.   Paul Schreiner  15:04  I want to get back to your question though about what's happening outside because that's really critical. Yeah, what's happening inside is we have these aruscules and hyphae growing inside the root, and it can be, it can be very intense, especially in Grapes. Grapes are a super host, in my view, they really love mycorrhiza they get heavily colonized. But then on the outside out in the soil, the naked hyphae, if you will, of the mycorrhizal fungi are exploring the soil. And that external phase we call extra radical hyphae, it actually is physiologically different than what's on the inside of the root. I'm trying to think of a good analogy, but basically, the inside part has a different function than the outside part. And so the inside part is trying to get carbon from the plant give the plant phosphorus and other nutrients, the outside part is mining the soil for that phosphorus, exploring the soil, it also probably exudes a significant amount of its carbon into the soil and helps the soil microbial community get a carbon source as well. And these fungi seem to play a critical role in helping soil aggregate and or resist erosion, basically, I mean, the evidence of this is, is pretty clear. But we also know that roots do the same function, especially root hairs, you know, so one way to think about these fungi is they're, they're sort of like root hairs. Except they're even finer, you know, their job is to connect root to the soil and to the soil, water and nutrient supply   Craig Macmillan  16:30  Two spatial questions. One, when they say they explore space, how deep do we find an organism? Do we find a fungus that's connected to a to a vine or plant, right? So how far down is it going? And then how far out in lateral space is it going?   Paul Schreiner  16:44  People have studied this by using artificial system where we can put a screen for example, like we can grow a plant in a greenhouse in soil, have it be colonized by microbes and fungi, and then put a screen in place that the roots cannot cross. But the fungi can, you know, something below like, or I don't know, somewhere in the ballpark of 40 micron diameter screen, so very fine screen like a silk screen, the hyphae can grow in there. So like people have shown they can grow 15 or 20 centimetres away, no problem, you know, significant distance when you're talking about soil as far as how deep they go in soil, that varies a lot with the rooting depth of whatever the plant of interest is, or, you know, the ecosystem, we tend to see greater colonization in the, in the surface soil, which just fits everything else that happens in the surface soil, right? I mean, that's where more of the water and nutrients are being turned over. It's also you know, where the soil environment is more favorable to life, right, because of this whole soil structure, idea and porosity, allowing oxygen to get into the soil in a vineyard. Particularly, you know, we always talk about vineyards and how the roots go all the way to China kind of thing, right?   Craig Macmillan  17:52  Until you hit clay or limestone.   Paul Schreiner  17:54  Sometimes roots can go really far. I mean, 30 meters I've seen reported and get into, you know, basically rock, right? There's not too much mycorrhizal fungi down where we're there in rock, we did the study, again, it was at the research vineyard. And when you get into what is known as the sea horizon, in the soil, which we would typically think of as the subsoil, it's where it's more compact, there's less porosity, and it's pretty dense, right? And it's more like clay, colonization drops off a lot, you know, we might have 90% of roots are colonized in the topsoil. But in the subsoil might be 30%. That's because many things, one, the environment is just not suitable for life in general, at that depth, because it's compacted, there's less oxygen, it's a different environment.   Craig Macmillan  18:37  And again, you've mentioned AMF need more than just a plant root, they need to be out in the environment, there needs to be oxygen, there needs to be water, there needs to be other, there needs to be a favorable environment for life period. Right now, one thing we've talked about water holding. In other interviews, we've talked about water holding capacity improves in fields that have a higher or more successful AMF population, and that you talked about aggregates, it's part of that picture. We've talked about nutrient movement particular phosphorus, one of the things that I've heard people just kind of say colloquially is that if you have a meaningful mix, whatever the popular population, ecosystem involving AMF, it's going to lead to greater stability in the vine, and give the vine an ability to tolerate drought stress a little bit better. Are you finding those things? Are those things true? Even if it's kind of anecdotal? I mean, you're scientist, so you don't like anecdotal probably. But   Paul Schreiner  19:33  Yeah, so that's, you know, that's the interesting world of science in my world. I need to have evidence for what I say, especially, especially when it comes to publishing scientific papers, right?   Craig Macmillan  19:43  Well, of course, yeah.   Paul Schreiner  19:44  But then there's also opinion, you know, sometimes you can't show things in science. I mean, science isn't perfect, right? Mistakes happen, and some things are just more intractable and difficult to show, however, okay, on a broad scale, there's pretty good evidence that mycorrhizal fungi helped Plants tolerate drought stress better than non mycorrhizal plants when you know when they've been compared. So that has certainly a long term consequence that you might think would eventually relate to stability in some way.   Craig Macmillan  20:16  So one of the reasons that I asked that is science, Applied Science, especially applied Agricultural Science often is moved by growers noticing something or having an image in their head about how something works. And then folks like you come in and say, Okay, well, let's find out. Another thing that I've heard people mentioned that I don't know is true or not, is do AMF actually move water into the plant? We know that they transport minerals, or they actually move water into the plant?   Paul Schreiner  20:42  Yeah, that's a great question. The answer to that question at this point in time is, they don't move water in a way that we would like to think of it, they're not acting like a pipe, because their own cytoplasm is a, you know, it's a vital part of them, it's just like us, you know, like the inside of ourselves, we're not just gonna give that away, people used to think of them like, Oh, they're just pipes out there, and the water just flows right through them into the plant. Well, that's impossible, that just can't happen. What does happen potentially, is water moves on the external surface of the hyphae. Because similar to a plant root, they exude some carbon, they have some structure makes connection to soil water in the pores of soil. And so in theory, because these fungi are much finer diameter, let's say 50 to 100 times smaller in diameter than a root is, you know, fine root of a plant so they can get into smaller pores inside the soil and get access to soil water that the root may not be able to get access to. On top of that, there's potential especially because they help aggregate soil and help improve soil structure, they may actually in the long run, improve soil water holding capacity, because they're adding to that long term carbon storage of the soil. It's really well known that as you add organic matter to soil, you improve the water holding capacity of soil. The am fungi do do that. I mean, partly it's this bit of carbon that they exude into the soil rhizosphere itself or the we call it the micro rhizosphere. Even their turnover. So when they die, or when they're eaten by something else, they're also then contributing to that pool of soil carbon, and the more old and complex that carbon is, probably the more it's tends to be tied to soil, water and small pores. Yes, they do help, we can show that they help plants take up a little bit more water, but it's not a big deal. You know, it's kind of like let's say the plant on a given day use 10 liters of water and you let the plant go to the wilt point. Maybe the mycorrhizal plant got another 10 mils of water out of 10 liters, you know, it's not a huge amount.   Craig Macmillan  22:55  They're not the pipeline, but they are changing the soil environment such that the water holding capacity is changing. And that makes it more water for the mines to pick up. So it's not that there is a pipeline through the mycorrhizal fungi but that it's changing the environment in a way that makes it more likely that the water will be held and that the mind then has it available.   Paul Schreiner  23:12  Right and that that effect is small, it's hard to show because it's very small. The other thing that they probably help with the plants is that as soil dries, nutrients are harder to get. And particularly those nutrients that are more immobile and soil like phosphorus, a big part of why we see improved drought tolerance in a mycorrhizal plant is because they are accessing soil phosphorus better than a non mycorrhizal plant can and that's contributing to the overall drought tolerance of that plant. So some of our effects that we see are an indirect effect of improved phosphorus nutrition that goes across to any of the other functions that AMS might help plants do. Like another big category that I feel I should mention is there's good evidence that mycorrhizal fungi help plants resist or become more tolerant to other pathogens in the soil. So the bad guys or even nematodes, a lot of work has been done on this, you know, the experiments run the gamut, like they're there all over the place, because, you know, we're talking about really complex things. One of the things that we know, is that just improving the overall phosphorus nutrition of the plant and or other nutrients, sometimes it's, it might be another new nutrient that's limiting that gets you added tolerance to to any of these other effects, right? Whether it's drought, whether it's a root pathogen, even like insect feeding on above ground parts of the plant, you know, I mean, if you're in a better nutritional state, you're going to be better able to tolerate a lot of things. A lot of what happens with AMF is linked to their role in phosphorus, you know, so going back to this phosphorus story, some of my colleagues get mad at me because I they think I'm too opinionated about phosphorus. But I mean   Craig Macmillan  24:59  You You're having beers with people. And they're like, Paul, when you get off the phosphorous thing?   Paul Schreiner  25:05  Yeah, they're like, come on, Paul, you know, they play a role in nitrogen too.   Craig Macmillan  25:10  Okay, so we're in at a time with a couple of things I just absolutely, positively have to hit on if we draw the big old box around this topic, we would say, AMF are beneficial for vineyards. Okay, so what kinds of things can I do as a grower to encourage a AMF and what kinds of things should I not do that might dink the AMF community?   Paul Schreiner  25:29  Very good question. The most important thing probably is to think about AMF, before you plant a vineyard. And so like in some of the materials that I've I've, I've written about and published on, especially for like trade journals and trying to help growers, it's really important in my mind to separate pre plant versus post plant, and at the pre plant stage is really a time you should think about mycorrhizal fungi because that's the time. If they're not there, you've got a problem. But chances are, they're already there. It's also the pretty much the time that you can add mycorrhiza and they're going to do something, you have an opportunity to inoculate vines if you want when they go into the ground. The biggest thing about pre plant is what is the past history of that land, especially the recent couple of years if you've had plants on it, especially if their host plants for mycorrhizal fungi, which almost all of our crop plants are, even if it came out of say, forest land, and then was converted to vineyard. Typically, there's a AMF there because even in the forest, which are dominated by Ecto mycorrhizal trees, for example, here, and in the north, west, for example, there are still understory plants that rely on AMF. And so the AMF are there, normally, you don't have to inoculate. But knowing what the land history is, is very helpful. The worst thing you can do is of course, apply a fumigant, which we are doing much, much less now than we used to. Not that that will will stop entirely. But if you fumigate especially with like in the old days, methyl bromide was the main fumigant used, you'll kill the mycorrhizal fungi. And so you would want to inoculate if you did that. The other thing is if you have a really, really long period of fallow land, and when I say fallow, I mean fallow no weeds, nothing, most of our weed species also support AMF. So I mean, even having weeds on the ground before you plant a vineyard is going to keep the population up. And again, that goes back to the biology, this group of fungi that they can't grow on their own. And so eventually they'll be depleted in soil if there's no plants to keep feeding them. So that kind of relates back to the very beginning of our conversation, which is why this group of fungi is different. So like, basically avoid long fallow plant a cover crop of clover, for example, that's a good one, because Clover is very heavily colonized. It also provides nitrogen, which is good for vines, you know, especially at establishment and avoid fumigants. Once you get to the post plant side of things, I think the most critical things to think about are tillage, and then fertilizer use.   Craig Macmillan  27:56  What happens there?   Paul Schreiner  27:59  With tillage, you breakup the mycorrhizal network that's in the soil. And so like we talked about that external phase, or what we call the extra radical hyphae of this group of fungi, that phase is out in the soil and it actually survives and overwinters even for example, like you know, some of it dies back, but some of it remains if you keep destroying that with tillage. Eventually you reduce the population of AMF, there are a few fungi that seem to be much more tolerant of tillage. And these are some of our favorite lab rat ones, for example. Ones that are tolerant of disturbance have been ones that are most often done well in the laboratory and are easily easy to culture. Again, we're culturing on a plant but still similar kind of thing. So tillage is one thing. The fertilizer issue is I would avoid both high nitrogen and high phosphorus inputs. We have shown in some of my work if you apply phosphorus, for example, to the foliage, which some people like to do, you can reduce mycorrhizal colonization. It's all tied into the whole plant response to these this group of fungi, you know, plants evolved with the fungi, right? It's not just the fungi that were evolving. They know that the main function is phosphorus. So when the plant has high phosphorus status, it down regulates the colonization by this group of fungi. Well, when you get plants phosphorus, especially to the foliage, it sends a signal to the roots, I'm very happy, and it tends to reduce colonization.   Craig Macmillan  29:24  Specifically, how many units of nitrogen are we talking about?   Paul Schreiner  29:28  That gets into tricky territory.   Craig Macmillan  29:30  You know, if I'm putting on a 777 am I am i doing a bad thing?   Paul Schreiner  29:35  Probably not course, it also depends on the rate, you know, I mean, 777 But you're putting out 200 pounds per acre that's   Craig Macmillan  29:42  Yeah, that's why use the term units.   Speaker 2  29:45  Yeah, you know, and the thing about viticulture is we don't need as much nitrogen and as much phosphorus that as we do in other classic farming crops, you know, like the big the big crops corn soybean commodity. Yeah, commodity grapes are super cheap. super efficient at getting nutrients, other work that I do, which is actually more of more of my time spent on nutrition than it is on mycorrhizal fungi. But, you know, we've shown that high nitrogen is not necessarily a good idea in the vineyard, right. And most people know that. And almost intuitively, you don't want a massive canopy, that shading the fruit.   Craig Macmillan  30:19  In a vineyard, if I'm putting on nitrogen at a replacement rate, so I'm looking at how many pounds per acre I took out, I'm guessing and how many pounds per ton that relates to taking in cycling from canes and leaves that fall on the ground and go into the soil. You know, most vineyards you're looking at not a lot. So I've looked at some organic systems that are putting in, you know, two pounds per acre, the highest I think I've ever seen was 25 pounds per acre. Eight is a pretty good number kind of on average total. It sounds to me like these replacement level rates, not the high rate, but the replacement level rates where we're, we purposely are trying not to get a bigger canopy, we're not trying to bump a vine. That sounds like those are fine.   Paul Schreiner  30:58  I think so we've done work here, see, it was in Chardonnay, and also Pinot Noir. And we were putting out 20 and 40 pounds of N per acre. These are not high rates in in my view, especially when we look at agriculture as a whole right, we can see a little bit of a depression in mycorrhizal colonization, when we apply, say 40 pounds, or 60 pounds of nitrogen per acre, we don't wipe it out entirely, you know, the vines also can recover. The other thing is, the kind of nitrogen you put out may play a role as well. More soluble classic conventional fertilizers that have more soluble N and especially more soluble P will probably have a more negative impact. If you're putting out more organic sources of those fertilizers, because they're more complex, you know, they don't cause as quick of a response in the plant. And it does seem that that does not have as a negative impact on AMF, as the more soluble forms.   Craig Macmillan  31:58  There we go. Now we're out of time, unfortunately, this could go on forever, you and I should get together sometime and just hang out talk about phosphorus all you want. What is one piece of advice that you would give to grape growers related to this topic, especially if they want to increase or maintain in AMF population in their vineyard?   Paul Schreiner  32:17  You know, the most important thing is to be conservative with inputs. I think that's probably the the key thing conservative with both water inputs and nitrogen inputs and phosphorus inputs. You know, the role of fungicides, so far does not really appear to be a big deal. And again, we don't have time to go into all that. But the evidence that we've collected so far suggests that you know our fungicide spray programs, for example, which we're talking about controlling things in the canopy, I'm not seeing a clear effect on microns of fungi because of that. If you overwater over fertilize. That's when you're going to do damage to Microsoft fungi, you know that that's clear. And then the other piece of advice is think about it pre plant, because that's the time you can actually do something put a cover crop in prior to planting the vineyard and I bet 99% of the time, the mycorrhizal population that's there will be sufficient to colonize the vine roots and be healthy goes back to just very briefly the fact that I consider grape vines, a very, very receptive host for mycorrhizal fungi. I've looked at other crop plants, including other woody perennials, and grape vines are so heavily colonized. It's it's truly amazing.   Craig Macmillan  33:28  That is cool. Where can people find out more about you? And or more about this topic? You mentioned research that's been published recently on some of these topics. Where can we find you?   Paul Schreiner  33:39  So the easy way to find me is type my name Paul Schreiner. And grapevine will be in the title in the show notes. Yeah, yeah. I mean, if you just put my name and grapevine nutrition, or grapevine and AMS, I should pop up as the first thing on Google. But you can also just email me paul.schreiner@usda.gov. And I'm happy to provide for those that are more interested in getting into the weeds. I can provide you some lists of good references and whatnot. So I'm happy to do that.   Craig Macmillan  34:05  That's fantastic. My guest today has been Paul Shriner. He is a research plant physiologist with USDA ARS. He's based in Corvallis, Oregon. This has been really fun for me. I hope it's fun for our listeners, too. This is such a hot topic. And so thank you very much for being on the podcast. Really appreciate it. Paul,   Unknown Speaker  34:22  Thank you so much, Craig. It was great having this conversation   Transcribed by https://otter.ai

This week Denny looks back to staying with Grandpa and Grandma. What he didn't expect was finding a Paul Harvey segment from 1965 that would absolutely blow his mind. I bet it blows yours too.Following that, everyone just chats about "current events". There is SO MUCH going on.....we had to.Ams and Jams ruin some relationships and we get outta here after mail.We appreciate you listening!

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What if you were able to tell within the first 10-14 days of lactation, if a cow would settle to first service – two months later? What tools are being developed to help answer that question? This month we talk with Dr. Stefan Borchardt about work his research team recently completed using AMS (activity monitoring systems) to track the impact of transition, on estrus expression and corelate that to reproductive success or failure. Understanding the correlations described in this month's feature article:  “Effect of transition cow health and estrous expression detected by an automated activity monitoring system within 60 days in milk on reproductive performance of lactating Holstein cows” will help managers link physiological changes to an AMS data set and make tangible changes to improve their reproduction program. Early estrous sets the cow up for success, and AMS will become a data driven way to assess this. Listen in today!       #2xAg2030; #journalofdairyscience; @jdairyscience; #openaccess; #MODAIRY; #AMS; #estrous; #VWP; #dairysciencedigest; #ReaganBluel

“Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed.” 1 Corinthians 5:7  Jo Ann Padgett speaks to us today about the beauty and depth of the paschal mystery and how it penetrates every corner of the atrium in all levels.   Jo Ann Padgett has been involved in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd since 1987. She is formed and holds the National Certificate for Levels 1, 2, and 2. She worked extensively with children aged three through twelve in various atria settings, also working as director of CGS at several different parishes. Prior to learning about CGS she earned AMS certification as a Primary Montessori Directress. She became recognized as a Formation Leader by the National Association in 2003 and currently leads adult formation courses at all three levels. She graduated in the first cohort from Aquinas Institute of Theology with a Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies – Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. From 2008 to 2014, she served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and currently serves the Association as a member of the Journal team. She is a practicing Roman Catholic and currently resides in the Dallas area of Texas.  History of the Kingdom of God Part 1  Life in the Vine  AUDIO VERSION of The Religious Potential of the Child by Sofia Cavalletti, read by Rebekah Rojcewicz.  CGSUSA has created a Premium Podcast Channel for this audiobook through Podbean.  The cost is $29.00 and does include the audio version of all chapters of The Religious Potential of the Child, 3rd Edition all read by Rebekah Rojcewicz.  We have provided both video overview instructions and written instructions on accessing this audiobook.  Please use these resources. Unlike the regular podcast, which will remain free and available on many podcast players/apps, this new resource is available only on the Podbean App, which you may download from the IOS App store or the Google Play App store. Learn more here!  Step by step instructions here!      Learn more about the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd at www.cgsusa.org     Follow us on Social Media-  Facebook at “The United States Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd”  Instagram-  cgsusa  Twitter- @cgsusa  Pinterest- Natl Assoc of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd USA  YouTube- oneofhisheep 

Intro  Aubrey Hargis, M.Ed teacher, writer and Co-founder of Child of the Redwoods with her husband David. Aubrey is a Montessori parent educator she is best known for her empathetic approach and appreciation for the beauty of childhood. As a life-long Montessori advocate, former public school teacher, and AMS certified Lower Elementary guide, her passion has always been to bring Montessori into the mainstream.  She has written two child development books, Toddler Discipline for Every Age and Stage and Baby's First Year Milestones and is the lead instructor for all of Child of the Redwoods' current programs. Her Big Dream? To make Montessori affordable and accessible to parents all over the world.   Aubrey and David founded Child of the Redwoods in 2017 to provide high quality, developmentally aligned online courses and curriculum to parents.   Top three takeaways  Most people don't know that children are basically capable of teaching themselves. Our role as teachers/homeschoolers is better thought of as guiding rather than instructing.  Montessori is for every child because it is developmentally based and individualized - but it's not necessarily for every parent.   How Child of the Redwoods aims to continue this work but outside of the school system. Our goal is to help parents understand their children deeply so that teaching is intuitive.  Call to Action  Child of the Redwoods Website  What is Next!  Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!   Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!   Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!  Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!   Bex Buzzie  The Homeschool Advantage Podcast  

I talk with Dr. Moon about taking care of a patient with AMS, HAPE, and/or HACE in a PFC environment and when is it worth the consequences to evac the patient. Altitude illness is a condition that can occur when someone goes to high altitudes, such as in the mountains, and experiences symptoms like headaches, nausea, and fatigue. The podcast explains how altitude illness occurs and provides tips on how to prevent it, such as slowly acclimating to high altitudes and staying hydrated.

Arbeitskräftemangel, 4-Tage-Woche, der steigende Wunsch nach Work-Life-Balance: unsere Arbeitswelt ist im Umbruch und wird aktuell heftig diskutiert. AMS-Chef Johannes Kopf nennt in Ö3-„Frühstück bei mir“ Lösungen für den MitarbeiterInnen-Mangel und beschreibt, wie sich die Arbeitswelt verändert hat. „Derzeit geht es darum, dass sich Arbeitgeber viel überlegen müssen, um attraktiv zu sein im Wettbewerb um Arbeitskräfte. Mittlerweile sagen Bewerber zu den Arbeitgebern: ‚Sie kommen in die engere Auswahl‘-nicht umgekehrt.“ Der „oberste Jobvermittler des Landes“ erklärt, wann Karrierechancen besonders gut stehen („ Das wichtigste ist eine abgeschlossene Ausbildung.“) und was er seinen Söhnen rät, um herauszufinden, wofür sie sich wirklich eignen. Und er spricht auch erstmals über sein Burn-Out während der Pandemie, die 24/7 für das AMS befdeutet hat. (Sendehinweis: Frühstück bei mir vom 26.3.2023 von 9-11 auf Ö3.)

Championship winning spotter (and driver, kind of) Coleman Pressley stops by the podcast with Davey Segal (8:10) on the heels of his Alanta Motor Speedway win with Joey Logano. The two get into the wild finish at AMS, racing against his former driver Brad Keselowski, his relationship with Logano on and off-track and why it's so important to ensure that driver-spotter relationship is in tip-top shape. He also gets into his spotting history, how it came about, learning the craft and whether or not he feels content in year No. 8 atop the roof. Pressley also had a successful driving career, setting records a Hickory Motor Speedway and making it to the Xfinity Series before the economy and other factors prematurely ended his racing efforts. He gets into how and why things didn't work out, how instrumental his father, Robert Pressley, was in his career and what it was like to strap back behind the wheel for the first time in eight years and win the Fall Brawl with Logano as HIS spotter late last year. Plus, his broadcasting work with FOX Sports, how Logano is as a babysitter, why the best hot dog in NASCAR isn't in Martinsville and more. Davey recaps Atlanta, Logano's first win of the season, previews COTA, the interlopers participating in this weekend's race and Papa Segal pays homage to the No. 78 and a memorable moment for Davey on Twitter.

Bryce and Matt are back after a boring weekend at AMS. We switch gears quickly and look to the weekend in COTA.

Gwinnett County legislators, District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson and U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath participated in a remembrance marking the two-year anniversary of two shootings that shook the local Asian-American community. The shootings happened on March 16, 2021 at two Asian-owned spas in metro Atlanta, one in Atlanta and another in Cherokee County, and resulted in the deaths of eight people. Many people have labeled the shootings as racially-motivated hate crimes because most of the victims were Asian-Americans. The anniversary brought pledges from elected officials to tackle hate crimes and gun violence. US Representative Lucy McBath, said supporters of gun control legislation must rededicate themselves to fighting for laws to be passed address gun violence. She highlighted the passage, last year, of the Safer Communities Act in Congress. Gun control is something which has been a signature issue for the congresswoman, who lost her son to gun violence more than decade ago. It is becoming harder for frontline workers — such as police officers, firefighters, nurses and school teachers — who work in Gwinnett County to also live in the county, according to the head of the Atlanta Regional Commission's Board of Directors. ARC Board Chairman Kerry Armstrong said housing is a major issue facing Gwinnett County, and the Atlanta region as a whole, as he addressed the Gwinnett Chamber this week. Armstrong said there are a number of issues that face the metro Atlanta region, including transportation, resiliency in areas such as water, homeland security, infrastructure and equal access to opportunity remain challenges the area has to continually address. But, he added that a lack of affordable housing is an issue that can threaten the region's sustainability if it not addressed, particularly with metro Atlanta's population expected to grow by 1.8 million people — the equivalent of metro Nashville's entire current population — by 2050. The ARC set up the Metro Atlanta Housing Strategy a few years back in an effort to address the housing affordability issue on a regional scale. The strategy is designed to provide local government officials with information about their housing situation, and to show them potential solutions that can be used to address affordability issues. Gwinnett County Police Department officials say violent crime was down in 2022, but they are taking steps to further reduce it by taking a new approach to tackle crimes that involve guns. The department has created a new Gun Crimes Unit that will use technology and data, as well as intelligence gathered by investigators, to connect the guns used during crimes to criminals. The new unit, which currently has two investigators, was launched on February 1. The Gun Crimes Unit is one step the police department announced it is taking to address violent crimes and solve them. Uniform officers are receiving new training on collecting shell casings from crime scenes and they will work more closely with the department's Gang Unit to investigate gun thefts, illegal possession and illegal sales cases. The police department already has some data that sheds light on crimes that involve guns. One such fact that they are highlighting is that 91% of guns which are stolen in Gwinnett County are taken from a vehicle. That has led to the department's Community Affairs Section offering firearm safety and security classes, which are available to all Gwinnett residents. The department is also offering residents free gun locks which can be picked up at the GCPD headquarters as well as all of its precincts.  As a youngster racing Bandolero and Legends cars on Atlanta Motor Speedway, Joey Logano won many races, but as a NASCAR Cup Series driver he never got to victory lane at AMS. Until Sunday. Logano started from the pole, dominated the first two stages, and led a race-high 140 laps, but it all came down the last lap. Logano and Brad Keselowski battled the last several laps with Keselowski running the outside line in first and Logano running in second place on the bottom. On the final lap, Logano was able to take the lead and cross the finish line in first. Logano said with all the memories of him and his dad racing at AMS, getting the win was his career coming “full circle.” Registration is open for the 2023 Gwinnett Football League season for both youth football players and cheerleaders. The GFL, which feeds Gwinnett County's high school programs, features member associations at school clusters around the county. Age groups range from 6- and 7-year-olds up to eighth grade. For details and registration forms, go to gflsports.com under the Parents tab/page. Each cluster school association's page will have complete registration details and can be accessed from the main GFL page. Becca Wilson had a gut feeling that, after her son, Caiden, was hit in the head with a baseball before a game in April 2022, that his injury might be worse than it initially appeared. Caiden, who plays for North Gwinnett High School's baseball team, was knocked unconscious after the ball hit him during batting practice before a game against Loganville High School. He had been loading balls into the pitching machine and couldn't get behind a protective screen in time before a teammate hit a line drive up the middle. Caiden regained consciousness pretty quickly, but had bruises and was repeating himself, so his mother took him to the hospital. That mother's intuition turned out to be right. Caiden had suffered a concussion, temporal bone fracture, traumatic epidural hematoma, nasal bone fractures, uncial herniation, and a subarachnoid hemorrhage. While he was getting a CAT scan in the hospital's emergency department, his condition began to deteriorate, which doctors refer to as decompensating, and he fell into a coma. Doctors immediately took him into surgery to remove a clot and relieve pressure on his brain. Caiden quickly recovered and is back as the starting third baseman for the Bulldogs, just 10 months after his injury. Caiden said his recovery was tough at first, but the prospect of being an athlete again, and getting back to baseball, drove him to get better. For more information be sure to visit www.bgpodcastnetwork.com   https://www.lawrencevillega.org/  https://www.foxtheatre.org/  https://guideinc.org/  https://www.psponline.com/  https://www.kiamallofga.com/  https://www.milb.com/gwinnett  https://www.fernbankmuseum.org/  www.atlantagladiators.com      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's show the boys head to AMS for some racin'. They discuss Southside's party stories from the track, what is your ideal last meal, meeting the intimidator, celebrating 400,, and much more. Enjoy the show and Yeah C'mon! 

The awesome foursome are back in AMS but for two special reasons, for a cinema screening of ‘Golden Generation' and this very episode! For this one they sat back and invited 10+ friends of the show, all women, who are doing dope stuff in their careers and with their passions.Some of the topics that came up battling imposter syndrome, dealing with the patriarchy and having to deal with chauvinism and more in the workplace. An honest and heartfelt listen from top to bottom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In This Episode, You Will Learn: Building and assessing a high performance model and staff. The return to play versus return to train processes from a performance standpoint. What external load monitoring and Athlete Management Systems provide.   Resources + Links:   The Neo-Generalist by Kenneth Mikkelsen and Richard Martin   Range by David Epstein   The Tyranny of Metrics by Jerry Muller   Risk Savvy by Gerd Gigerenzer   Gut Feelings by Gerd Gigerenzer   Check out Anthony's Masterclass -  The High Performance Hockey Masterclass   Follow Anthony on Instagram | @anthonydonskov Follow Anthony on Twitter | Anthony Donskov, PhD Subscribe to our YouTube Channel | The HPH Podcast with Anthony Donskov   Follow HPH Podcast on Instagram | @hph_podcast Follow HPH Podcast on Twitter | @TheHPH_Podcast   Learn more on our Website | https://www.donskovsc.com/   Check out Anthony's Books Physical Preparations for Ice Hockey: Biological Principles and Practical Solutions The Gain, Go, and Grow Manual: Programming for High Performance Hockey Players   Show Notes: Where is the future of the high performance model heading? To find out, we're joined by Devan McConnell, the high performance director for the Arizona Coyotes. Before his time at the Coyotes, Devan wore several hats as the director of performance science and reconditioning for the New Jersey Devils, and as the head of hockey performance and sports science at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. We'll discuss his collegiate and professional careers to see how his experiences have helped him build the Coyotes high performance model & staff. As we go, we also explore his systems and measurements in place for in season and the long term, the differences between return to train and return to play, integrations for Athlete Management Systems, and the future of the high performance model in the NHL, all from a performance & sports science angle. Find out how the high performance model evolves in the high performance hockey world! 0:00:00 Introducing Devan McConnell, the high performance director for the Arizona Coyotes. 0:01:30 What are your current responsibilities with the Coyotes? 0:03:35 What elements have you added to your high performance model that you were missing before? 0:08:50 How have your past experiences given you a competitive advantage? 0:12:40 What elements are critical to your high performance model? 0:16:00 How do you assess the model? 0:20:45 What is your measurement checklist? 0:26:20 When using technology, what buckets do you use? 0:29:30 Why are baseline numbers important? How and when do you collect these measures? 0:32:40 The value of on ice testing. 0:34:50 How does on ice testing work in the organization now? 0:36:25 Return to train versus return to play. 0:41:40 What do you look for from a performance standpoint? 0:44:10 What external load metrics are important? 0:47:00 From your experience, what do you gain from external load monitoring? 0:52:05 Why do you use Athlete Management Systems? 0:55:35 How do you use the AMS? 0:58:40 How do you like to communicate data? 1:00:40 What is the future of the high performance model in the NHL? 1:03:15 Where is the pendulum swinging currently?

First off.....a HUGE thank you to Jaylene, aka @the_salty_stepmom. We attempted to get this podcast off the ground for 3 weeks and couldn't! But we have NOW!!Listen to our discussion with Jaylene about being a step-parent fighting thru life in a small town, living where you don't want to, feuding with the BM, and ultimately making a HUGE decision for her ENTIRE family. By the way, it looks like that decision WORKED! There will be more with Jaylene, time got in the way! Until then we have "Relationship Advice with Ams and Jams" and "You've Got Mail"!Go find us at:thankgodcancersavedourdivorce.comFind Jaylene at:the_salty_stepmom

On this week's show the boys welcome on a man who is the yin to Southside's yang. Ace from the Ace & TJ Show sits down with Southside to discuss what it's like to be a man in his 50's married to a woman in her early 30's. They talk about how they met thier wives, what it was like to meet relatives, what brought them closer, the discussion to have kids, and how love knows no age. The boys also talk about this upcoming weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway and listen in to find out how you could win a free 4-pack of tickets to the Ambetter Health 400 or join the show live at AMS. Enjoy the show and Yeah C'mon!    Follw Ace on social media!  @aceatlarge on Insta and Twitter  @amandaandace on TikTok  

On this episode of The Association Podcast, we welcome Tom Lyons, CIO of the American Society for Microbiology. We dive into the topic of leveraging investments in technology to drive organizational growth and success. Tom shares insights on how to use systems in a usable way, personalize experiences and increase engagement while still using data responsibly. We also discuss the AMS as the system of record and the importance of ensuring that it talks to other systems in a seamless manner to avoid silos. We also discuss the role of the CIO and how they can help organizations navigate data governance and make better use of technology to build a strong organizational culture.

In this Wellness Wednesday convo with AMS, we speak on mind and gut connection and how what we eat affects our overall mental state. We speak about: - what foods to eat & NOT eat - the science behind how our mind and body are connected - how "mindful" eating is important to our mental health - how to build a healthy mindful diet - AND MUCH MORE Take a listen to the full convo and let us know what you think! #StayTranquilo Follow us on social: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/staytranquilo/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@staytranquilo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-dunand-200077124/ Follow AMS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amsholistichealth/ Website: https://amsholistichealth.com/

We're BACK!We had a small hiatus due to some technical difficulties....but we made it!Jams isn't here this week...she's "On Assignment" in Florida....tough, huh?!What you do get is Denny, Amanda, and Brayden talking about one of the most bazaar family murders in history, the murder of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh.We don't know all the answers, but we do know our opinions!By the way...we don't own all of the content that follows! We DO own "Relationship Advice with Ams and Jams" though. But, just Ams this week! We also review YOUR mail from the last couple of weeks! 

Throwing a forehand in disc golf is hard. Let's make it easier. In this episode of the Chain Clankers disc golf podcast, we discuss how to improve forehands in disc golf with Caroline Henderson. Caroline shares her disc golf journey with us and discusses how she started the game in 2020 by listening to this podcast and has made it to the pro tour. Caroline Henderson had a fantastic showing at LVC and in this episode, she explains her experience and how she can use this to improve at other DGPT events. If you want a better forehand or want to improve your upshots this is the podcast for you. Caroline teaches us the basics of the forehand throw and explains what most AMs get wrong and how you can fix it. Support the Chain Clankers on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chainclankers Thank you to our Patreon supporters! Eagle: - Brady Bieker - Bryan Pitman - Gabe Sprout - Dafyduck WOT - Jon Reker - Skewed Reality - Ben Wood Birdie: - Kevin Johnson - Riley Gutmann You support this show by supporting our sponsors: Save 10% at Upper Park Disc Golf when you use code Clankers10: https://www.upperparkdiscgolf.com/discount/Clankers10 Use promocode CHAINCLANKERS to save 10% on Discdot: https://discdotusa.com/ Get free shipping at OTB discs by using code Clankers: https://otbdiscs.com/ Connect with us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChainClankers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chainclankers/ Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/987959378313397 Subscribe to the show! Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chain-clankers/id1526131586 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2K3jv0MBful5v6x59CB2oG Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yYmUwZDA2NC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-gWK-zf5fwidWRYSuLHsDQ #discgolf #discgolftips #discgolfadvice --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chain-clankers/message

Negotiated cash fed cattle trade ranged from limited on light demand to a standstill through Friday afternoon, with too few to trend, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). For the week, the only established trade reported by AMS was live prices of $164.50-$165.00/cwt. in the western Corn Belt, which was 50¢ to $1 [...]

Don't worry! It's still there and it's also on YouTube at youtube.com/tgcsod.No "Ams and Jams" this week.....keep your relationships alive without us this! No "You've Got Mail" either.This one is just us attempting to have an open forum with "keyboard tough guys and girls". Bad news...only ONE supporter of the other side showed up.....and we're pretty sure there was a "plus 1" in the room. You know what I mean. Judge for yourself.

Join Chris Cline, executive director of Agents Council for Technology, and Jason Lui the CEO of Zywave on the water's edge of Savannah, Georgia at the Big “I” InsurTech Summit. Dive into one of an agency's biggest technology spends—the agency management system. But, are agencies getting the most out of their investment? Probably not. Together the insurance technology leaders talk about spending less on AMS to free up more for agencies to spend on agency growth. Is that the future? Speaking of what's on the horizon….what are Jason's thoughts on the future of digital quoting, data, AI, segmentation, and more. Remember to check into episodes parts 1 and 3 from the InsurTech Summit.

AMS w/ Brandon & Kelly AfterShow - 2/8/23 by Arkansas' Morning Show w/ Brandon & Kelly

On this episode of The Association Podcast, we welcome Jenna Goins, MS, MBA, CAE, Director of Membership & Marketing at NACUFS, to discuss all things member experience. We dive into the importance of member onboarding, the nuances between trade and professional organizations, and how leaders can align their technologies to support member onboarding, engagement, and retention. We also discuss the challenges organizations face when it comes to engaging at-risk members and the strategies that have been successful in keeping them connected.

This week the group meet in the "Every Joke Has A Little Truth" studio and try out their new equipment! If it sounds bad, blame Denny! If it sounds good, let him know! After the usual nonsense, Denny and the group talk about the signs of being in a bad relationship. What does it look like? How can you possibly fix it? When should you just get out? With the help of the internet, it's all here (:Of course we have "Relationship Advice with Ams and Jams" and YOUR mail!Lets GO! Give a like, follow, and subscribe....please!!!!

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Elizabeth Cully, Owner of GravityCerts. Elizabeth discusses how the GravityCerts website development, quote forms, quote proposal software, and client center help agencies interface with APIs, get more leads, and retain clients. Episode Highlights: Elizabeth shares that she has been in the insurance industry for 20 years and was formerly a captive agent with Farmers Insurance. (5:43) Elizabeth discusses how she started GravityCerts and how she built a successful work environment. (12:18) Elizabeth explains the different kinds of websites GravityCerts offers in the market, as well as the feature of the online quote forms they developed to reduce duplicate data entry. (16:13) Elizabeth discusses the feature of the Quote Proposal software they developed and how it simplifies the sales process from beginning to end. (22:17) Elizabeth discusses their client portal which allows clients to be able to go into their agency, view all of their different policies with different carriers, request policy changes, get auto ID cards, get a copy of a policy, request and download COI's. (25:34) Elizabeth discusses the GravityCerts integrations that are now live and others that are in development. (33:37) Elizabeth mentions that they are trying to achieve and maintain balance with all of their integration partners, as well as to collaborate with other companies that provide open API's. (37:47) Elizabeth explains that everyone should be looking for ways to automate their agency and integrate as much as possible in order to ensure that their team is set up to guarantee the business's success and generate more leads. (55:43) Tweetable Quotes: “We're trying to get and be balanced with all of our integration partners. So we want to have some raters, we want to have some AMS, we want to have some CRM's. But we don't want to have like everybody out there because not everybody is on the same page with us technology wise. ” - Elizabeth Cully “We created this portal for the clients to be able to log into our agency, see all their different policies with their different carriers, request policy changes, get their auto ID cards, get a copy of their policy, request COI's, download COI's…looks like a full service portal for them after they become a client.” - Elizabeth Cully “Everybody should be looking for ways to automate their agency, to integrate as much as possible, to make sure that your team is set up so that you guys can be successful and getting leads in.” - Elizabeth Cully Resources Mentioned: Elizabeth Cully Facebook GravityCerts David Carothers Kyle Houck Florida Risk Partners The Extra 2 Minutes

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Elizabeth Cully, Owner of GravityCerts. Elizabeth discusses how the GravityCerts website development, quote forms, quote proposal software, and client center help agencies interface with APIs, get more leads, and retain clients. Episode Highlights: Elizabeth shares that she has been in the insurance industry for 20 years and was formerly a captive agent with Farmers Insurance. (5:43) Elizabeth discusses how she started GravityCerts and how she built a successful work environment. (12:18) Elizabeth explains the different kinds of websites GravityCerts offers in the market, as well as the feature of the online quote forms they developed to reduce duplicate data entry. (16:13) Elizabeth discusses the feature of the Quote Proposal software they developed and how it simplifies the sales process from beginning to end. (22:17) Elizabeth discusses their client portal which allows clients to be able to go into their agency, view all of their different policies with different carriers, request policy changes, get auto ID cards, get a copy of a policy, request and download COI's. (25:34) Elizabeth discusses the GravityCerts integrations that are now live and others that are in development. (33:37) Elizabeth mentions that they are trying to achieve and maintain balance with all of their integration partners, as well as to collaborate with other companies that provide open API's. (37:47) Elizabeth explains that everyone should be looking for ways to automate their agency and integrate as much as possible in order to ensure that their team is set up to guarantee the business's success and generate more leads. (55:43) Tweetable Quotes: “We're trying to get and be balanced with all of our integration partners. So we want to have some raters, we want to have some AMS, we want to have some CRM's. But we don't want to have like everybody out there because not everybody is on the same page with us technology wise. ” - Elizabeth Cully “We created this portal for the clients to be able to log into our agency, see all their different policies with their different carriers, request policy changes, get their auto ID cards, get a copy of their policy, request COI's, download COI's…looks like a full service portal for them after they become a client.” - Elizabeth Cully “Everybody should be looking for ways to automate their agency, to integrate as much as possible, to make sure that your team is set up so that you guys can be successful and getting leads in.” - Elizabeth Cully Resources Mentioned: Elizabeth Cully Facebook GravityCerts David Carothers Kyle Houck Florida Risk Partners The Extra 2 Minutes

In this episode the Mayor sits down with his good friend Ariel the Merman Rivera , of Deer Insurance and Fun Insurance Solutions to talk about technology, and how to have a successful agency no matter the size of your agency.  They talk Automations, AMS, CRM. Lots of passion lots of excitement in this episode. There is also a Challenge thrown down at the end....Sit back relax and enjoy this episode with Ariel Rivera. Episode Sponsors Canopy ConnectSmart ChoiceCover Desk

On this episode of our Tranquilo Wellness Talks, we speak with AMS on the power of yoga and the benefits it has overall to our health. We touch on topics such as: - Vinyasa yoga - poses - mind/body connection - mindfulness and awareness Take a listen to the full convo and let us know what you think! Follow us on social: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/staytranquilo/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@staytranquilo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-dunand-200077124/ Follow AMS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amsholistichealth/ Website: https://amsholistichealth.com/

In response to Pope Francis's dream of a "missionary impulse capable of transforming everything," the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), has Missionary Disipleship Trainers who guide fellow military Catholics in ways to evangelize and "reach more" disciples through participation in a movement organized by Evangelical Catholic of Madison, WI. In this edition of Catholic Military Life, the only official podcast of the AMS, Trainer Madeline Stockman of Fort Bragg, NC, shares how she ignites the missionary impulse in a twelve-week course of virtual sessions with prospective missionaries.

What are my considerations when using water condtioners? NDSU weed guide says AMS is great but my local retailer says Helfire can do the same thing, do I use one or the other, maybe both? An awesome question with some great answers given on the AGvisorPRO app, and now you get our take. We tackle this from multiple perspectives because all answers can be right!

A new segment to the channel Tranquilo Wellness Talks. The focus on these convos is to allow our Director of Holistic Health , Anna Marie, lead conversations and interview guest in the space of holistic medicine approaches. AMS, is a certified Yoga Instructor, Master in Holistic Nutrition, and a certified health coach/nutritionist. In this episode we speak on what is to come soon, the importance of holistic approaches to medicine, and some of the services AMS provides. Take a listen to the full convo and let us know what you think! Follow us on social: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/staytranquilo/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@staytranquilo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-dunand-200077124/ Follow AMS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amsholistichealth/ Website: https://amsholistichealth.com/

This week we talk about letting your kids do thing. Things like stay home alone.Go on a date. Staying up late....you get the picture.We also talk about the week that was and lot's of other ridiculousness.And, like always, we close out with "Relationship Advice from Ams and Jams" and "You've Got Mail"!We appreciate your ears! Tell a friend!

On this episode of The Association Podcast, we welcome Chris Gloede, Chief Consultant at Ricochet. We dive into the topic of associations catching up with the latest technology and how they can stay ahead of the curve. We'll discuss the potential of using advanced language models like ChatGPT to enhance member engagement and streamline operations. We also cover strategies for securing budget from your board of directors and adjusting your technology roadmap to align with your organization's goals. https://ricochetadvice.com/ 

Note: Futures and equity markets were closed yesterday. As well, some AMS reports were unavailable due to the holiday. Negotiated cash fed cattle prices last week were $156/cwt. on a live basis in the Southern Plains and Nebraska, where dressed prices were $252. Live prices in the western Corn Belt were $157-$159. Choice boxed [...]

January's Global Update from the Global Technical and Regulatory Affairs team at the Almond Board of California in today's Almond Byte.Ag Trade Leaders are Confirmed by SenateAfter being nominated for leadership positions by the Biden administration last spring, Alexis Taylor was confirmed by the US Senate as Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Affairs at USDA on Dec 21. In addition, Doug McKalip was confirmed as Chief Agricultural Negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Dec 22. Alexis Taylor was sworn in on Dec 29 at USDA. The confirmations came after a flurry of political brokering at the end of a lame-duck session after several senators lifted their holds. Alexis has a good understanding of the issues facing almonds and other ag commodities, after having been in USDA for several years. ABC has already reached out with congratulations and will be organizing meetings as soon as possible.Update on UK PEC CertificateIn late December 2022, ABC was made aware of Great Britain (GB) requiring a GB-specific version of PreExport Check (PEC) certificate to accompany California almond exports to Great Britain. ABC contacted both UK Port Authority and FAS staff in London to ensure no shipments would be detained pending an updated PEC certificate. Further, ABC also reminded the UK Port Authorities that PEC is not a condition of import. UK authorities have agreed to accept the current PEC certificate while the situation is being reviewed. Currently, ABC is working with USDA/FAS and AMS to find an agreement with UK import control authorities to modify the existing PEC system to satisfy GB requirements. We will update the industry once the modified PEC is rolled out. If any handlers have their shipments impacted, please reach out immediately to akulkarni@almondboard.com.Almond Hull Market Access Update for ChinaOn December 21, 2022, China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) provided a written response to ABC's application to include Almond Hulls in MARA's official feed ingredients catalog. Inclusion in the catalog is required before firms can bring almond hulls into Chinese feed channels. The response came after the initial application was submitted in November 2021 along with several revisions made in 2022. MARA is requesting additional information needed to establish domestic standards for almond hulls in the feed catalog including parameters for NDF and mold counts among other details. ABC staff will continue to work with our consultant in Beijing and colleagues at the Almond Alliance to make sure that the final “standards” to be published in MARA's feed catalog are reasonable and least restrictive for US suppliers. For more information, please contact kschneller@almondboard.com.Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) Entered into force on December 29, 2022According to a recent Australian government press release, ECTA has entered into force. It states that, “Over 85 percent of Australian goods exports by value to India are now tariff-free, rising to 90 percent in six years, and high tariffs have been reduced on some additional products. In addition, 96 percent of imports from India are now tariff-free, rising to 100 percent in four years.” For almonds, the new annual Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) allows 34,000 MT (about 75 million lbs) of inshell/shelled almonds to enter India at 50% of the current Most Favored Nation (MFN) tariff levels. This more than covers current Australian shipments to India. Imports above the TRQ are at the full MFN rate:Within TRQ: 17.5 Rps/kg inshell and 50 Rps/kg kernel.Above TRQ: 35 Rps/kg inshell and 100 Rps/kg kernelAccording to Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website, “To access a TRQ, exporters will need a TRQ certificate. Under ECTA, Australia will issue TRQ certificates to exporters or producers and share them with...

Denny, Amanda, Jams, and Brayden talk new year and play a quick game of "If You Had To". Maybe you'll buy your own copy! Maybe not :)We also talk bad decisions and unleash some ideas for "Advice with Ams and Jams"Happy New Year! 

Reza and Rabih discuss a fascinating case of AMS, infection and polyuria. rlrCPSOLVERS.COM  RLR have transitioned from Patreon to have their website rlrCPSolvers.com. Check out this virtual classroom full of bonus schemas, illness scripts, teaching videos and case challenges Get a personalized clinical reasoning curriculum to take your skills to the next level AND support… Read More »Episode 267: RLR – Appetizer and Main Dish