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No fact sheet today, but something just as good (or better)... Hearing directly from the farmers. The following link is about an hour and a half long. The first 30 minutes is "Bits and Pieces Around Our 67 Year Old Trout Farm" by Marvin Emerson of Crystal Lake
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The second 30 minutes of the video is on composting, and the last 30 minutes is a presentation by Mark Harbin of Harbin Fish Farms in Kansas and Oklahoma.</div>
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These presentations were sponsored by NCRAC and the Kansas and Missouri Aquaculture Associations during the 2018 North Central Aquaculture Conference.</div>
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I thought this trout presentation would be fitting given the U.S. Trout Farmers Association will hold its 2021 Fall Conference in Branson, Missouri during September 8th to 10th. <a href="https://ustfa.org/ustfa-fall-conference-2021/" id="LPlnk">https://ustfa.org/ustfa-fall-conference-2021/</a>.
There will be a farm tour of Crystal Lake on that Friday night.</div>
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Office hours today 11am-1pm eastern. <u>Again, anyone in the North Central Region is welcome to join.</u></div>
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