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- Eric Lohry is the President of Nutra-Flo Protein and Biotech Products and Nutraferma.
Recent Entries
- Airport Security Will Get Easier With New Laptop Bag
- My Blog as a Wordle
- IT Productivity Helpers: Part 2, The Death of Email
- Grain Prices Rise; Fishmeal to Follow?
- Mississippi Overflows; More Cropland Flooded
- Ethanol Plants not Running
- Heavy Rains and Flooding in the US Midwest Cause Grain Price Increase
- IT Productivity Helpers, Number One in a Series
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The Airport Security Dance
Besides taking off your shoes and your coat, emptying your pockets and removing the beltclip holding your mobile phone, you have to take your laptop out of its case and put it on the belt.
Well, not for long.
The TSA has now approved a special bag design that allows the laptop to stay in its place while going through X-Ray. Dozens of manufacturers are lined up to make the new bags which are expected to hit store shelves in September.
Having done this "dance" three times in the last 72 hours, I am looking forward to the 10 seconds it will save me going through Airport Security. That's 10 more seconds to enjoy a cup of coffee waiting for the delayed flight that inevitably follows.
Travel | Comments (2)
Eric J Lohry, NWA World Club, MSP "C" Concourse July 2nd, 2008 01:02:00 PM
Besides taking off your shoes and your coat, emptying your pockets and removing the beltclip holding your mobile phone, you have to take your laptop out of its case and put it on the belt.
Well, not for long.
The TSA has now approved a special bag design that allows the laptop to stay in its place while going through X-Ray. Dozens of manufacturers are lined up to make the new bags which are expected to hit store shelves in September.
Having done this "dance" three times in the last 72 hours, I am looking forward to the 10 seconds it will save me going through Airport Security. That's 10 more seconds to enjoy a cup of coffee waiting for the delayed flight that inevitably follows.
Travel | Comments (2)
Eric J Lohry, NWA World Club, MSP "C" Concourse July 2nd, 2008 01:02:00 PM
Email is no longer the ONLY way to communicate across the internet. Ask any teenager, and they will most likely tell you they rarely use Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo!, or any email system. Instead, they send instant messages (IM's) or communicate via social networking sites such as Facebook.
Some of these fast-texting youngsters have gown up and joined the workforce just as businesses see the benefit in using IM and collaborative sites (the old person's term for social networking).
Skype is a great example. At Nutra-Flo, we use Skype daily for instant messaging our partners all over the world. The fact that Skype also is free and is the best web-telephone system that I know of means the "Death of the Telephone" as well.
We also use Sametime instant messaging internally.
How do you see communication changing?
Software | Comments (7)
Eric J Lohry, Sioux City Office June 23rd, 2008 10:47:57 PM
Some of these fast-texting youngsters have gown up and joined the workforce just as businesses see the benefit in using IM and collaborative sites (the old person's term for social networking).
Skype is a great example. At Nutra-Flo, we use Skype daily for instant messaging our partners all over the world. The fact that Skype also is free and is the best web-telephone system that I know of means the "Death of the Telephone" as well.
We also use Sametime instant messaging internally.
How do you see communication changing?
Software | Comments (7)
Eric J Lohry, Sioux City Office June 23rd, 2008 10:47:57 PM
While grain prices are setting records due to US flooding and high world demand, not all proteins have followed suit.
Fishmeal has been stable for the past twelve months, but there are indications that fishmeal prices may be on the rise.
This Blog has an interesting take on grain and fishmeal prices.
Commodities | Comments (0)
Eric J Lohry, Sioux City Office June 22nd, 2008 09:45:46 AM
Fishmeal has been stable for the past twelve months, but there are indications that fishmeal prices may be on the rise.
This Blog has an interesting take on grain and fishmeal prices.
Commodities | Comments (0)
Eric J Lohry, Sioux City Office June 22nd, 2008 09:45:46 AM
Today the Mississippi River broke through more levees, damaging a large amount of cropland with more being threatened.
Corn traded above $8 per bushel on the news.
Commodities | Comments (0)
Eric J Lohry, Sioux City Office June 19th, 2008 12:02:17 AM
Corn traded above $8 per bushel on the news.
Commodities | Comments (0)
Eric J Lohry, Sioux City Office June 19th, 2008 12:02:17 AM
Whle VeraSun announced the details of the delayed opening of two of the nation's largest ethanol plants, others may be closing as high corn and natural gas prices squeeze margins.
The recent flooding in Iowa (and much of the Midwest corn belt) has pushed corn prices to unprecedented levels.
Natural gas is no bargain either, hovering around $14. It's hard to believe that it takes energy (natural gas, for example) to make energy (ethanol).
Commodities | Fermented Products | Comments (0)
Eric J Lohry, Sioux City Office June 17th, 2008 11:46:19 PM
The recent flooding in Iowa (and much of the Midwest corn belt) has pushed corn prices to unprecedented levels.
Natural gas is no bargain either, hovering around $14. It's hard to believe that it takes energy (natural gas, for example) to make energy (ethanol).
Commodities | Fermented Products | Comments (0)
Eric J Lohry, Sioux City Office June 17th, 2008 11:46:19 PM
As we drove back from the World Pork Expo in Des Moines last week, the Nutra-Flo crew was surprised to see the extent of flooded crop lands along Interstate 35. Large amounts of standing water and many washed out fields meant nothing but trouble for the largest, most productive corn (maize) producing region in the world.
Remembering the floods of 1993 , I knew that this meant higher prices would be right around the corner for grain. The commodity markets did respond, and record corn prices once again show the precarious position we are currently witnessing: high demand and low inventories.
This is bad news for livestock producers; beef prices in Japan have already risen due to the spike in input costs. This is bad news for ethanol producers as well.
Commodities | International Trade | Livestock | Comments (0)
Eric J Lohry, June 12th, 2008 11:34:08 PM
Remembering the floods of 1993 , I knew that this meant higher prices would be right around the corner for grain. The commodity markets did respond, and record corn prices once again show the precarious position we are currently witnessing: high demand and low inventories.
This is bad news for livestock producers; beef prices in Japan have already risen due to the spike in input costs. This is bad news for ethanol producers as well.
Commodities | International Trade | Livestock | Comments (0)
Eric J Lohry, June 12th, 2008 11:34:08 PM
Calendaring and Scheduling
I have a few questions for those enterprises that utilize Calendaring and Scheduling (C&S) for meeting planning.
Software | Comments (10)
Eric J Lohry, May 29th, 2008 09:39:53 PM
I have a few questions for those enterprises that utilize Calendaring and Scheduling (C&S) for meeting planning.
- Is C&S widely used in your organization for scheduliong meetings?
- Do individuals keep their calendars up to date? Is this a requirement?
- Do you find C&S useful?
Software | Comments (10)
Eric J Lohry, May 29th, 2008 09:39:53 PM
