By Greg Booth Red Lake Falls, Minn . Toolshed is a comprehensive news service with sophisticated features such as scrolling news headlines and futures market prices updated every few minutes. The idea originated with the Minnesota Wheat Council. AURI supported Toolshed's development with help from AURI Web expert Marie Fournier and interns Stacey Bendickson and Paula Meyers. Kris Versdahl of Prairie Ag Communications also assisted with technical development.
Sites pay a fee for a direct-link tab to Toolshed.
With RealAudio, visitors can hear broadcasts from the Red River Farm Network. Archived broadcasts and news articles are also available. And organizations and companies can purchase individual ads on the Toolshed site. While useful for anyone wanting to find current information about the ag industry, Dagman says Toolshed is particularly targeted toward Upper Midwest producers.