Farm Management, Economics and PolicyMajor Program

26075

Total Hours

Contributed.

148437

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

455

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

337

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of people who improved or maintained record keeping practices

1817

Number of people who recognize methods to reduce risk and improve farm profit

5020

Number of people who applied marketing techniques for meat animals

1324

Number of people who incorporated technology to effectively manage farm operations

1388

Number of people who applied marketing techniques including futures and options to reduce risk levels for crops

1398

Number of people who adopted practices or adapted equipment  for safety (i.e. Agribility, install roll over bar)

371

Number of farmers adopting new technologies in agriculture production

2265

Number of people who improved equipment or facilities

3679

Number of people who increased profits, reduced expenses,  and/or reduced risk

5214

Number of people who increased knowledge of farm health and safety practices (i.e. farm safety days, disaster preparedness, equipment demonstrations, farmers dinner theater)

98050

Number of people who discussed and compared leasing agreements and options  

670

Number of  people who increased their knowledge of Ag Policy including: Farm Bill and Environmental issues

93704

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Land Rental Considerations Program Helps Farmers and Landowners

According to the USDA, the average age of U.S. farm producers in 2022 is 58.1 years, and the number of producers aged 65 and older showed a 12% increase, which is consistent with the continued trend of an aging farm population. Along with this comes the unfortunate reality of people inheriting land that has been in their family for generations, or people buying land that had been sold off of generational farms. This is very true for Graves County. Over the last several months, there has been a s...

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