Extension
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| 1081 - Farm Management | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1081.1) | 5 |
Number of producers/landowners willing to make a change to their leasing strategy |
| 1081.2) | 2 |
Number of producers/landowners who better understand land leasing options (including advantages/disadvantages of each) |
| 1081.3) | 6 |
Number of producers who are comfortable using financial principles in their operations |
| 1081.4) | 2 |
Number of producers willing to adopt improved soil health/quality practices to improve profitability due to extension programming efforts |
| 1081.5) | 0 |
Number of producers reporting improved machinery management through Extension programming efforts |
| 1081.6) | 23 |
Number of producers who gained knowledge of farm profitability for their enterprise(s) from Extension programming |
| 1081.7) | 17 |
Number of producers reporting increased profits and/or reduced risk due to farm management strategies learned through Extension programs |
Author: Jerry Little
Major Program: Farm Management
The Boyle County Farm Bureau Federation applied and were approved for $113,000 in Agriculture Development Funds for the CAIP program. There were 117 applications and 56 were funded. The extension office is the main clearing house for all the paperwork including applications and receipts. The program was started during the last fiscal year and completed this year. The local farm bureau federation has again applied for cost share funds in the amount of $153,000 and that program will be completed b
Author: Jerry Little
Major Program: Farm Management
The ANR agent was approached by the Boyle county soil conservation board to host a field day to better showcase extension and the cost share programs available through NRCS. The Boyle county Soil Conservation enacted a small tax on property to help fund the program and they wanted to create more visablity. The ANR agent set the field day up at Caverndale farms. Feeding barns, manure stack pads, feeding stillage, forage sampling, producing grain efficiently, and electrical safety on the farm were
