Extension
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| 1084 - Agriculture and Extension Leadership Development | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1084.9) | 33 |
Number of producers who mentored, advised or assisted new and/or young producers in agriculture |
| 1084.1) | 22 |
Number of clientele increasing agriculture awareness due to Extension Programming |
| 1084.3) | 53 |
Number of people impacted by Advisory Councils,community organizations, and other volunteers including County Ag Investment Program (CAIP), Chamber of Commerce Ag Committee, farm bureau, county fairs, festivals, etc. |
| 1084.4) | 32 |
Number of clients who shared information learned from Extension about local agriculture and/or environmental issues |
| 1084.5) | 11 |
Number of clients who advocated for agriculture and/or environmental issues locally |
| 1084.6) | 22 |
Number of clients who shared information about agriculture and/or environmental issues with elected officials |
| 1084.8) | 45 |
Number of clients who advocated for agriculture and/or environmental issues to elected officials |
| 1084.11) | 14 |
Number of people trained by Extension who serve as members/ leaders of advisory councils, community development committees and/or in leadership roles with agriculture organizations |
| 1084.2) | 20 |
Number of clients trained in agricultural leadership development |
Author: Chuck Flowers
Major Program: Agriculture and Extension Leadership Development
One billion dollar impact and $359,967,000 worth of products sold across 960 farms- WAVE AG Day highlights agriculture in Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, and Hickman County. After catastrophic rainfall flooding fields and roads, we had to change our regular way of doing things to continue with WAVE Ag Day for 2023. The event had to be moved to the conference building at Columbus State Park. The 6th year for the event, River Counties WAVE AG Day, took place on July 21 from 7:30
Author: Chuck Flowers
Major Program: Agriculture and Extension Leadership Development
On the average 76 % of all the land in the four river counties is in crop production. Three of the four counties Ballard, Carlisle, and Fulton County have over 33 million in average crop sales. Hickman County sells over 56 million in crop sales. In all four counties, there is an average of 24.75% female farm operators. Our program this year for the Women in Ag Conference was to concentrate on Women’s Leadership in Agriculture-presented by Dr. Kristie Guffey. J
