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| 1081 - Farm Management | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1081.1) | 0 |
Number of producers/landowners willing to make a change to their leasing strategy |
| 1081.2) | 26 |
Number of producers/landowners who better understand land leasing options (including advantages/disadvantages of each) |
| 1081.3) | 13 |
Number of producers who are comfortable using financial principles in their operations |
| 1081.4) | 92 |
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) | 92 |
Number of producers who gained knowledge of farm profitability for their enterprise(s) from Extension programming |
| 1081.7) | 92 |
Number of producers reporting increased profits and/or reduced risk due to farm management strategies learned through Extension programs |
Author: Christan Miracle
Major Program: Farm Management
Progressive Agriculture Safety Day is an event that teaches 4th grade students from Marion County about being safe in their community, home, and on the farm. Out rural community is in need of a program such as this to ensure youth have the proper skill set to stay safe while on the farm. During this event each child had the opportunity to visit several station to learn safe behaviors when they are faced with different scenarios. Some of the stations included equipment safety, electrical safety,
Author: Christan Miracle
Major Program: Farm Management
NRCS and Extension have made a leap to start working together on what they call demo farms around the state for a program call Profitable Pastures. Doug Corbett, a Marion Co. resident, volunteered to be a part of this program. His farm is limited in some resources and he is wanting to get an idea of changes to make to get his farm to be more profitable. Some of the limitation that were noticed when first visiting the farm are water, shade, and rotational grazing. With the help of other colleague
