Extension
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| 1081 - Farm Management | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1081.6) | 30 |
Number of producers who gained knowledge of farm profitability for their enterprise(s) from Extension programming |
| 1081.7) | 25 |
Number of producers reporting increased profits and/or reduced risk due to farm management strategies learned through Extension programs |
| 1081.5) | 25 |
Number of producers reporting improved machinery management through Extension programming efforts |
| 1081.4) | 60 |
Number of producers willing to adopt improved soil health/quality practices to improve profitability due to extension programming efforts |
| 1081.3) | 35 |
Number of producers who are comfortable using financial principles in their operations |
| 1081.2) | 20 |
Number of producers/landowners who better understand land leasing options (including advantages/disadvantages of each) |
| 1081.1) | 10 |
Number of producers/landowners willing to make a change to their leasing strategy |
Author: Daniel Carpenter
Major Program: Farm Management
Cooperative Extension Agents are continuously looking for ideas to help reach new audiences to educate and communicate. Agriculture and Natural Resources Agents Matt Adams (Hardin), Whitney Carman (Grayson) and Daniel Carpenter (LaRue) specifically were looking for ways to reach the young farmer population, a group that can be difficult to reach in the current educational methods. One way that the agents looked into is podcasting. Podcasting uses the internet to make recordings of broadcasts ava
