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| 1081 - Farm Management, Economics and Policy | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1081.6) | 400 |
Number of people who incorporated technology to effectively manage farm operations |
| 1081.7) | 400 |
Number of people who applied marketing techniques for meat animals |
| 1081.1) | 400 |
Number of people who increased their knowledge of Ag Policy including: Farm Bill and Environmental issues |
| 1081.5) | 400 |
Number of people who improved or maintained record keeping practices |
| 1081.3) | 400 |
Number of people who discussed and compared leasing agreements and options |
| 1081.2) | 400 |
Number of people who recognize methods to reduce risk and improve farm profit |
| 1081.4) | 400 |
Number of people who increased knowledge of farm health and safety practices (i.e. farm safety days, disaster preparedness, equipment demonstrations, farmers dinner theater) |
| 1081.8) | 400 |
Number of people who applied marketing techniques including futures and options to reduce risk levels for crops |
| 1081.8) | 400 |
Number of people who adopted practices or adapted equipment for safety (i.e. Agribility, install roll over bar) |
| 1081.10) | 400 |
Number of farmers adopting new technologies in agriculture production |
| 1081.11) | 400 |
Number of people who improved equipment or facilities |
| 1081.12) | 400 |
Number of people who increased profits, reduced expenses, and/or reduced risk |
Author: Trent Adkins
Major Program: Farm Management, Economics and Policy
In 2018 one of the major goals that I had was to get an Agriculture Newsletter started in Pulaski County. This is something that I wanted to see happen but is also something that was ask by our Agriculture Advisory Council. The goal was one to use to get information out to the local producers in a timely manner. Also we wanted to use this to give people a better ideal of what extension has to offer and recruit for programs in the future.When we first started we sent newsletter out to around
Author: Trent Adkins
Major Program: Farm Management, Economics and Policy
With the changes in the past year and all of the challenges that has came form 2020 it seemed like the right time for Pulaski County ANR to get started on Social Media. With everything going on the opportunity to get more information out for the public to see was very important. This is able to be done with the help of Jennifer Keith one of our Pulaski County support staff. This has allowed us the to get information out faster to the public about upcoming meetings on zoom or deadlines that
Author: Trent Adkins
Major Program: Farm Management, Economics and Policy
One of the task that was ask by the producers of Pulaski county of the new Agriculture and Natural Resources agent was to start running articles in the local paper like the horticulture and FCS agent does.To honor this request we started a weekly newspaper article that runs in the Sunday paper, and online at the commonwealth journals website and the ANR page of the extension website. These articles try to reach a wide variety of topics, while also hitting topic that are revelante at the ti
