Success StoryMidwest Fruit Pest Management Guide
Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide
Author: Shawn Wright
Planning Unit: Horticulture
Major Program: Horticulture, Commercial
Outcome: Initial Outcome
The problem
The lead editor for the publication has left academia for a public sector position and we had nobody willing to take lead on the regional publication
The educational program response
I have coordinated the fall meeting where we will determine if and how the regional publication will continue
The participants/target audience
Commercial fruit producers across the Midwest
Other partners (if applicable)
Multiple universities.
Program impact or participant response.
The publication will hopefully continue
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