Author: David Coffey
Planning Unit: Jackson County CES
Major Program: Farm Management
Plan of Work: Agriculture Production and Marketing
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
With help from the Agriculture advisory council, the Jackson County ANR extension agent developed an Interactive Farm Management program. This program had an initial meeting in March where 16 producers were in attendance. Management ideas were given to producers and each producer set a long-term and a short-term goal for their operation during the meeting. The agriculture agent then made routine visits for the remainder of the year to each producer to help them plan and implement their goals. Throughout the program:
As a result of this program and the adoption of recommended practices, producers have seen longer grazing seasons, increased heard health, decrease in noxious weeds, decrease of input costs, and increased profit in their overall operation which will continue to improve these operations for years to come.
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