In-Service Training Success Story

It is essential that new County Ag Agents be adequately trained for the jobs they are asked to do. Agents must rapidly build a fundamental understanding of skills ranging from working with elected officials and reporting their work to fescue toxicosis and synchronization protocol for artificial insemination for beef cattle.  By working with University Extension Specialist and Campus Staff, new Agents can get the proper training to fulfill the Universities standards for CORE and in-service training.

Monthly and quarterly in-service training related to individual and organizational development, management skills, and program development, as well as economic and production-based training in beef cattle, forage, horticulture, forestry, tobacco, and entomology, give agents the proper tools they need to help county clientele achieve goals and solve problems, in addition to coordinating an effective work environment.

Anderson County’s Ag Agent has completed a total of 35 Core training in-service hours as well as an additional 145  in-service hours on various topics from March of 2020 and June of 2021. As a result of this training, Anderson County has an Agent well versed in many of the aspects the Anderson County clientele expect. The long-term outcome is to utilize the information obtained through these trainings to better serve the community as efficiently and effectively as possible.