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Extent Of Positive Youth-Adult Relationships In A 4-H After-School Program, Jessica E. Paisley, Theresa M. Ferrari Apr 2005

Extent Of Positive Youth-Adult Relationships In A 4-H After-School Program, Jessica E. Paisley, Theresa M. Ferrari

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It is widely recognized that relationships with caring adults are essential for youth to achieve their fullest potential. The study described here explored youths' relationships with adults in a 4-H after-school program setting. Methods used included a youth survey and observations of youth-adult interactions. All youth were found to be experiencing highly positive relationships with adults at the after-school program. Two major factors were found to contribute to such relationships: attendance and positive adult behaviors. Relationships with adults at the after-school program were significantly more positive than those with teachers or neighborhood adults. Implications for practice are discussed.

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County-Level Extension Programming: Continuity And Change In The Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Laura Robinson, Mark Dubois, Conner Bailey Feb 2005

County-Level Extension Programming: Continuity And Change In The Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Laura Robinson, Mark Dubois, Conner Bailey

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Production agriculture is no longer a dominant feature of Alabama's rural life. Forestry and natural resource issues have emerged as significant concerns expressed by County Advisory Boards designed to help shape county-level Extension programming in Alabama. Our findings indicate that county-level Extension programming continues to put greater emphasis on traditional agricultural programs than on forestry and natural resources even though County Advisory Boards considered the latter issues to have greater priority. We examine the potential causes for the continued dominance of traditional programs in Alabama and conclude that initiatives to change program priorities are unlikely to begin at the county …

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Iowa Producers' Perceived Benefits And Obstacles In Marketing To Local Restaurants And Institutional Foodservice Operations, Mary B. Gregoire, Susan W. Arendt, Catherine H. Strohbehn Feb 2005

Iowa Producers' Perceived Benefits And Obstacles In Marketing To Local Restaurants And Institutional Foodservice Operations, Mary B. Gregoire, Susan W. Arendt, Catherine H. Strohbehn

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Local Iowa producers were surveyed to determine perceived benefits and obstacles in marketing to local restaurants and institutional foodservice operations; 195 (35%) responded. Results indicated that only 25% of producers currently were selling to foodservice operations. Benefits cited were: support for local farmers; fresher food; food traveling shorter distances; better quality food; and knowledge of food source. Year-round availability, lack of dependable market, and inability to change pricing were greatest obstacles. Extension educators can help facilitate linking local growers with foodservice operations to increase direct sales of local products to these operations.

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Extension Staff Response To Increased Programming For At-Risk Audiences, Diane Klemme, Cheryl O. Hausafus, Karen Shirer Feb 2005

Extension Staff Response To Increased Programming For At-Risk Audiences, Diane Klemme, Cheryl O. Hausafus, Karen Shirer

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The study described here examined individual and organizational assumptions that contribute to or inhibit Extension staff's work with at-risk audiences. Three focus group interview sessions were conducted with Extension staff. Analysis of emerging themes identified a number of individual and organizational assumptions that inhibit the organization's ability to change. For example, the study showed that staff lacked clarity about the meaning of the term "at-risk" and staff questioned if the organization valued at-risk programs efforts. The study demonstrated that to create meaningful and sustained change in an organization, individual and organizational assumptions need to be exposed and alternative scenarios developed.

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Assuring Youth Raising Livestock For Food Produce A Quality Product, Jamie L. Fassett, Rosemarie A. Nold, S Kay Rockwell Feb 2005

Assuring Youth Raising Livestock For Food Produce A Quality Product, Jamie L. Fassett, Rosemarie A. Nold, S Kay Rockwell

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The Nebraska 4-H Assuring Quality program was developed to help youth producers understand responsibilities of raising livestock for food, increase technical knowledge of quality assurance practices, and implement those practices. Participants' knowledge, attitudes, and practices were determined by surveying parents using a post-then-pre method. Mean retrospective pre-scores showed that youths significantly increased their knowledge, positively changed their attitudes, and implemented better quality assurance management practices in each of the five subject areas taught: (a) quality assurance concepts, (b) feeding and watering, (c) animal identification, (d) housing and facilities and (e) prevention of problems.

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What Cooperative Extension Professionals Need To Know About Institutional Review Boards: Risks And Benefits, Dan Weigel, Sally Martin, Randy Brown Feb 2005

What Cooperative Extension Professionals Need To Know About Institutional Review Boards: Risks And Benefits, Dan Weigel, Sally Martin, Randy Brown

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More and more, Extension professionals are being asked to first run their needs assessment, program evaluation, and applied research projects through their university's Institutional Review Boards. For many, this can be a confusing task. This article is the third in a series providing tips for preparing IRB proposals and discusses the potential risks and benefits involved in research projects.

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Extension Professionals' Ever-Changing Roles When Working With At-Risk Clientele, Alayne Torretta Feb 2005

Extension Professionals' Ever-Changing Roles When Working With At-Risk Clientele, Alayne Torretta

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Extension's role is to educate participants of its programs and measure impact upon clientele. While Extension professionals are educators, the at-risk clientele have many issues that supersede education. Therefore, a framework from which the Extension professional can operate in order to clarify roles and visualize outcomes for clientele is necessary. Extension professionals can use the Cooperative Extension At-Risk Service Model as this framework. This will assist them in moving clients to adopt improved practices while maintaining boundaries in the professional relationship.

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Non-Traditional Extension Education Using Video Conference, Dan Nudell, Beth Roth, David Saxowsky Feb 2005

Non-Traditional Extension Education Using Video Conference, Dan Nudell, Beth Roth, David Saxowsky

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This article describes Extension efforts to connect clients in remote rural areas to a wide variety of educational opportunities. This includes improving access to the land-grant system for people who live a great distance from campus as well as establishing new relationships with educational providers that are not a part of our traditional offerings. We describe some success stories in delivering non-traditional programming to new clients and discuss some of the issues arising from this new venture.

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Social Marketing: Meeting The Outreach Challenges Of Today, Joanne Skelly Feb 2005

Social Marketing: Meeting The Outreach Challenges Of Today, Joanne Skelly

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Social marketing uses traditional marketing strategies to create social change by maximizing audience response. The social marketing framework holds great promise for extending Extension's outreach to new audiences on new and old issues. Extension professionals can greatly benefit the communities they serve by employing some simple, but strategized marketing techniques. Six simple tools are shared to develop a social marketing toolbox.

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Nitrate Quiktest For Rapid Detection Of High Nitrate Levels In Forages, S Dennis Cash, Julie Hager, Linda Keddington, Ron Carlstrom Feb 2005

Nitrate Quiktest For Rapid Detection Of High Nitrate Levels In Forages, S Dennis Cash, Julie Hager, Linda Keddington, Ron Carlstrom

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The Nitrate "QuikTest" Program was implemented in 2000 to assist Montana livestock producers in dealing with toxic levels of nitrate in drought-stressed forages. A certification program similar to that for pesticide applicator licensing was developed for safe use and interpretation of the test. All training materials and examinations are now posted on an interactive Extension Web site. Since 2000, 110 users in 50 counties (89% of Montana counties) have been certified to conduct the Nitrate QuikTest, and 6,615 samples were evaluated. This has been a high-impact, timely program to educate and serve our livestock producers.

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Is Extension An Idea Whose Time Has Come--And Gone?, George Mcdowell Dec 2004

Is Extension An Idea Whose Time Has Come--And Gone?, George Mcdowell

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Extension and its funding are in deep trouble all across the country. Some influences on our situation are in the society and beyond Extension's control. Other influences are within Extension's control and include broadening our support base, controlling our own self-destructive behavior, making sure we are knowledge based, and collecting institutionally for the good things we do. If we cannot accomplish these we may be an organization whose time has come--and gone.

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Smith Lever 3(D) Extension Evaluation And Outcome Reporting--A Scorecard To Assist Federal Program Leaders, Bill Hoffman, Barbara Grabowski Dec 2004

Smith Lever 3(D) Extension Evaluation And Outcome Reporting--A Scorecard To Assist Federal Program Leaders, Bill Hoffman, Barbara Grabowski

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The Government Performance Results Act requires that federal agencies and programs set goals and measure outcomes (USGAO, 1996); however, program managers find it difficult to make the transition from measuring program outputs to developing outcome-related measures (USGAO, 1997). The Hoffman EEOR Scorecard was developed to help federal Smith Lever 3(d) program leaders with this problem by blending the LOGIC Evaluation Model with the utilization of Extension evaluation and outcome reporting (EEOR) ideal practices. The utility of this question-based scorecard for all Smith Lever 3(d) programs is exemplified through its use with the CSREES Extension Integrated Pest Management Implementation Program.

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The Pendleton Community Garden Project--More Than Just Planting Seeds, Alice Voltund, Patricia Dawson, Mary Corp Dec 2004

The Pendleton Community Garden Project--More Than Just Planting Seeds, Alice Voltund, Patricia Dawson, Mary Corp

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The Pendleton Community Garden Project is more than just planting seeds. It is about planting ideas, growing skills, and nurturing leadership and self-esteem in participants. Extension Family and Community Development, 4-H, and Agriculture faculty provided leadership in bringing together 22 local agencies to work with at-risk youth and senior volunteers. Thirty-five at-risk youth and over 100 seniors and community volunteers turned a vacant lot into a community garden that supplied fresh produce to local food bank recipients and homebound seniors. Both seniors and youth benefited from this intergenerational partnership, thus strengthening Extension's leadership role in forging partnerships for sustainable communities.

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Active Assessment For Haccp Training: Integrating Pedagogical Reasoning With Primary Trait Analysis, Y Martin Lo, Kazuko Fukuskima, Thomas E. Rippen, Susan L. Gdovin Dec 2004

Active Assessment For Haccp Training: Integrating Pedagogical Reasoning With Primary Trait Analysis, Y Martin Lo, Kazuko Fukuskima, Thomas E. Rippen, Susan L. Gdovin

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An active assessment mechanism based on Primary Trait Analysis (PTA) and the six aspects of a pedagogical reasoning model was developed to leverage the effectiveness of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) training. By integrating critical thinking into the design of problem scenarios, students are expected to go through five different levels of learning, starting with comprehending science content and available resources, transforming the information for accomplishing the task, and implementing into the target process and ending with evaluating and reflecting on various outcomes of the situation. Students are thereby are expected to develop new comprehension of the topics.

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Body-Image, Self-Esteem, And Nutrition Concerns Of Parents Of 6th- And 7th-Grade Students, Carolyn Dunn, Kristine Kelsey, Wayne Matthews, L Melissa Sledge Oct 2004

Body-Image, Self-Esteem, And Nutrition Concerns Of Parents Of 6th- And 7th-Grade Students, Carolyn Dunn, Kristine Kelsey, Wayne Matthews, L Melissa Sledge

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To fully address the issues of self-esteem and body image, parents, teachers, and students must be involved in creating meaningful solutions. The study discussed here sought to ascertain concerns of parents related to their children's body image, self-esteem, and nutrition. Parents with children in the 6th or 7th grade were surveyed regarding factors that influenced their child's perception about their body, how satisfied their child was with their body, and methods to reach children and parents with body image messages. Results will be used to assist in the development of Extension programs for parents and children that address body image.

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Perceptions Of The Cooperative Extension Service: A Community Resource For Youth And Family Programs, Claudia Mincemoyer, Daniel Perkins, Catherine Lillehoj Oct 2004

Perceptions Of The Cooperative Extension Service: A Community Resource For Youth And Family Programs, Claudia Mincemoyer, Daniel Perkins, Catherine Lillehoj

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PROSPER (PROmoting School-community-university Partnerships to Enhance Resilience) is a prevention partnership involving the Cooperative Extension Service (CES), local schools, and community agencies. PROSPER collaborative teams were formed in 14 communities in Iowa and 14 in Pennsylvania to address risk reduction, competence-building, and positive youth development. The study discussed here examined perceptions of CES personnel compared to other PROPSER team members regarding the CES: as a source of youth and family programming; its commitment to fostering school and community-based prevention programs; and as a leading force in improving the lives of youth and families.

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Intelligent Consumption: Addressing Consumer Responsibilities For Natural Resources--And Beyond, Viiviane Simon-Brown Oct 2004

Intelligent Consumption: Addressing Consumer Responsibilities For Natural Resources--And Beyond, Viiviane Simon-Brown

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As population, economic, and consumption pressures on natural resources increase, educating consumers about their responsibilities becomes a new and necessary expansion of Extension programming. Intelligent consumption education must incorporate ethics-based methods to be successful. Since 1998, the Sustainable Living Project at OSU has been offering intelligent consumption programming to typical American adults and older youth. By taking a thoughtful approach to understanding cultural, economic, and environmental ethics, considering the barriers to living sustainably, examining national trends, and determining personal priorities, participants create an ethical foundation for intelligent consumption decision-making.

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Machinery Cost Estimates For Amish Farms, Randall E. James Oct 2004

Machinery Cost Estimates For Amish Farms, Randall E. James

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Agricultural enterprise budgets are helpful for modern farms. However, the lack of machinery costs for horse-drawn farms makes it difficult for Extension workers to adapt these budgets to Amish farms. A 2002 study estimated machinery costs on Amish farms in Geauga County, Ohio. Data was collected directly from groups of Amish farmers. The article also introduces the concept of including "horse days" in the total cost estimate. Extension workers in any of the over 30 states with Amish settlements could use information in this study to customize enterprise budgets into realistic educational tools for Amish farms.

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Extension And Research Professionals Join Forces To Address A Critical Nutrition Issue, Susan Nitzke, Karen Kritsch, Barbara Lohse, Tanya Horacek Oct 2004

Extension And Research Professionals Join Forces To Address A Critical Nutrition Issue, Susan Nitzke, Karen Kritsch, Barbara Lohse, Tanya Horacek

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The land-grant mission of combining research and outreach efforts to address problems and needs of society was exemplified in the design and development of a randomized treatment-control pre-post, multi-state intervention to increase fruit and vegetable intakes of low income, young adults. Collaborative arrangements were established in 10 states to accomplish the project's multiple goals. These unique partnerships established an innovative model, paving the way for future multi-state research and Extension collaborations.

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Healthy Living In The Pacific Islands: Results Of A Focus Group Process To Identify Perceptions Of Health And Collaboration In The U.S-Affiliated Pacific Islands, Nicky Davison, Randall Workman, Yihe Goh Daida, Rachel Novotny Oct 2004

Healthy Living In The Pacific Islands: Results Of A Focus Group Process To Identify Perceptions Of Health And Collaboration In The U.S-Affiliated Pacific Islands, Nicky Davison, Randall Workman, Yihe Goh Daida, Rachel Novotny

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A focus group process was used to gather data on perceptions of health and community collaboration within 6 U.S. affiliated Pacific Islands as part of a process to encourage a community-based participatory approach to addressing community health issues and planning. The focus groups revealed Pacific Islanders' perceptions of health and key local health issues and elements of collaboration. The results were applied to a community-oriented planning process, resulting in the creation of a broad planning framework within which islands could implement their own activities. This approach shows potential for initiating future activities in which communities collaborate in the planning process.

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Taking Spanish-Speaking Countries To The County Through School Enrichment Programs, Scott D. Scheer, Gwen Wulford, Deborah Wilburn Robinson, Judy Conrad Oct 2004

Taking Spanish-Speaking Countries To The County Through School Enrichment Programs, Scott D. Scheer, Gwen Wulford, Deborah Wilburn Robinson, Judy Conrad

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Many youth today do not have an opportunity to explore the Spanish language and culture. This article shares and explains how a new 4-H school enrichment program can bring the Spanish culture and language to children in elementary schools. A curriculum activity example is given, along with the results of an evaluation conducted with the children who participated in the program. This program provides Extension systems the opportunity to bring foreign language and culture to youth who would otherwise not have an opportunity for this type of experience.

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Communicating Impacts, Karen L. Zotz Oct 2004

Communicating Impacts, Karen L. Zotz

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This article addresses the need to share Extension program impacts with our constituencies and groups that fund our programs. The article reviews the literature surrounding the need for communicating impacts with decision makers. It also identifies two reporting mechanisms used in one state, County Narrative Reports and the Extension Accountability Reporting System (EARS), that are successfully working to share program impacts with county commissioners, legislators, and the general public. The success of these two reporting systems is based on level or increased funding we have received at the county and state level since the implementation of these two systems.

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Fieldmen's Luncheon Program Benefits Agriculture Industry, Steven E. Salisbury Oct 2004

Fieldmen's Luncheon Program Benefits Agriculture Industry, Steven E. Salisbury

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A significant part of the agriculture industry is made up of crop consultants, fieldmen, agronomists, company representatives, and agriculture lenders, all of whom need continual education to stay abreast of new knowledge and information. The Magic Valley Fieldmen's Luncheon program is conducted annually to provide timely education and an information network that benefits the individual and the industry as a whole. Concurrent years of program evaluation data indicate that this Extension program is an effective approach to providing professional development to the target audience and timely information to agriculture professionals and producers via networking.

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Establishing A 4-H Research Base Of Graduate Studies, Jan Scholl, Catherine Munya Oct 2004

Establishing A 4-H Research Base Of Graduate Studies, Jan Scholl, Catherine Munya

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The study discussed in this article located graduate (or terminal degree) theses and dissertations about the 4-H program in order that a research base might be established to further research and improve 4-H programming. Nearly 1,550 studies were located, representing the years 1911 to 2002, from 130 institutions worldwide. Ten major categories of study were determined through qualitative content analysis.

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Physical Activity Behavior, Dietary Patterns, And Nutrition Knowledge Of Third- And Fourth-Grade Students In Western Massachusetts, Hui-Wen Huang, Stella L. Volpe Aug 2004

Physical Activity Behavior, Dietary Patterns, And Nutrition Knowledge Of Third- And Fourth-Grade Students In Western Massachusetts, Hui-Wen Huang, Stella L. Volpe

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Our Extension project assessed physical activity patterns and nutrition behavior and knowledge in elementary school students in a low-income community. Dietary patterns were similar to many large-scale studies, which have shown a trend of lower fat consumption; however, these children were unfamiliar with certain nutrient terms and categories. Most physical activities were performed in PE classes; however, community organizations and family played important roles. This survey provides a basis of children's nutrition knowledge and physical activity behavior. From this project we plan to develop appropriate nutrition and physical activity programs for children of similar age and socioeconomic status.

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Illinois Extension's Readiness To Address Children, Youth, And Families At Risk, Angela Wiley, Andre Mbassa, Al Zwilling Aug 2004

Illinois Extension's Readiness To Address Children, Youth, And Families At Risk, Angela Wiley, Andre Mbassa, Al Zwilling

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The study described here evaluates existing preparedness of Extension unit leaders in one state to meet the needs of children, youth, and families at risk. Survey findings of a representative sample include how leaders perceive at-risk audiences and how they assess their own experience, knowledge, and interest in serving them. We report the specific audiences needing programming in local communities and the programming that currently exists for them. Findings also include the programming leaders would like to offer given unlimited resources. We discuss existing strengths and propose ways to further support these professionals in areas relevant to at-risk audiences.

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Cooperative Extension Responding To Family Needs In Time Of Drought And Water Shortage, Kathy R. Bosch Aug 2004

Cooperative Extension Responding To Family Needs In Time Of Drought And Water Shortage, Kathy R. Bosch

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This article examines the impact of drought on family relationships and how Extension has responded to the needs of farm, ranch, and rural families. Information was based on a literature review and interviews with farmers, ranchers, and professionals working with rural issues. Rural families who experience economic hardships have been found to suffer stress and relationship tensions. However, more research is needed to understand how families cope in drought conditions. Extension has responded to the drought issue using various delivery methods to gather and disseminate information to provide support to farmers, ranchers, and professionals working with rural families.

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Clientele Impact For Beef Producers From A Grass-Roots Style Of Extension Programming, Cindy Sanders, Nick T. Place Aug 2004

Clientele Impact For Beef Producers From A Grass-Roots Style Of Extension Programming, Cindy Sanders, Nick T. Place

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The Alachua County Master Cattlemen program is developed for small beef producers to help increase profitability. Because small beef producers are at a disadvantage in marketing truck loads of cattle and retaining ownership, educational programs relating to beef cattle management are used to give producers tools to manage their cattle in order to become more profitable. As a result of these programs, a small beef cooperative has been formed to take advantage of marketing alternatives. This cooperative has shown a significant increase in price per pound received, and this has resulted in a cumulative economic impact of $42,500.

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A Model For Testing New Seed Technologies, Peter R. Thomison, Roger W. Elmore, Greg W. Roth, Joseph G. Lauer Aug 2004

A Model For Testing New Seed Technologies, Peter R. Thomison, Roger W. Elmore, Greg W. Roth, Joseph G. Lauer

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Extension specialists from several North Central states recently proposed a new approach to expedite and facilitate evaluation of new genetically modified organism (GMO) hybrids through multi-state testing. As an example of this approach, newly released GMO glyphosate tolerant (GT) corn hybrids were evaluated at multiple locations across five states in 1999 and nine states in 2001. This cooperative testing effort demonstrated that powerful sets of data across a range of production environments could be generated with a minimal amount of input and resource allocation for the individual states.

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Super Nutrition Activity Program, Barbara Brown, Janice Hermann Aug 2004

Super Nutrition Activity Program, Barbara Brown, Janice Hermann

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Children's health, especially related to nutrition, food safety, and lack of physical activity, has become a national priority. The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service Super Nutrition Activity Program (SNAP) was designed to increase knowledge and application of proper nutrition, food safety, and physical activity behaviors among children, grades 3-5. The SNAP program was effective in improving school-age children, grades 3-5, total SNAP Check scores and individual question scores.

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