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2010

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Beef producers

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An Evaluation Of The Newsletter “Beef Cattle Time” – Determining The Impacts Of “Beef Cattle Time” As Perceived By Tennessee Beef Producers, Christina L. Perez Aug 2010

An Evaluation Of The Newsletter “Beef Cattle Time” – Determining The Impacts Of “Beef Cattle Time” As Perceived By Tennessee Beef Producers, Christina L. Perez

Masters Theses

This study examined the impacts of a beef cattle newsletter, “Beef Cattle Time,” on Tennessee beef producers. The purpose of this study was to assess the impacts of “Beef Cattle Time” as perceived by Tennessee beef producers on the utilization, satisfaction, benefit, and future of this newsletter. A self-developed, seventy-six question, survey was mailed to 639 randomly selected Tennessee beef cattle producers. Two hundred seventy six (43%) participants responded. One hundred thirty-four (48.6%) reported reading “Beef Cattle Time” and 142 (51.4%) had never read “Beef Cattle Time.” The utilization of “Beef Cattle Time” as a source of information was found …