Add to ORKGExtension specialists at Penn State and University of Vermont continued their successful expansion of extension clientele to partner with FSA to train new loan officers from 12 states on agricultural production practices, related equipment and marketing challenges. The 3-4 day workshops were designed around a series of visits to farms and ag businesses. A follow-up workshop focused specifically on entrepreneurial innovators. Participant evaluations indicated that visits to ag businesses were the most highly rated activity, followed closely by farm visits. Overall satisfaction was very high, and nearly all participants indicated the training would make them better loan officers
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Extension agricultural educators face the challenge of reaching busy business people--farmers. Often...
Extension programs and events can be expensive to operate. This article covers innovative ideas to a...
Extension faculty function in a political arena and should be politically active in Extension issues...
Extension specialists at Penn State and University of Vermont continued their successful expansion o...
A booth at the farmers\u27 market was set up in Bozeman, Montana during 2007 to promote Extension ac...
Finding sources of funding to create a teaching or demonstration garden for Extension educational pu...
Through collaboration with community partners, UVM Extension has been able to reach and have an impa...
The method of focus groups is used to engage farmers, crop insurance agents, and lenders in a risk m...
When assisting stakeholders developing new value-added businesses, Extension faculty need to direct ...
The ways in which farmers put their visions into action are indicative of their mental models of far...
Extension professionals are increasingly being asked to account for their activities through formal ...
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension collaborated with Cherryfield Foods, Inc. to create an...
This article addresses positive and negative aspects of teaching horticulture to underserved prison ...
With oil prices so volatile, Cooperative Extension agents can play an important role in the evolutio...
Changing demographics of rural Extension audiences create challenges to program delivery, and multip...
Extension agricultural educators face the challenge of reaching busy business people--farmers. Often...
Extension programs and events can be expensive to operate. This article covers innovative ideas to a...
Extension faculty function in a political arena and should be politically active in Extension issues...