Twilight Meetings (Workshop (s))

• Agricultural Resources (Group)
• Tom Buob_1  (Tom Buob)
• Alan Eaton 07-11 Indiv. Plan of Work  (Alan Eaton)
• Peter Erickson's Individual Plan of Work  (Peter Erickson)
• Plan of Work for Nada Haddad  (Nada Haddad)
• Margaret Hagen
• George Hamilton - Agricultural Resources, Adminsration, Personal Development & Interdisciplinary Work  (George Hamilton)
• Catherine Neal - Commercial Horticulture and Landscape  (Cathy Neal)
• Geoffrey Njue - Agricultural Resources  (Geoffrey Njue)
• Amy Ouellette - Individual Ag. Resources  (Amy Ouellette)
• Sadie Puglisi, Agriculture Educator  (Sadie Puglisi)
• Tina Savage's individual Plan of Work  (Tina Savage)
• Becky Grube - Sustainable Vegetable and Fruit Production  (Becky Sideman)
• Cheryl Smith POW and Professional Development Plan  (Cheryl Smith)
• Stanley Swier - Landscape and Nursery IPM  (Stanley Swier)
• Turaj Ag Res  (Steven Turaj)
• Seth Wilner - Plan of Work for FYI 2007, Agricultural Resources, Administrative, Professional Development and interdisciplinary work  (Seth Wilner)

Reporting Summary

People reporting:   Heather Bryant, Tom Buob, Alan Eaton, Peter Erickson, Nada Haddad, Margaret Hagen, George Hamilton, Brian Krug, Michal Lunak, Cathy Neal, Geoffrey Njue, Amy Ouellette, Dorothy Perkins, Sadie Puglisi, Tina Savage, Becky Sideman, Cheryl Smith, Stanley Swier, Steven Turaj, Seth Wilner

Time period: Year to Date (Reporting Year 2007) (Generated: 08-Sep-10)

A population of program participants from across the state will be selected and surveyed to see if they achieved the outcomes listed above.

Oral interviews and direct observation techniques will be used by agricultural resources staff to assess new or diversified pest management practices adopted as a result of UNHCE educational activities.

A survey tool will be used to sample a random population of clients who sent in tissue samples and another for those who sent in soil samples. Within these groups, homeowners will be sampled separately from commercial growers. The survey will be used to assess whether crop nutrition was based on soil or tissue tests.

Oral interviews and direct observation techniques will be used by agricultural resources staff to assess new practices adopted as a direct result of UNHCE educational efforts. This information will be collated at a county and statewide level. 

Questionnaires will be used at grower meetings to get information directly from farmers regarding new management practices adopted as a result of UNHCE educational efforts, be these farm visits, programs, newsletters, etc.

Participants of educational activities focused on forage production and quality will be surveyed electronically to see if their forage production increased and/or if their forage quality increased. Forage tests, livestock rate of gain, calving, weaning weight and other such indicators will be used in the survey.

Ag staff will conduct oral interviews or use direct observations to evaluate this impact indicator.

Participants at pesticide re-certification trainings (PAT), as well as at other pest management programs will be surveyed via in-session questionnaires to determine if they adopted any new pest management practices or diversified their pest management practices as a result of UNHCE educational programs.

Oral interviews and direct observation techniques will be used by agricultural resources staff to assess new or diversified pest management practices adopted as a result of UNHCE educational activities.

A random sample of participants who attended marketing, pricing and other relevant UNHCE educational activities will be electronically surveyed to determine if any of outcomes listed above were achieved.
Oral interviews and direct observation techniques will be used by agricultural resources staff to assess new or diversified pest management practices adopted as a result of UNHCE educational activities.

Oral interviews and direct observation techniques will be used by agricultural resources staff to assess new practices adopted as a direct result of UNHCE educational efforts. This information will be collated at a county and statewide level. 

 Questionnaires will be used at grower meetings and other major UNHCE educational activities to get information directly from producers regarding adoption of any recommended practices or technologies such as new crops or varieties, production systems, season extension techniques and/or greenhouse lighting.