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The Extension Connection: 2004 Annual Report Edition Extension
to Agriculture Iowa State University Extension provides research-based information and education to agricultural producers, landowners, agribusiness personnel, community development officials and policy-makers to enhance the value of Iowa’s agricultural industry, increase rural vitality, protect the state’s natural resources and stimulate new economic development opportunities. • 106,548 Iowans participated in Extension’s noncredit workshops, conferences, field meetings and home study programs to increase their understanding and skills related to agricultural enterprise management, natural resource protection and rural economic development. • 154,257 individuals received targeted newsletters, called Extension hotlines or received individual consultations — a 15 percent increase over the previous year. • More than 1,000 beef producers and agribusiness personnel participated in Extension’s bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) program, a satellite broadcast downlinked in Iowa and 16 other states, offered via Web stream, and carried on RFD-TV nationwide. • Extension trained more than 18,000 private pesticide applicators in safe pesticide handling. • Extension annually trains nearly 3,000 manure applicators. In 2004, 59 percent of confinement site applicators and 37 percent of commercial manure applicators planned to develop an emergency action plan to help prepare for events such as a manure spill or leak. • 2,000 active Extension Master Gardeners contributed more than 80,000 hours of volunteer service to their communities, with an estimated financial value of more than $900,000. Learn more about ISU Extension to Agriculture and Natural Resources. |
Annual Report Edition homepage The Extension Connection is a quarterly publication of Iowa State University Extension. Send a message: Nondiscrimination statement and information disclosures Last update: January 2005
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