The Extension Connection

Iowa State Unviersity Extension

Helping You Become Your Best

The Extension Connection:
2005 Annual Report Edition

Advancing Iowa’s economic vitality has been and continues to be a focus for Iowa State University Extension — from helping manufacturers increase productivity, to guiding farmers in developing value-added agribusiness ventures, to educating families so they can gain greater control of their current spending and provide for their long-term financial security. See examples of the many ways ISU Extension is helping you become your best.

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Positive Differences for Iowa Communities
Extension’s Children, Youth and Families at Risk (CYFAR) grant projects and program coordinators have created positive resources and built foundations for future outreach in Sioux City and Perry.

Finishing Cattle Can Be Profitable
Extension’s Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity (TCSCF) program provides research information to consigners and feedlots and also stimulates the area’s economy.

Visualize What a Community Can Be
The Fort Madison Downtown Visualization project consortium expects to rally the community around economic development planning with assistance from ISU Extension and state-of-the-art GIS-based software.

Special Olympics National Games to Showcase Iowa
Obvious community support and economic benefits will surround an event being planned by ISU Extension’s University Conference Services (UCS). The first Special Olympics USA National Games is coming to Ames in July 2006.

Shooting Sports Programs Emphasize Education, Safety
Extension’s fastest growing 4-H program is Safety and Education in Shooting Sports. Certified volunteers lead shooting programs in more than half of Iowa’s counties.

Industries Save Energy
Iowa industries experience meaningful growth through ISU Extension efforts to help them optimize energy savings. Extension’s Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS), in partnership with the Iowa Energy Center and the Industrial Assessment Center (IAC), provides educational materials and services to manufacturers.

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Review ISU Extension's financial report
ISU Extension's financial report for FY 2005 is available.
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In Fiscal Year 2005

More than 754,000 clients had contact with Extension programs.
Extension provided noncredit educational programming to more than 433,000 lifelong learners.
More than 16,000 volunteers worked with Extension programs.
More than 22 million pages of information were accessed from Extension’s Web servers.
Nearly 8 million online educational materials were downloaded.
ISU Extension reached more than 50,000 listeners each week with market news and commodity and business reports.

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Last update: January 2006

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Your County Connections

Byron Leu, standing, discusses ISU Extension's $600,000 federal grant to train meat plant employees in proper food safety and help implement animal handling and quality assurance procedures.

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Teens learn how to use a sweep net and identify insects at a Field Extension Education Laboratory (FEEL) workshop during the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference.

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Iowa State community and regional planning students discuss the comprehensive plan they developed for Elkhart and get feedback from residents. This is part of ISU Extension’s PLaCE program (Partnering Landscape and Community Enhancement).