Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes8 Document Number: D09067
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Includes Documents C12219 "The effective consultant or technical assistant in agricultural communications in developing countries" and C08809 "Staffing the U.S. contribution to international development assistance in agriculture"., Francis C. Byrnes Collection
22 pages., via online journal., The community engagement professional (CEP) plays a critical role in engaging faculty, staff, and students with communities. In order to do this in the most effective way, this essay advocates
for CEPs to become familiar with the Cooperative Extension system and develop competency for engaging Extension personnel, even when those personnel are not a part of the CEP’s home institution. The essay extends the work of Dostilio et al. (2017) on preliminary competencies for the community engagement professional by identifying additional competencies, organized as knowledge, skill, and dispositions, that can help CEPs work with the Cooperative Extension system to maximize engagement opportunities for faculty, staff, and students. This essay also includes ideas for implementing competency training for CEPs. Conclusions include thoughts on preparing the community engagement professional to learn and collaborate with Cooperative Extension to enrich the academic experience and benefit the communities they serve.
Online from publication. 2 pages., Features agricultural broadcaster Gale Cunningham, president-elect of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB), and his wife Beth at the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11964
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Online via AgriMarketing Weekly. 3 pages., Report of Orion Samuelson's decision to retire December 31 from WGN, Chicago, Illinois, with some 60 years of farm reporting experience and leadership.
19 pages, via online journal, Dairy farms pose many hazards to farmers and their employees, including the risk of injury caused by handling animals. On many farms, there is a lack of consistent information and training related to farm safety topics, including stockmanship, or safe animal handling. The purpose of this qualitative research was to explore effective communication strategies that support the application of stockmanship practices and more broadly support health and safety measures and the adoption of new behaviors by farmers and their employees. Research was conducted in three stages via in-depth farm tours and in-person interviews, a qualitative survey, and follow-up phone interviews with dairy farmers. Findings identified four values and moral norms important to dairy farmers and four barriers to implementation of farm safety practices. The research also revealed publications and in-person meetings as key channels of communication and on-farm consultants as important influencers. From the research findings, three major recommendations emerged. These include using a train the trainer educational model, engaging with professionals and encouraging farmer-to-farmer communication, and leveraging digital resources.
International: Salem Press Biographical Encyclopedia
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12175
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Online via UI Library Catalog search. Ebscohost. 4 pages., Biography of an influential rural and general sociologist, communication specialist, writer, and professor best known for developing the theory of diffusion and adoption of agricultural and other innovations.
