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2. Pennsylvania agricultural producers' observations of changing environmental conditions: implications for research and extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Thorn, Kaila (author), Radhakrishna, Rama (author), and Tobin, Daniel (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-08
- Published:
- United States: Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12331
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- v. 57, n. 4
- Notes:
- 9 pages, To understand environmental conditions Pennsylvania agricultural producers had observed in the past and what their environmental concerns were for the future, we conducted a statewide survey. We used Spearman rank order correlations to show differences between past observations and future concerns regarding environmental conditions and found a disconnect between what respondents previously had observed and their anticipations for the future. Additionally, we used chi-square analysis to determine whether perspectives on environmental conditions were related to producer demographic characteristics. Two demographic variables were significant: generation of farmer and political affiliation. Our findings can assist Extension professionals in developing programs tailored to target audiences' environmental perceptions and demographics.
3. Questions farmers ask: implications for improving information resources for farmer audiences
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Formiga, Alice K. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-08-01
- Published:
- United States: Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12300
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 58, Num. 4
- Notes:
- 12 pages, eOrganic, the Organic Agriculture Community of eXtension, has conducted webinars on organic farming research for over a decade. I examined questions asked by farmers and university researchers or educators during 52 webinars presented 2015–2017. A higher proportion of questions asked by farmers than questions asked by researchers/educators were about risks, benefits, and problem solving, and the farmers' questions contained many innovative ideas about production. A higher proportion of researcher/educator questions than farmer questions related to details of research studies, though farmers also posed questions about research methods. This article contains suggestions about tailoring research presentations to farmer audiences and confirms the mutual benefits of collaborations between farmers and researchers.