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32. New challenges for conservation partners
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nowak, Peter J. (author / Associate Professor, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1986-09
- Published:
- USA: Ankeny, IA : Soil Conservation Society of America.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05270
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Journal Title Details:
- 41 (5) : 278-284.
33. Obstacles to adoption of conservation tillage
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nowak, Peter J. (author / Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA) and Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1983-05
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 71 Document Number: C03202
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Journal Title Details:
- 38(3) : 162-165
- Notes:
- Phase II
34. Organizing an information program for nonpoint pollution control
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sorenson, Douglas D. (author / Information Specialist, River County Resource Conservation and Development Area, Wisconsin) and Information Specialist, River County Resource Conservation and Development Area, Wisconsin
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1985
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 71 Document Number: C03204
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Journal Title Details:
- 40(1) : 82-83
- Notes:
- Phase II
35. Providing information to farmers for groundwater quality protection
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Contant, Cheryl K. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1990-03
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C16723
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Journal Title Details:
- 45 : 314-317
36. Providing information to farmers for groundwater quality protection
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Contant, Cheryl K. (author / Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 83 Document Number: C05034
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Journal Title Details:
- 45 (2) : 314-317
37. Public communication of soil conservation practices: a large-scale content analysis of wisconsin’s agricultural trade publications
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Chen, K. (author) and Shaw, B. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-02-10
- Published:
- USA: Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12612
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Journal Title Details:
- V. 77, Iss. 2
- Notes:
- 14pgs, The adoption of soil conservation practices by farmers offers the potential to greatly improve soil health and water quality at large geographic scales. In considering the potential benefits of soil conservation practices to improve ecological outcomes on farms, it is important to ascertain where farmers get their information about soil conservation and what type of information they are exposed to and by whom. One primary way that farmers learn about soil conservation practices is via agricultural trade publications (ATPs). We conducted a content analysis using a computational text analysis method to analyze all the online soil conservation coverage from four influential ATPs in Wisconsin. We focused on 10 different soil conservation practices and found that the most frequently covered soil conservation practices were tillage, manure, and grazing. Additionally, we analyzed the thematic categories for how each soil conservation practice was covered in terms of agricultural, environmental and economic benefits. Generally, articles tended to mention environmental and economic benefits more than agricultural benefits across all soil conservation practices. We also unpacked the subcategories of environmental benefits using cover crops practice as an example to demonstrate how it was covered in terms of subcategories such as biodiversity, sustainability, climate change, water quality, and soil health. Our analysis also looked at how agricultural technology was featured in the stories about soil conservation and found that this category was regularly mentioned for each practice. Finally, we examined the message sources for stories on soil conservation and found that extension and the federal government were the most the frequently cited entities. We also discussed how this form of computational content analysis can provide longitudinal insights about trends in a particular soil conservation practice like cover crops, which showed a clear upward trend in coverage in ATPs for the time period studied. These nuanced content analyses provide insights into what types of thematic categories are featured about soil conservation practices covered in ATPs in Wisconsin. Advocates of soil conservation practices can use our results to determine if some practices could benefit from more attention in ATPs as well as which benefits and themes have received more media coverage. Additionally, stakeholders from entities that serve as different message sources can determine how their organizations are doing as the spokespeople for the soil conservation practices being advocated.
38. Public perceptions of how farmers treat the soil
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Duffy, Patricia A. (author), Molnar, Joseph J. (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1988-03
- Published:
- USA: Ankeny, IA : Soil Conservation Society of America.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05557
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Journal Title Details:
- 43 (2) : 182-185.
- Notes:
- AGRICOLA ADL 88060121
39. Rainfall's the game, education's the aim
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Keen, Russ (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1986-09
- Published:
- USA: Ankeny, IA : Soil Conservation Society of America.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05296
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Journal Title Details:
- 41 (5) : 311-313.
40. Ready, willing, and able? USDA field staff as climate advisors
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wiener, S. (author), Roesch-McNally, G.E. (author), Schattman, R.E. (author), and Niles, M.T. (author)
- Format:
- Research
- Publication Date:
- 2020-01-01
- Published:
- USA: Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12061
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol 75, Issue 1
- Notes:
- 13 pages, via Online journal, Natural resource advisors operate at a natural resource-climate nexus that presents opportunity for utilization of regionally relevant climate science and tools to support climate smart decision making among land managers. This opportunity, however, may be underutilized. In thousands of county offices across the country, USDA field staff with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) interface with farmers on a daily basis to provide conservation technical assistance, farm loans, and disaster recovery assistance. In this study, we conducted a survey of NRCS field staff (n = 1,893) and a similar survey of FSA field staff (n = 4,621) to determine the following: (1) how concerned USDA field staff are with both general and specific climate and weather threats and their effect on agriculture and forestry, (2) what available climate and weather resources staff are currently using, (3) how these factors relate to USDA field staff's confidence and interest in playing the role of climate advisor, and (4) the differences that exist between NRCS and FSA field staff related to these research questions. We found that many USDA field staff are concerned about climate change in general and about several specific impacts, but fewer are confident in their ability to support land managers in addressing these impacts. Additionally, increased concern about climate threats was related to higher levels of climate and weather resource use and an increased desire to play the role of climate advisor, but was also related to lower levels of self-reported ability to play that role. These findings can be used to inform appropriate application of professional development opportunities and creation of tools and resources to improve professional uses of weather and climate information.