Telg, Ricky W. (author), Lundy, Lisa (author), Wandersee, Cassie (author), Mukhtar, Saqib (author), Smith, David (author), Stokes, Phillip (author), and University of Florida
Kansas State University
Texas A&M University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2018
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United States: New Prairie Press
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 1 Document Number: D10163
14 pages; Article 5, via online journal article, The Cattle and Climate Conversations Workshop for Cooperative Extension and Natural Resources Conservation Service, the last activity funded through a multi-regional United States Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) grant, took place in October 2016 in Denver, Colorado, for Extension and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) representatives in the Southwest and Mountain West who work extensively with cattle producers. The purpose of this study was to identify how Extension agents and NRCS personnel in this workshop viewed the issue of “trust,” as it relates to communicating the topic of climate change to cattle producers. Three focus groups, comprised of 29 attendees of the workshop, were conducted simultaneously at the end of the conference. Specific themes about trust included the politically charged nature of climate change, climate change data manipulation, negativity of media surrounding climate change, weathercasters getting predictions wrong, agriculture getting a “black eye” with the public, and participants’ relationships with cattle producers. Findings indicate varying levels of distrust, related to sources of information and influence on the topic of climate change, greatly impact how and whether Extension Service and NRCS employees actually talk “climate change” to cattle producers. Based on the study’s findings, it is recommended that for Extension and NRCS employees to talk about controversial issues, like climate change, it is important to create relationships with clients. In addition, communication and education professionals working with cattle producers should avoid politicizing the topic of climate change if they want climate-related programs to be accepted.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27630
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Posted at http://www.fsa.usda.gov, 3 pages., Describes a certified state agricultural mediation program administered by the Farm Service Agency, Outreach Staff of the USDA. Cites examples of use.
9 pages., Author reports on the benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of agricultural trade promotion, observing an average of $10 return from $1 invested and noting that funds allocated to such promotion have been relatively small. ... "Given the high BCRs to export promotion...as reported by several studies, increased funding to those underfunded programs could produce rather dramatic results..."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 91 Document Number: C06558
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James F. Evans Collection, Washington, D.C. : U.S. General Accounting Office, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, 1991. 12 p. (Report to Congressional Requesters GAO/RCED-92-15)
Article located in ACDC collection of NAAJ/NFEA Newsletter issues., Report of a survey by Farm Futures magazine. Fifty-nine percent of responding farm readers said they feel ethical standards of producers have gotten worse during the past 10 years.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C09336
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National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/88. Box No. 1 Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center, 1950 annual Report. No. 2. 3.