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Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1925-09-03
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23564
Journal Title:
Hartford Courant
Journal Title Details:
: 6
Notes:
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., Surveys by county agents suggest that numbers of farms equipped with radios in the U.S. grew from 145,000 in 1923 to 365,000 in 1924 to 550,000 in 1925. Farmers were found to tune in not so much for grand opera or baseball or political speecheds as for weather and market reports.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
LaFollette, Marcel C. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2002-09
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C18305
Journal Title:
Science Communication
Journal Title Details:
24(1) : 4-33
Notes:
Notes that radio played an important role in public education in two science-related areas - agriculture and public health. "These are (not uncoincidentally) areas in which government agencies and communities of experts took an early, active interest." Cites weather reports as early as 1921 (University of Wisconsin station) and regular farm market reports in 1922.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Schroeder, Ted C. (author), Grunewald, Sarah (author), and Ward, Clement E. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: C24871
Journal Title:
Review of Agricultural Economics
Journal Title Details:
26(4) : 539-551
Notes:
Describes a framework for establishing prices in the absence of publicly reported information.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Nanseki, Teruaki (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1998
Published:
Japan
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24500
Notes:
Retrieved July 4, 2006, First Asian Conference for Information Technology in Agriculture, January 24-26, 1998, in Wakayama City, Japan. 2 pages
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1926-01-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23563
Journal Title:
Hartford Courant
Journal Title Details:
: D11
Notes:
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., Surveys by county agents suggest that numbers of radio sets on farms in the U.S. had grown from 145,000 in 1923 to 365,000 in 1924 and 553,000 in 1925. A survey in1923 shows that the average price of the manufactured sets on farms was $175.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1926-01-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19163
Journal Title:
New York Times
Journal Title Details:
Section 9
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Good, Darrel L. (author), Irwin, Scott H. (author), Pennings, Joost M.E. (author), and Isengildina, Olga (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23304
Journal Title:
Agribusiness
Journal Title Details:
21(1) : 109-128
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Harper, Dix (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2006-05
Published:
USA: National Association of Farm Broadcasters (NAFB)
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C23909
Journal Title:
CHATS
Journal Title Details:
3(5) : 5-6
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Murphy, Rob (author / Informa Economics, Inc.)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2006-02-16
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23746
Notes:
Presented at 2006 Agricultural Outlook Forum sponsored by U.S. Department of Agriculture in Arlington, Virginia, February 16-17, 2006. 5 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Agricultural Publishers Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
1924-03-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24859
Notes:
Bulletin No. 10, page 2., Reports results of survey among 73 county farm bureaus. Findings suggest that 7-10 percent of the rural population of the state have installed receiving sets.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005-12
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24232
Journal Title:
Appropriate Technology
Journal Title Details:
32(4) : 24
Notes:
Describes eChoupal, a network of internet kiosks to "access up-to-date data about the weather, input costs, market prices and technical knowledge, all in the local language."
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Azzam, A.M. (author) and Salvador, S. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24597
Journal Title:
Information Economics and Policy
Journal Title Details:
16(2) : 275-286
Notes:
Regarding the information pooling arrangement mandated by the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Wheeler, W.A. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1921
Published:
USA: Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14476
Notes:
Pages 127-146 in U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1920 Yearbook of Agriculture.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Weber, Barry (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1997
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 100 Document Number: C08564
Journal Title:
Progressive farmer
Journal Title Details:
112(1) : 14
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Van Dyke, John (author)
Format:
Speech
Publication Date:
2005-02-25
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22156
Notes:
Presented at Agricultural Outlook Forum 2005 sponsored by U. S. Department of Agriculture in Arlington, Virginia, February 24-25, 2005.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Timko, M. (author) and Loyns, R.M.A. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1989-12
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C16722
Journal Title:
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics
Journal Title Details:
37 : 609-627
Notes:
Workshop proceedings.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Crowder, L. Van (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1997
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24079
Journal Title:
Information Development
Journal Title Details:
13(4) : 179-183
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1926-03-16
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23562
Journal Title:
Hartford Courant
Journal Title Details:
: 12
Notes:
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., USDA reports estimates of more than 1 million receiving sets now in regular use on farms. Article describes listener acceptance of the new medium. Also describes response to the USDA experimental radio market news service announced on December 21, 1920, and developed thereafter.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1926-03-31
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23561
Journal Title:
Hartford Courant
Journal Title Details:
: 12
Notes:
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 2 pages., Report of a nationwide survey among farm residents by the National Farm Radio Council. Identifies kinds of programs valued by listeners. Article also describes the role and organization of the Council.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
United Nations - Habitat.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005
Published:
Kenya
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23736
Notes:
Best practices database in improving the living environment. 2 pages., Describes a market information system and service for smallholder farmers, using low-cost information and communication technologies. During the last season, farmers who used the MIS to market their maize obtained 22% higher prices than those who did not.