USA: Federal Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08936
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Page 9 in Grace Gallup and Lucinda Crile, Bibliography on Extension Research, November 1943-1948. Library List No. 48. USDA Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. July 1949. Brief description of the first of two studies of identical title, as reported by the Agriculture College, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 1944. 9 pages.
USA: Federal Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08937
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Page 9 in Grace Gallup and Lucinda Crile, Bibliography on Extension Research, November 1943-1948. Library List No. 48. USDA Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. July 1949. Brief description of the second of two studies of identical title, as reported by the Agriculture College, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 1945. 15 pages.
cited reference, The Department of Agriculture, Victoria, ran a talk-back programme, "Phone the Farm Panel", over radio station 3GL, Geelong, between April 1971 and August 1972. The station's receiving area corresponds closely with the Department's Port Philip extension district, The experience suggested that urban listeners participate in such programmes more than do rural ones, and women more than men, which may be explained by the differing nature of their occupations. The exercise gave the extension officers involved valuable publicity and experience.
UI electronic subscription, Author analyzes the history, methods and impact of a radio program, "We say what we think," produced by a group of Dane County rural women during this period. Offers perspectives on how the Extension Service encouraged domesticity as the role of rural women. "Linking domesticity to the trope of progress in this way kept rural women from discussing the changes taking place around them." Author also comments on marginalization of rural sociology as a discipline in the academy.
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., "Educational programs of the Department of Agriculture were carried to millions of farm listeners in their homes during the last year by 149 broadcasting stations cooperating with the department. The stations devoted in the aggregate more than 1,000 hours each month to broadcasting information from the department."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C09956
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National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/92. Box No. 1. Cassette Box C. Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center, Audio Cassette Tapes, Oral History. #59.
USA: National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Platte City, Missouri.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 197 Document Number: D09509
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Online via NAFB website. 12 pages., Responses to the 2014 AMR farmer radio listening rating study (33 states) conducted by AMI Ag Media Research, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
2 pages., Posted online February 12, 2020., Brief news item announces that during December farm broadcaster Orion Samuelson (WGN Radio, Chicago, IL, and "This Week in Agri-Business" television program) marked his 45th year of doing a live year-end TV-radio interview with the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. It was conducted, as traditionally, in the office of the USDA Secretary in Washington, D.C.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 174 Document Number: C29538
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From CBC Morningside via Don Snowden Program for Development Communication. 6 pages., Exerpt from a CBC interview with Simon Halaghan, long-time member of the Farm Radio Forum.
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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D06772
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The document also identifies a link to this video production aired on national television, "Landline," at the weekend celebrating the 70th anniversary of rural programming on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation., Script via online from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 pages.
National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/88. Box No. 3. Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center
Nasr, Noureddine (author), Hdaidi, El Ayech (author), and Ayed, Ali Ben (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
Tunisia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01210
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Pages 293-299 in Waters-Bayer (eds.), Farmer innovation in Africa: a source of inspiration for agricultural development. Earthscan Publications, Ltd., London, England. 362 pages.
National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/88. Box No. 6. Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center
National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/88. Box No. 3. Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center
National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/88. Box No. 4. Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C09741
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National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/89. Box No. 2. Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center, Official Historian's Records 22 : 70
National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/90. Box No. 3. Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center, Past Presidents, 1944-85. 5 p.
Jackson, C.W. (author) and Bannister, Claire (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
1946
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 33 Document Number: B03588
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Mimeographed, 1946. 15 p. Class paper for Agricultural Education 614. Texas Agriculture College Extension, College Station. Review of Extension Research 1946/47-1956, Extension Service Circular 506, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
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.
National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/88. Box No. 3. Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C09344
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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, National Association of Radio Farm Directors 1946 Yearbook and Directory. 12-13.
National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/88. Box No. 3. Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center
The International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD)
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10917
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14 pages., via IAALD website., The study determined farmers’ adoption of Organic agricultural technologies disseminated via radio
farmer agricultural Extension programme in Imo state, Nigeria. An interview schedule was used to
collect data from a sample of 200 farmers. Results show that radio farmer broadcast and co-farmers
were the major sources of information to greater proportion of the farmers. Data on relevance of the
organic agricultural technologies disseminated showed that almost all the technologies were perceived
to be relevant except the use of biological pest control farming. The radio farmer agricultural
programme enhanced the extent of adoption of organic agricultural technologies namely; crop rotation
practice, planting of indigenous varieties, application of compost, mulching of crops, intercropping,
mixed cropping, crop residues, animal manuring, planting of legumes, green manure, off farm organic
waste, minimum tillage and alley cropping. Nevertheless, the adoptions of the technologies were
generally low. Age, farming experience and social participation significantly influenced adoption of
organic agricultural technologies disseminated via radio farm agricultural Extension programme. Major
constraints identified include short duration of programme, inappropriate scheduling of programme,
inability to ask relevant questions and get feed back from the radio presenter. The study recommends
among other things the rescheduling of the radio programme to very late in the evenings when the
farmers will be opportune to listen to the programme.
National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/88. Box No. 5. Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C09750
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National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/89. Box No. 7. Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center, Official Historian's Records 36 : 98
Afghanistan: U.S. Agency for International Development.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23486
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USAID Afghanistan: Weekly Reports. 2 pages., Describes the importance of radio in agricultural areas of Afghanistan, with the literacy rate of about 30%. Reports details of a recent agricultural journalism workshop for radio reporters.
Describes change in programming thrust of Ontario AgRadio Network from market information for producers to broader themes: food crops, livestock, technology and finance, and health (food safety) and environmental issues.
Radio program announcements have been appearing in various forms - bulletin, press release and pamphlet - from Kansas, Oregon, Michigan, South Dakota and Nebraska. Brief sketches of extension radio activities.
Tenney, R.W. (author), Trail, T.F. (author), and Tenney: Cornell University, Ithaca; Trail: Cooperative Extensive, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 55 Document Number: C01230
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 23 Document Number: B02421
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Harold Swanson Collection. Eugene A. Kroupa Collection., Thesis, master of science in agricultural journalism, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. 123 pages/
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00810
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Pages 40-42 in Report of the sensitisation workshop on rural radio for policy and decision makers in east and southern Africa, Lilongwe, Malawi, April 26-29 2005. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. 90 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: D06433
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Website of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists. 2 pages., Agricultural journalist describes paralysis of agriculture news in Burundi. Reports having been interrogated by police.
National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/89. Box No. 1. Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center, Official Historian's Records 15 : 38
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes6 Document Number: C12562
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Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Pages 51-72 in Paul F. Lazarsfeld and Frank N. Stanton (eds.), Communications research 1948-1949. Harper and Brothers, New York, NY. 332 p., Includes numbers and kinds of farm programs and homemaking programs (among other kinds) broadcast by U.S. stations. Also includes information about commercials featuring agriculture and household equipment (among other products and services).
Beeman, Carl E. (author), Cheek, Jimmy G. (author), Schroeder, Richard (author), and University of Florida, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 5 Document Number: B00525
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 192 Document Number: D03127
Notes:
Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois, Urbana. 35 pages., Features broadcast programs originated by members of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters for the week of May 1-7, 1949.
National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/88. Box No. 3. Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center
Report on efforts at the University of Arkansas to help people understand why the University is of special value to the entire population of the state. Agricultural editor Kenneth B. Roy concedes that some extension people might call this "propaganda." However, he adds, "we find in Arkansas that the general public becomes interested in Extension work when the story of its activities, programs and results is effectively told."
14 pages., via online journal, The study evaluated the potential of 19 radio stations to promote new or improved agricultural technologies to strengthen agricultural extension services. Key informant interviews were conducted with the station and/or program managers of the selected radio stations. Two female respondents i.e. from UBC Radio, and Impact FM and 17 male respondents from the remaining radio stations were interviewed. The survey used semi structured questionnaire to determine broadcasting languages, radio transmitter capacity, geographical coverage and audience, major programs and scheduling, use of modern ICT, staff capacity and feedback mechanism from the audience as well as experience in agricultural programming using participatory radio campaign. The collected data was analyzed using content analysis. 16 of the radio stations are commercial while the remaining three belong to public, community and religious radio stations. The potential audience of the surveyed radio stations varied from one to ten million. Seven broadcasting languages (English, Luganda, Lugisu, Lusoga, Japadhola, Ateso and Samia) were predominant, while English and Luganda cut across all communities. The estimated number of audience for each radio station varies from one to ten million listeners. The results also indicate that agricultural programs are not a major component of radio program with time allocation for agrictural programs comprising only 15 percent of total time allocation. However, ten radio stations had previous collaboration with international, regional or national NGOs to promote specific agricultural technology. Radio broadcasters of these radio stations had some form of agricultural programming including participatory radio campaign. Building on this experience, it is possible to reach more farmers through radio to strengthen adoption of recommended agricultural technologies.
