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Item A needs assessment of operational and production practices of Montana beef prodcuers(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 2024) Paul, Makayla Rae; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Shannon ArnoldMontana State University Extension provides educational programming for beef producers across the state of Montana. To develop programming opportunities for beef producers in Montana, Extension agents must first identify their needs. To determine the needs of beef producers in Montana, needs assessments should be conducted periodically. The purpose of this study was to explore Montana beef producers' operational and production practices and preferences for educational programming. This study used a descriptive research design. The study utilized a web-based survey for data collection and was distributed to participants utilizing email to examine the characteristics of Montana beef producers. The survey was delivered to county Extension agents employed by Montana State University, agents forwarded the survey information to beef producers located in their counties. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The study identified barriers to attending programming were timing of programming and scheduled dates. The preference of program delivery was identified to be traditional 1-2-hour meetings with applicable research, reading materials, and tools to take home. The data indicated Montana beef producers want education focused on cattle marketing, range management, and virtual fencing. It was also identified that producers utilize pocket-sized books to collect herd level data and most often collecting data on pregnancy rate. Respondents indicated they do not collect herd level data on liver and blood, fecal, and not harvested feedstuffs. When adopting new operational practices, the data declared cost to be a major concern to producers and their biggest daily concern to be cow/calf management. It was recommended for Extension agents to focus programming efforts to provide tools for producers to use on their operations. These tools should include tools to assist with cattle marketing, range management and accounting software. It was recommended for MontGuides to be developed for herd health, reproduction, and sampling of distinct types of feedstuffs and bodily fluid.Item How do county extension agents and extension specialists use the demonstration technique for extending weed research findings to farmers in Montana(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1976) Gursoy, Orhan VedatItem A study of extension service advisory committees in eleven western states and in Montana(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1979) Boe, Nels E.Item Perceptions of who should perform selected 4-H tasks in Montana(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1987) Bertelsen, David Laurits; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: C. Van ShelhamerItem The Montana Extension Service field staff performance appraisal process(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1984) Hoffman, Laurence AdamItem Farmer and rancher use of the Montana Cooperative Extension Service(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1982) Sullivan, Jerald BernardItem Local policies for extension education(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1955) Nielson, Melvin E.Item The county agent in transition(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 1966) Gibson, WayneThe 1960 U. S. D. A. Agricultural Census showed that three per cent of the farms produced 30 per cent of the total farm business. The 45 per cent largest American commercial farms did well over 90 per cent of the farming business. To look at it from another angle, 55 per cent of the farms only produced ten per cent of the farm products. One more statistic of interest is that the 35 per cent smallest farms only produced four per cent of the value of farm sales. The point I am trying to make in all these figures is the tremendous change which has occurred in agriculture, most of it since the Second World War. Where does our Extension Service stand in this drastically changing picture, and where will it stand in the future? This paper is prepared to propose a system which might be adapted by the Montana Extension Service to better fill the needs of not only the Rural population but also the urban people who are now demanding more and more of the services of this organization.Item The public's perception of extension in Montana(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, Health & Human Development, 1988) Garoutte, Charlene RichItem Mobilizing the rural home front : the extension service, Montana women, and World War II(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2003) Werner, Kathleen Elizabeth; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Mary MurphyThe U.S. government’s push to mobilize all sectors of its population during World War II has taken many forms. For women, most of the attention has focused on urban workers and others who may have engaged in factory work. Rural women, however, were important during the war. Agricultural production was vital to America’s success; a country needs to feed its people to win a war. Unlike the popularization of work in the factories, women’s labor in agricultural production was not feminized. The government worked to create an ideology for rural women that preserved their identity as homemakers but also encouraged agricultural labor. In the rural front, women had to be pulled into the effort; mobilizing them to the cause was essential to national unity. The purpose of this research is to examine the mobilization efforts made towards rural Montana women. What kinds of messages did the national press issue to women, and specifically, to what extent did the Montana Home Extension Service participate in assisting the government’s construction of rural women’s wartime identity? Examining the Cooperative Extension Service’s annual reports in Montana demonstrates how the government sought to mobilize rural women. By looking at Montana State College Home Economics Department’s domestic and scientific training demonstrates how rural women were helped during the war years. Lastly, by comparing those findings with national magazines idea of women’s identity in World War II shows the importance of homemakers. The study reveals that rural women were presented as patriotic homemakers, whose sole aim was to preserve democratic ideals and safeguard the family.