Sustainable Agricultural Practices for Weed Management: Implications to Agricultural Extension Education

Iowa Corn and Soybean Producers' Use of Communication Channels

“…The results support previous literature showing that the best way to communicate with producers is through a variety of communication channels (Boone & Zenger, 2001;Bruening et al, 1992;Creswell, 1990;Dollisso & Martin, 1999;Kotile & Martin, 2000;Lasley et al, 2001;Richardson & Mustian, 1994;Rollins et al, 1991;Suvedi et al, 1999;Trede & Whitaker, 1998). Extension educators and communicators should target the use of communication methods discussed in this study according to how producers use each method (Bouare & Bowen, 1990;Radhakrishna et al, 2003;Richardson & Mustian, 1994;Rollins, 1993).…”

“…Previous studies of Iowa crop producers showed that they use a variety of methods to gather agricultural information (Creswell, 1990;Kotile & Martin, 2000;Lasley et al, 2001;Trede & Whitaker, 1998). The 2005 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll (Korsching, Lasley, & Gruber, 2005) found that Iowa farmers use farm magazines and newsletters for information on innovative farming technologies and do not use the Internet as a primary source of agricultural information.…”

De la durabilité de l'agriculture raisonnée

“…Elle est nee des impasses en terme de developpement, et du souci de preservation de I'environnement, auxquels les chercheurs et decideurs sont confront& depuis les an&es 80. Pour ce qui est de la definition de la durabilite, la litterature, abondante sur ce sujet (Hansen, 1996;Kotile et Martin, 2000), s'accorde pour reconnaitre qu'elle est un concept qui associe le respect de I'environnement, le maintien de la rentabilite economique, I'acceptabilite et I'equite sociales, la transmission des biens et des connaissances, chacun de ces axes devant &tre considere pour lui-m@me et par rapport aux autres, dans une approche systemique. (Bosshard, 2000).…”

Is Extension Still Reaching Stakeholders? An Assessment of Minor Crop Producers’ Educational Needs and Use of Cooperative Extension Services

“…Typically, CES educators survey producers to ensure they are meeting their research and educational needs (Kotile & Martin, 2000). To accomplish the land-grant mission of providing cutting-edge and relevant research and educational support, it was important for Oklahoma State University to discover the extension education delivery needs of producers to determine if CES was meeting their needs for crop production information.…”