Progress 06/07/16 to 09/30/20
Outputs
Target Audience:Research is targeted to Southeastern Wyoming and Western Nebraska agricultural producers as well as associated government and industry agricultural personnel. The SAREC advisory board consists of local businessmen, local farmers, local ranchers, and related government and industry representatives. Some of our approaches to reaching this audience included an annual SAREC station field day, smaller crop-specific field days, press releases, weekly 15 to 30 minute radio segment with the local radio station, Instagram and Facebook postings, as well as presence (booth or sponsorships) at local events, farmers markets and community programs. The current SAREC director sits on the local economic development board, and our personnel are also active with the local community college, Eastern Wyoming College located in Torrington, WY. Changes/Problems:Unfortunately, because of COVID-19 concerns and mandated University closure to the public, many efforts such as field days, open houses, trainings, etc. did not occur. This represents a major change compared to previous years concerning communication and dissemination of results. While written articles, radio programs and "virtual" presentations continued, overall dissemination efforts were reduced compared to previous reporting years. At the time of this reporting, it is still unclear as to what types of field days can be hosted, and what interaction with local producers and the public will look like. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Nearly all trainings at SAREC have continued, but have moved either off-site or become "virtual" due to university regulations and employee safety concerns. Continuing trainings include:1) Pesticide Applicator Trainings are coordinated out of the SAREC office for statewide educational programs (Virtual, in cooperation with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture). 2) Statewide ATV Safety videos and safety materials have been developed. 3) Food Safety workshops in cooperation with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture (branch office located at SAREC). 4) Regular trainings for local 4-H participants (9-18 yrs of age) associated with the Goshen County Supreme Cow program. This program focuses on understanding and using good beef cattle production techniques to raise a beef female from a weaned calf through her first offspring, a 2-year project. These meetings have continued, and are still organized and sponsored by SAREC personnel, but actual meetings have moved off-station. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?As mentioned previously in this final report, the main forms of dissemination to local communities include: 1) Annual field day(s) and associated written reports, 2020 Field days were cancelled but the reports are available online through Wyoming AES, located at http://www.uwyo.edu/uwexpstn/publications/index.html2) 2) Regular monthly segment in the Wyoming Livestock Roundup, the statewide ag-related weekly newspaper with approximately 6,000 statewide subscriptions. 3) Regular articles and interviews with local newspapers, including the Torrington Telegram, Platte County Record-Times, aswell as the Scottsbluff (NE) Star-Herald. 4) Weekly 20 minute radio segment with KGOS local radio station. 5) Regular interviews and updates through Northern Broadcasting, a news service that provides agricultural content and market reports for radio stations in Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota and North Dakota. 6) Regular postings on facebook and instagram pages for SAREC. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1) Despite COVID-19 protocols, the SAREC station still facilitated over 55 total research projects in 2020, 24 of which were reported in various forms, including the CoANR/WAES Annual Field Days Bulletin (2020, reported in this update). 2) Results from the research were presented in distanced and remote formats, including: Individual/specific consultation, "virtual" field days, associated bulletins, press releases in local newspapers including the Torrington Telegram, Platte County Record-Times and Scottsbluff Star-Herald. Our weekly SAREC radio broadcast has continued, as well as facebook and instagram postings. 3) Engagement efforts at the center struggled this year due to health concerns and increased health protocols. We continue strive to meet clientele needs. Our cooperative research projects with local Ag Chemical companies was postponed until 2021. We cancelled our annual elementary school fall field trip opportunity with local 3rd and 4th grade elementary students, affectionately called "taters for tots". In the past, this program would attract over 300 students from several surrounding schools. 4) Our annual SAREC Advisory meeting was cancelled, where we typically invite several individuals from SE Wyoming including government, industry and individual producers. 5) Optimistically, we have continued to work closely withour local Community College (Eastern Wyoming College, EWC) as well as the Goshen County Economic Development Corporation, in creating a more visible presence for the station within the local community. We hope to accept internships through EWC this coming 2021 summer growing season, and SAREC and EWC have partnered on several grant applications.
Publications
- Type:
Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2020
Citation:
http://www.uwyo.edu/uwexpstn/centers/sarec/
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Other
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
University of Wyoming CoANR 2020 Field Days Bulletin.(UW-SAREC section).
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Progress 10/01/18 to 09/30/19
Outputs
Target Audience:Research is targeted to Wyoming agricultural producers as well as associated government and industry personnel. The SAREC advisory board consists of local businessmen, local farmers, local ranchers, and related government and industry personnel. Some of our approaches to reaching this audience included an annual SAREC station field day, smaller crop-specific field days, press releases, weekly radio segment with the local radio station, Instagram and Facebook postings, as well as presence at local events, farmers markets and community programs. The current SAREC director sits on the local economic development board, and our personnel are also active with the local community college, Eastern Wyoming College. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Trainings at SAREC include: 1) Pesticide Applicator Trainings are coordinated out of the SAREC office for statewide educational programs. 2) Statewide ATV Safety workshops 3) Food Safety workshops in cooperation with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture food and foodservice inspection branch 4) Regular trainings for local 4-H participants (9-18 yrs of age) associated with the Goshen County Supreme Cow program. This program focuses on understanding and using good beef cattle production techniques to raise a beef female from a weaned calf through her first offspring, a 2 year project. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?As mentioned above, the main forms of dissemination to local communities include: 1) Annual field day(s) and associated written reports. The same reports are available online through Wyoming AES, located at http://www.uwyo.edu/uwexpstn/publications/index.html 2) Regular monthly segment in the Wyoming Livestock Roundup, the statewide ag-related weekly newspaper with approximately 6,000 statewide subscriptions. 3) Regular articles and interviews with local newspapers, including the Torrington Telegram, Platte County Record-Times, as well as the Scottsbluff (NE) Star-Herald. 4) Weekly 20 minute radio segment with KGOS local radio station. 5) Regular interviews and updates through Northern Broadcasting, a news service that provides agricultural content and market reports for radio stations in Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota and North Dakota. 6) Regular postings on facebook and instagram pages for SAREC. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Moving forward we plan to continue current efforts, but also further develop our internet presence through Facebook and Instagram. UW-SAREC hopes to develop, in addition to short weekly updates, more audio and video content, either through a weekly blog or podcast postings.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1) The SAREC station facilitated over 65 total research projects in 2019, 30 of which were reported in various forms, including the CoANR/WAES Annual Field Days Bulletin (2019, reported in this update). 2) Results from the research were presented in various formats, including: Individual/specific field days such as WY Crop Consultants tour, WY Forage Field Day, WY Dry Bean Tour, WY Wheatgrowers Tour, and associated bulletins, press releases in local newspapers, our weekly SAREC radio broadcast, as well as facebook and instagram postings. 3) Engagement efforts at the center continue to evolve to better meet clientele needs. We continued our annual elementary school fall field trip opportunity with local 3rd and 4th grade elementary students, affectionately called "taters for tots" which includes an educational program, station tour, and an opportunity to dig their own backpack full of potatoes to take home. This program attracts over 300 students from several surrounding schools. 4) We host an annual SAREC Directors meeting, inviting several individuals from SE Wyoming including government, industry and individual producers. 5) Finally, we have worked closely withour local Community College (Eastern Wyoming College, EWC) as well as the Goshen County Economic Development Corporation, in creating a more visible presence for the station within the local community. This relationship has led to several additional opportunities, including an internship program developed with EWC for community college students who show an interest in research and science. We also assist with leadership and professional opportunity "workshops" with Torrington high school.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
University of Wyoming CoANR 2019 Field Days Bulletin. p. 49-84 (UW-SAREC section).
http://www.uwyo.edu/uwexpstn/publications/field-days-bulletin/2019-field-day-bulletin.pdf
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Progress 10/01/17 to 09/30/18
Outputs
Target Audience:Research is targeted to Wyoming agricultural producers as well as associated government and industry personnel. Some of our approaches to reaching this audience include an annual SAREC station field day, smaller crop-specific field days, press releases, weekly radio segment with the local radio station, Instagram and Facebook postings, as well as booth presence at local events, farmers markets and community programs. The current SAREC director sits on the local economic development board, and our personnel is also active with the local community college. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Training provided for local law enforcement personnel and first responders focusing on emergency preparedness and techniques in responding to animal-related accidents. Training provided for food safety in cooperation with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture food inspection branch on food service protocols for large events. Regular trainings for local 4-H participants (9-18 yrs of age) associated with the Goshen County Supreme Cow program. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?As mentioned above, the main forms of dissemination to local clientele include: 1) Annual field day(s) and associated written reports. The same reports are available online through Wyoming AES. 2) Regular monthly segment in the Wyoming Livestock Roundup, the statewide ag-related weekly newspaper with statewide subscriptions 3) Regular articles and interviews with local newspapers, including the Torrington Telegram, Platte County Record-Times, as well as the Scottsbluff (NE) Star-Herald. 4) Weekly 20 minute radio segment with KGOS local radio station 5) Regular postings on facebook and instagram pages for SAREC What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Continue current efforts, but develop a stronger partnership with Eastern Wyoming College (EWC), providing research expertise to classes as well as providing field trip opportunities and real-life data gathering for ag-related classes.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1) The SAREC station facilitated over 60 total research projects, 30 of which were reported in various forms, including the WAES Annual Field Day Bulletin (2018). 2) Results from the research were presented in various formats, including field days and associated bulletins, press releases in local newspapers, weekly radio broadcast, as well as facebook and instagram postings. 3) Engagement efforts at the center have increased dramatically. We annually host a "taters for tots" educational program and station tour for local 3rd and 4th grade elementary students from several surrounding schools. In addition to the annual field day we routinely host additional "mini" field days that are more interactive. These additional field days include the Wheat Variety Tour, Dry Bean Variety Tour, and Forage Field Day. We host an annual SAREC Directors meeting, inviting several individuals from SE Wyoming including government, industry and individual producers. Finally, we have worked closely with our local Community College (Eastern Wyoming College, EWC) as well as the Goshen County Economic Development Corporation, in creating a more visible presence for the station within the local community.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Center. 2018. Research projects, p. 86-145. in: Field Days Bulletin WAES 2018. Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station,
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Progress 10/01/16 to 09/30/17
Outputs
Target Audience:Area farmers and ranchers, Extension educators Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Undergraduate student interns have been hired during the summer. These students are required to take on leadership for collecting data and analysis for a specific research project. They report results through a poster presentation at our annual field day. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?At this point, results from this study have mostly been disseminated through both mini-field days and full field days. These have been in-person presentations. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will finish up the analysis of the corn hail study and publish results. We are initiating new studies directly related to sustainable agriculture in eastern Wyoming including grazing and soil health, carbon amendments for soil improvment, growing ancient grains as a niche crop, and seeding different mixes of pasture grasses (part of a statewide study). These are in addition to activities related to being able to measure water and energy use in our irrigated systems, establishing an irrigated organic field, and upgrading our use of precision agriculture practices. We continue to meet regularly with farmers and ranchers both to disseminate information and to engage them in discussions.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1. In late summer of 2016, a severe hail storm hit the UW Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Center and destroyed most of the crop production, especially corn being grown for feed. We instituted an immediate response research study to determine what options farmers may have in the future. The objectives of this study were to: 1. Determine the best practice to manage hail damaged corn stalks. 2. Evaluate winter cereal cover crops sown into hail damaged corn fields. 3. Measure the impact management decisions have on the next year's corn crop. 4. Calculate the economics for each treatment. 2. A mini-field day was held at the end of the first summer of 2016 and the research area was highlighted in our annual field day in 2017. Local farmers attended, discussed what was presented, observed results, and learned about the forthcoming outputs. 3. A panel of local corn farmers was invited to participate in the study design right after the hail event. They have continued to be involved in a dialogue about the results and what we found and what they found on their own properties.
Publications
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Progress 06/07/16 to 09/30/16
Outputs
Target Audience:Research is targeted for farmers, ranchers, and the general public. We have held workshops and field days to reach these audiences. Changes/Problems:Most research field plots were destroyed in a late July hail storm. Very little data from all of the research will be useful. This led to an opportunistic short-term demonstration study on what farmers could do to recoup some value from their farmland related to cover and forage crops for cattle grazing. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Results were disseminated through the Field Days Bulletin and at the field day held at the Center. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?This being the first year of the project, we will continue to facilitate research at the center, disseminate research through the field days bulletin and other publications and hold targeted field days on specific topics as well as our general field day, and facilitate engagement with our stakeholders through more active participation with outside groups and producers.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1. The Center facilitated about 19 research projects related to agricultural production to promote sustainable land and resource use. In addition, the Center was hailed out at the end of July and we initiated a cover crop and forage study on land that had the corn crop destroyed. 2. Results of various studies were disseminated through a published field day bulletin, individual meetings with farmers and ranchers, and a field day were held at the Center. 3. The field day provided an opportunity for our stakeholders to hear about what was happening and to interact with faculty and students who conduct the research. We have interacted specifically with individual producers and agriculture-related businesses, Eastern Wyoming College, the Goshen County Economic Development Corportation, and the Lingle-Fort Laramie Conservation District to ensure that our message on sustainable agricultural practices is getting to the public.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Center. 2016. Research projects, p. 91-132. In: Field Days Bulletin WAES 2016. Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station, Laramie, WY.
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