Expanding and Compounding
Your Efforts
2008
National Women in Agriculture
Educators Conference
April 1 & 2, 2008
Oklahoma City, OK
How You Get From Here:
To Here:
Presentation Plan
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Foundation — need for program
Curriculum
First Step
Expansion
Results
Future
Meet The Need..
..Now and Later
350000
289188
300000
237819
250000
200000
209784
172163
150000
100000
50000
1992
1997
2002
Women Farm Operators
Source: USDA Census of Agriculture
2007*
Foundation
Criteria Of A Successful Program
 Fills a deep-seated desire to become a better
person.
 Understands common needs and conditions.
 Logically simplistic.
 Provides a network.
 Fills a desire for learning.
 Legitimizes the role of farm women.
 Builds skills.
 Interesting and rewarding.
 Articulates a clear purpose and
understanding.
Foundation
Managing Information Systems
Annie’s Project
Program Proposal for
Foundation
Farm operations are increasingly
complex but not unmanageable.
Information Needs:
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Financial
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Production
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Market
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Legal
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Human Resources
Curriculum
Human Resources Risk
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Communication/Listening Skills
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Goal Setting
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Family Environment
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vs Business Environment
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Time Management
Tools: Color Matrix
Curriculum
Legal Risk
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Where’s the Lease
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Where’s the Contract
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Where are the Insurance Papers
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Where are last year’s (fill-in-blank)
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Do I Need to Have . . . ?
Tools:
Organizational Skills
Picking Professionals
Internet Skills
Curriculum
Market Risk
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When to Hold When to be Sold
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YOU ARE IN CHARGE—
of generating your own income
Tools:
Marketing Plan
FAST CD (Farm Analysis Solutions Tool)
Training on computers
Ag Decision Maker
Curriculum
Production Risk
Field by Field Information
Who, What, Where, When, How Much
Tools:
Database Training
Spreadsheet Training
Curriculum
Financial Risk
Are You Reaching Your Goals?
Preparing For The Lender
Preparing For Your Spouse
Cost vs Income
Capital Investing vs Leasing
Managing Money
Tools: Quicken or PCMars Training
FAST CD, Ag Decision Maker and Business Plan
Target Audience:
Farm women looking for guidance and support.
Size of Audience:
No more than 10 women
(varies greatly, 25 maximum)
Series of regularly scheduled meetings
Use computers
Instructors as local as possible
$50.00 participant fee
First Class Graduated February 2003
Expansion
 The first step (Iowa and Missouri)
 The project team formed (Quincy)
 Iowa Extension FS farm management
support
 ISUE Administration support
 Iowa State Extension 2007-2011 POW
 Increased Administrative Support
Expansion
 The second step (other NC region
states)
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Presentations of program success
Participant word of mouth
Farm press success stories
CSREES Extension annual report
Awards
Expansion
Funding Provided by:
Risk Management Agency
NC Risk Management Education Center
Women’s Challenge Grant
$2,000
Risk Management Agency,
Community Outreach Services
$40,000
Small Sessions Grants
$50,000
NC Risk Management Education Center (3 years)
$224,000*
For Annie’s Project and related programs
Expansion
Program has been funded by all four
Risk Education Centers in 2006-2007
NC
$135,885
NE
$ 25,000
W
$ 38,000
S
$ 20,000
Total
$ 218,885*
*Southern Region estimated
Expansion
E-mail Requests
hello Ruth, I was looking for some education sites on farm/ agriculture and came
across the ANNIES PROJECT web site I am from MAINE and i was wondering
if there wasnt a way to do this course in maine , I believe quite a few ppl would
use this program here,, we arent a huge farming state unless ur talking trees...
but we do potatoes and corn and cattle .. we have many small farms here.. I
myself live in town and have always wanted to live on a farm.. I was raised in the
country. but never had any farm animals.. just a dog.. .I have always wanted to
become a barn mgr myself.. just havent persued it yet...I am thinking on taking
classes in agriculture tho.. I love animals and the country .. and being in town
isnt cutting it...I have horse fever practially every season.. and not enough $$ to
own a horse and board it and pay for a home on my own.. so i work and work on
my home and thats it...so if u have any ideas or suggestions on how to go about
taking courses I would b very grateful, thank u for ur time and efforts sincerely
Patty LeVasseur from Maine
Expansion
Participant and Facilitator Support
• Participant
web site:
www.iastate.edu/annie
• Facilitator web site:
www.iastate.edu/feci/annie
• Program Planning Tools
• Local involvement in class planning
• Local fund raising
• Publicity
• Local Presenters
Demand (desire)
Funding (ability to pay)
Support (ability to deliver)
Classes 2003-2008
90
82
80
70
63
60
52
55
50
40
30
20
10
0
2004-05
Total Classes = 252
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
Participants 2003-2008
1800
1642
1600
1309
1400
1200
897
1000
987
800
600
400
200
0
2004-05
Total Participants = 4835
2007-08* estimate
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08*
Results
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Educators and professionals
Skill sets
Common cause
Communication
Goals and outcomes
Group dynamics
Preparation
Annie’s Project-Evaluation
2003-2006 Classes
All States
Pre Test vs Post Test Risk Assessment Survey
(N) 82%
% Yes
(N) 19%
% Yes
% Difference
Production
2618
21%
149
26%
19.2%
Marketing
2618
17%
149
29%
34.6%
Financial
2618
21%
149
31%
32.3%
Legal
2618
14%
149
21%
33.3%
Human Resources
2618
15%
149
26%
42.31%
All Participants = 3193
2007-08 not included
Results
 More confidence in decision
making.
 More involved in business and
community.
 Better understanding of farm
business.
 Better able to handle diverse
personalities in farming.
Future
Programs from lessons learned
Andy’s Project
Women Marketing Grain
Collaboration with other women’s programs
Women’s Conferences
Retirement and Estate Planning for Farm
Women
 Farm Financial Record Keeping for Farm
Women
 Investing For Your Future
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Future
• Participant benefits and results
•Adaptation locally - logically simplistic
• Cross discipline cooperation
•Support of administration
• Marketing
• Funding
• Five year POW’s
• Positive farm press coverage
Future
 National and Regional Corporate Sponsors
 Cross Discipline Cooperation
 USDA CSREES – competitive and non-competitive grants
 ANR and FCS national program leader projects
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Foundation and Financial Institution Support
Competitive grants
eXtension
Program and Administrative Assistance
Better Impact Documentation
 Refereed publication of results
Take Home Message
 Participants respond to targeted
programs.
 Provide a safe, nurturing
environment.
 Be SERIOUS about finding the RIGHT
partners, collaborators, and
practitioners.
 Make it the most rewarding, fun, and
energizing program you do!!!!
THANK YOU……..
Ruth Hambleton* rhamblet@uiuc.edu
Bob Wells
wellsjb@iastate.edu
Tim Eggers
teggers@iastate.edu
Kelvin Leibold
kleibold@iastate.edu
Mary Sobba
sobba@missouri.edu
Karisha Devlin
devlink@missouri.edu
*Founder
Annie’s Project National Leadership Team