Dr. Beverly Howell, State Program LeaderSonia Hancock, Project Coordinator

Mississippi State University Extension Service

Funding Partners

Collaborators

Collaborators

• Mississippi Cattlemen Association• Mississippi Forestry Association• Mississippi Nursery & Landscape Association • Mississippi Poultry Association• Southern Rural Development Center• USDA Farm Service Agency• USDA Natural Resources & Conservation Service

Promotional Materials:

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Brochure

Promotional Materials:

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Display

Promotional Materials:

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Publicity

• News Releases – MS Market Bulletin, Delta Press, Electric Power Assoc.

• TV – PSA’s, talk shows, interviews, Farm Week Show

• Radio – PSA’s, talk shows, interviews

• Magazines – MS Farm Bureau, MS Cattlemen’s

• Newsletters – MS Poultry Association, MS Nurserymen & Landscape

• E-mail distribution lists

Project Highlights:Web-siteSeminars

Video Conferences

Project Highlights:

Three 3-day seminars to provide women

with a unique opportunity to learn

and share knowledge, skills, and challenges

to strive in today’s ever changing field of

agriculture.

Web-site

SeminarsVideo Conferences

Project Highlights:

Program Topics• Business Plans• Estate Planning• Financial Management• Human Resources• Marketing• Risk Management• Technology Security• Women and Money

Web-site

SeminarsVideo Conferences

Project Highlights:

• Portfolio• Notebook materials• Pens• Notepads• Name tags• Table tents• Shirts• Power point template• Graduation certificate• Recognition signs

Web-site

SeminarsVideo Conferences

Support Materials

Project Highlights:

Video conference topics chosen by seminar participants and presented by specialists:

• Farm Bill• Computer programs for

managing data• Services of NRCS• Recordkeeping

Web-site

Seminars

Video Conferences

Project Success

• Eighty-nine seminar participants• Web-page complete• Video conferences in progress• Two day-recordkeeping training

Future Directions

• Statewide Conference• Educational Seminars• Interactive Video Conferences