Transcript Team Up with Formal Education for Maximum Impact

Team Up With Formal Education
for Maximum Impact
March 28, 2012
Memphis, TN
Presented by Ruth Hambleton
Presenter
Program Title & Funding
Transitioning Farm Assets
Risk Management Agency
Risk Management Education & Outreach Partnership Program
Partnership Award No. 11-ie-53102-094 ($26,000)
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, College of Ag
Annie’s Project-Education for Farm Women
Program Background
Average age of principle farm operators for the
Southern region of Illinois is 57 years.
Students were requesting information about
transitioning into their family farm businesses.
The classroom was too formal to present
the topic in the an appropriate manner.
Transitioning Farm Assets
Two-Part Seminar offered in partnership
with Farm Management ABE 350 in the Fall of 2011
Seminars were presented a week apart ( Nov 8 & 15)
Evening hours of 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. each evening
Transitioning Farm Assets
Four Proposed Outcomes:
1. College students will be able to contribute
to the family discussions about transitions.
2. Local farm families will find a resource in
their college.
3. Student helper gains experience in program
planning & implementation.
4. Student gains skills in program evaluation.
Transitioning Farm Assets
Target Audience:
•
Students returning to their family farms
•
Farm families in the area preparing for
transitioning issues.
Incentives:
•
Students received extra credit equivalent
to one exam (had to write a paper)
•
Parents/grandparents of students were
invited to attend free of charge.
Topics & Presenters
First Evening Topic—Family Communications
Presenter—Jim Endress
Topics & Presenters
Second Evening Topic—Nuts & Bolts
Presenter—David Goeller
Specific Issues
Female students were feeling a little “dissed”
by their families as not capable of taking on
farming responsibilities.
Generational issues specific to style of
keeping records/gathering information.
Timing of transitioning management decisions
And/or assets of machinery and land.
Sons bringing in new spouses to farming
From Students Papers
Program Advantages
Great meeting environment
Longer time to present than 50 minutes
Creates opportunities for generational audiences
to interact/share experiences & concerns
Convenient for students
Welcoming and purposeful for adults
Program Challenges
Bureaucracy!
Doing something different
Thank you!
And now your questions & discussions
Ruth Hambleton
Retired
Extension Educator, Farm Business Management & Marketing
University of Illinois Extension
President Not for Profit Annie’s Project
Founder of Annie’s Project—Education for Farm Women
16591 N White Swan Lane
Woodlawn, IL 62898
Phone (618) 485 6711
Cell (618) 237 6441
Fax (618) 485 6710
[email protected]
Anniesproject.org