Extension Administration will be visiting Arizona counties this spring to
review and discuss Extension impacts. The objectives of these meetings,
many of which will bring together multiple counties, are to (1) increase
documentation of impacts communication between administration and
neighboring counties on program outcomes, and (2) provide a venue for
discussion on criteria for a county report card. We do not plan on
evaluating individual counties on the criteria at this point in time. We do
not plan on reviewing individual agents' programs at this meeting. We do
hope to generate discussion, foster communication, and develop plans for
the future.
The Arizona Citrus Research Council recently awarded over $90,000 to
University of Arizona researchers. Individual awards went to Tom Thompson,
David Kerns, and Glenn Wright. Team members Mohammed Zerkoune, Glenn
Wright, David Kerns, and William McCloskey received an award, and Charles
Sanchez and Glenn Wright received a team award. Congratulations to all of
you for your hard work.
The annual Graham County Farmer's (Field) Day will be held at the Graham
County Cooperative Extension office on February 20, 2003 beginning with
registration at 8:00 am. The program will begin at 8:30 and will end with
lunch at 1:15 pm. Two CEU's have been granted by ADA for this meeting. For
more information contact Randy Norton at 928-428-2611 or
rnorton@cals.arizona.edu.
ECAT is proposing to teach three classes this spring related to creating graphics
for a website: a hands-on class on Photoshop Web Basics on February 28, a demo
on Fireworks Basics on March 10, and a distance class on Photoshop for the Web
which begins April 1 and lasts for four weeks; there would be weekly assignments
for this distance class. The distance class has no face-to-face component, but
there is a small fee to pay for a CD with tutorials and sample files. For more
details on all three classes, topics covered, and a link to a registration form,
see http://cals.arizona.edu/ecat/classes/web-graphic-classes.html.
The First Annual Meeting of the Arizona Forage Producers Association (AFPA)
will be held on March 13, 2003 from 8 am to 2 pm at the Maricopa
Agricultural Center. The AFPA formed officially in November 2002. Various
experts will address topics such as hay sampling, forage quality testing
procedures, formulating rations with forages, alfalfa weed control, and
controlling spider mites on corn. Farming and haymaking equipment will be
on display and various industry representations will be present. This
meeting is open to anyone interested in attending. No registration fee
will be charged and a steak lunch will be provided. For further
information, contact the AFPA office at the Arizona Crop Improvement
Association, 520-318-7271.
Growing Awareness Southwest Youth Gardening Conference will be held March 21-22
in Tucson. More information can be found on the 4-H Youth Gardening web site:
http://cals.arizona.edu/youthgardens/growingawareness.html.