We welcome Victoria Steinfelt as the new CED in Yuma. We thank Barry
Bequette for his years of service in this role. Barry has resigned his CED
role to focus more on his programmatic efforts.
On March 1, Amy Parrott joined the Yuma County Extension as an Extension
Agent, 4-H Youth Development. Amy brings a wealth of knowledge and
experience from working many years with
4-H as an Instructional Specialist, Sr. Amy can be reached at 928-726-3904
or aparrott@ag.arizona.edu.
The college will be revising its strategic plan over the next several
months, with an eye to possible directions in the over the next 5-10 years.
Roger Caldwell (who retired last year) has been asked to organize this
effort and Dean Sander will announce in this week's CALS Weekly Bulletin a
way for all faculty and staff to give their ideas. There are significant
changes underway inside the university and in the external environment and
this is an important process. Please take the time to give your ideas early
in the process.
The deadline for applying for "The Family and Consumer Sciences Extension
Scholars Program" is April 15. This program will focus on county faculty
who have part of their appointment in either Family and Consumer Sciences or
4-H Youth Development. The FCS Extension Scholars Program will invest in
building the scholarship expertise of county Faculty by providing a two-year
program offering the opportunity to learn important skills needed to
demonstrate scholarship. Information and application procedure can be found
at http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/profdev/fcsscholars.htm. Contact Lynne
Borden at bordenl@ag.arizona.edu with questions.
A new Cotton Economics Notes article by Extension Economist Dr. Russ
Tronstad is available at
http://cals.arizona.edu/arec/pubs/cotton-news/vol11-1.pdf (PDF file, 75KB).
This article describes recent price movements, historical insurance returns
for AZ cotton, and how price movements for this year will impact the
producer's "net cash" price received after accounting for govt. payments and
potential Crop Revenue Coverage (CRC) insurance claims. Information
regarding how the current farm program works is also illustrated.
The Southwest Indian Agriculture Association. and CALS are sponsoring on
March 14, REZ to RAIL - Native American Beef Workshop at Campus Ag. Center
in Tucson, for Indian livestock producers and any others who may be
interested in programs from conception to consumer. For more information and
registration materials please visit website:
http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/nativeamerican/reztorail.pdf
In addition, for all agents in ANR, FCS, and 4-H YD, on March 17-18, 2004,
the Conception to Consumer: from the ranch to your plate, Workshop will be
held at the UA Campus Agricultural Center. This is a chance for beef
producers, consumers, and anyone in-between to be brought up to date on the
latest, emerging topics related to the safety and
nutritional benefits of beef. For more information, contact Jim Sprinkle at
sprinkle@ag.arizona.edu
The newest version of the on-line Extension Faculty/Staff Roster (3/1/04) is
now available under the "Personnel" section of our website. You can link
directly to it at:
http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/personnel/20040301roster.pdf.
UPCOMING DATES:
March 5 - 9th Annual Vegetable Crops Field Day will be held at Maricopa
Agricultural Center Irrigation Facility, 37860 W. Smith-Enke Road, Maricopa,
AZ, from 8:30 - 12:00. For more information, contact Pat Clay (602-470-808
or pclay@ag.arizona.edu).
March 12 - Drip Irrigation-Economics, Crop Systems, Management, and Cost
Sharing Opportunities conference will be held at the Property Conference
Center, Casa Grande, Arizona from 7:30 - 12:00, lunch will be provided. For
more information, contact Steve Husman (520-705-1435 or
husman@ag.arizona.edu).