Dr. Beverly Howell, State Program Leader

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Dr. Beverly Howell, State Program Leader Sonia
Hancock, Project Coordinator Mississippi State
University Extension Service
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Funding Partners
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Collaborators
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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

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Promotional Materials

• Logo
• Brochures
• Posters
• Display
• Publicity

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Brochure
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Promotional Materials

• Logo
• Brochures
• Posters
• Display
• Publicity
• Seminar Materials

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Display
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Promotional Materials

• News Releases MS Market Bulletin, Delta Press,
  Electric Power Assoc.
• TV PSAs, talk shows, interviews, Farm Week
  Show
• Radio PSAs, talk shows, interviews
• Magazines MS Farm Bureau, MS Cattlemens
• Newsletters MS Poultry Association, MS
  Nurserymen Landscape
• E-mail distribution lists

• Logo
• Brochures
• Posters
• Display
• Publicity

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Project Highlights

• Web-site
• Seminars
• Video Conferences

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Project Highlights

• Three 3-day seminars to provide women with a
  unique opportunity to learn and share knowledge,
  skills, and challenges to strive in todays ever
  changing field of agriculture.

• Web-site
• Seminars
• Video Conferences

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Project Highlights

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

• Web-site
• Seminars
• Video Conferences

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Project Highlights
Support Materials

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

• Web-site
• Seminars
• Video Conferences

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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

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Project Success

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

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Future Directions

• Statewide Conference
• Educational Seminars
• Interactive Video Conferences

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