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National Association of County Agricultural Agents Proceedings 102nd Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference July 9-13, 2017 Salt Lake City, Utah TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE REPORT TO MEMBERSHIP...........................................................................................................................................................................................1-24 POSTER SESSION APPLIED RESEARCH......................................................................................................................................................25-42 EXTENSION EDUCATION......................................................................................................................................................................................43-84 AWARD WINNERS.................................................................................................................................................................................................................85 Ag Awareness & Appreciation Award..................................................................................................................86-89 Excellence in 4-H Programming...................................................................................................................................89-94 Search for excellence in croP production.............................................................................................95-99 search for excellence in farm & ranch financial management.........................99-101 search for excellence in farm Health & safety................................................................................101-104 search for excellence in forestry and natural resources.................................... 104-107 search for excellence in Consumer or commercial horticulture................107-112 search for excellence in livestock production...........................................................................112-117 search for excellence young beginning small farmers ranchers................118-120 search for excellence in SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.....................................................................121-123 SARE FELLOWS..............................................................................................................................................................................................124-128 AMERICAN /WORLD AGRICULTURE AWARD..................................................................................................................129 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS...................................................................................................................................................130 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD WINNERS.......................................................................................................................130 HALL OF FAME AWARD WINNERS..........................................................................................................................................131-133 COMMUNICATION AWARDS........................................................................................................................................................134-152 MEMBER PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS...........................................................................................................................................................153 4-H & youth...................................................................................................................................................................................................154-155 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS....................................................................................................................................................156-158 AGRICULTURAL ISSUES & PUBLIC RELATIONS..........................................................................................................158-161 AGRONOMY & PEST MANAGEMENT.....................................................................................................................................161-167 ANIMAL SCIENCE........................................................................................................................................................................................167-171 EARLY CAREER DEVELOPMENT.................................................................................................................................................171-173 HORTICULTURE AND TURFGRASS.......................................................................................................................................173-179 Leadership & ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS............................................................................................................................179-181 NATURAL RESOURCES........................................................................................................................................................................181-185 SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.......................................................................................................................................................185-188 TEACHING & EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES........................................................................................................188-189 speaker profiles.....................................................................................................................................................................................190-191 2016/2017 NACAA Report to the Membership agriculture from plantain to pineapples to dairies. President I was also able to attend the JCEP Leadership Conference in Orlando, and the PILD Conference in Washington DC this past spring. Many NACAA members gave presentations at R. Mark Nelson both of these conferences. I was able to garner a wide variety of good ideas to take back to my home state of Utah. Utah I was also able to represent NACAA at the “Falcon 2016” conference which was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This conference was geared for 1994 land grant universities. Serving as your president this past year has been a humbling, I am really looking forward to seeing our association members challenging and yet gratifying experience. It certainly has been at the 2017 NACAA AM/PIC. The agents from Utah have the highlight of my Extension career. Thank you for giving me worked very hard to make sure you have a great time enjoying this opportunity to serve as your NACAA President. our state. This years meeting promises to offer you a wide variety of educational activities along with the opportunity I can report that your association is as strong today, as it has to experience first-hand the knowledge, hospitality and ever been. This past year, I’m honored to have worked with enthusiasm of my fellow Utah colleagues. the NACAA Board of Directors, as we did our best to keep our organization viable for future years to come. We are all All in all, it promises to be a great meeting and I hope you have very appreciative of our Executive Director, Scott Hawbaker. already made your plans to join us for a great week of learning, His years of experience have once again proven to be highly sharing, and western hospitality. valuable as we planned this years Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference. President One the most enjoyable parts of being NACAA President, is representing our association at a variety of functions throughout the year. In October, I was able to attend the Elect Western Region NACAA Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference in Hawaii. The Hawaii agents did Alan B. Galloway an outstanding job hosting the conference. There were a wide variety of member presentations held during the conference as well as an opportunity to tour the big island of Hawaii. On this Tennessee tour, we were able to examine unique research projects being coordinated by Hawaii Extension. NACAA is highly indebted to the many sponsors and donors NACAA Southern Region Director Bill Burdine, and myself, who see value in what we do for our members and what were able to visit Puerto Rico during their association meeting, NACAA members do for their clientele. The support from celebrating Puerto Rico’s 50th anniversary of being a land sponsors and donors of our programs provide the ability to grant University. Agents from Puerto Rico joined NACAA for recognize the amazing programs of NACAA members each the first time last year so I was excited to attend their meeting year. Without their generosity, NACAA simply would be and welcome them to NACAA. The Puerto Rico agents did unable to showcase and recognize the excellence educational a wonderful job of showing us a wide variety of Puerto Rico efforts accomplished by NACAA members. We have had 1 long-term relationships with many of our sponsors and some from Tennessee and the confidence they have shown by have partnered with us more recently. This year NACAA will nominating me to serve in this capacity. I look forward to receive around $130,000 in sponsorship and grants. many more years of service to NACAA and helping all current members and potential members see the value of participation Maintaining a relationship with each sponsor becomes in their professional association. I hope to see many of you in increasingly difficult in today’s business environment. Many Salt Lake City for what will be a fantastic 2017 NACAA AM/ agricultural businesses and industries continue to consolidate