Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- August 28, 2007
Upcoming Ag Census important to research and extension programs (:51)
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Suggested Intro:
AS STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS LAUNCH A CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN THE 2007 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, A PENN STATE AGRICULTURAL ADMINISTRATOR SAYS THE CENSUS PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PROGRAMS. CHUCK GILL REPORTS:
Story:
(:15) AG CENSUS FORMS WILL GO OUT TO NEARLY 100-THOUSAND PENNSYLVANIA ADDRESSES NEAR THE END OF THIS YEAR. THE DATA COLLECTED ARE USED BY U-S AND STATE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENTS TO DETERMINE PROGRAMS AND FUNDING...BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNERS...AND BY AGRICULTURAL AND RELATED BUSINESSES
(:08) ROBERT STEELE IS DEAN OF PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, AND HE SAYS CENSUS DATA ALSO HELP THE UNIVERSITY SET PRIORITIES:
Steele Actuality:
(:19) "THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, THE RESEARCH PROGRAMS, THE EXTENSION PROGRAMS THAT WE PUT ON EXTEND OUT TO THE COUNTY AND COMMUNITY LEVEL. AND THE DATA THAT ARE PRODUCED THROUGH THIS CENSUS HELP US IN DECIDING WHICH PROGRAMS TO OFFER, WHICH PROGRAMS TO GROW, WHICH PROGRAMS TO MOVE."(:09) THE AG CENSUS IS CONDUCTED EVERY FIVE YEARS AND PROVIDES THE ONLY SOURCE OF COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURAL DATA FOR EVERY COUNTY IN THE NATION. FROM PENN STATE, I'M CHUCK GILL.
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