PROOFREAD YOUR MATERIAL! n Before you send out that press release or article, be sure you have looked it over carefully to check for mistakes. n Have your advisor and another student read it over to check facts. n Ask your English or Publications teacher to go over it with you for proper grammar and structure n Send it on its merry way!

Proofread n You Everything Everything n Your advisor or another student Content Content n Your English teacher Grammar Grammar Structure Structure

SEND NEWSLETTERS TO n chapter alumni n chapter members & parents n school board & administrators n chapters within your region n regional reporter n state FFA officer team n chapter sponsors & supporters n businesses of your community n vocational director n area representative n mayor n state media relations team

Newsletters to: n Chapter Members Members Parents Parents Alumni Alumni Sponsors Sponsors Supporters Supporters n School Board Board Administrators Administrators n Region Other chapters Other chapters Reporter Reporter n State Officer team Officer team Media relations team Media relations team n Other Community businesses Community businesses Vocational director Vocational director Representatives Representatives Mayor Mayor

Audience Primary Audience –Parents of elementary and middle school children Secondary Audience –teachers and school systems Tertiary Audience –MUCC clubs

Audiences Primary  Parents - elementary and middle school Secondary  Teachers and school systems Tertiary  Clubs - Michigan United Conservation

Schedule December -Initial Drafts/Editing -Second Drafts/Editing -Final drafts January -PSA -Web -Magazine Ad.

Schedule December  Drafts  Edits January  Public Service Announcement (PSA)  Web  Magazine Advertisement

Compost quality as measured by: Nutrient Content –Soil analysis –Compost analysis F For material to be used as a growth medium F For material to be used as a nutrient source or soil amendment –Fertilizer analysis

Compost Quality Nutrient Content Analysis  Soil  Compost material Growth medium Nutrient source or soil amendment  Fertilizer

Growth Media Quality Test Table 1 (handout)  Compost 1  Compost 2

Limousin Breeder Directions u Produce and market females who have the potential of reaching puberty at a year of age. u Expose heifers as yearlings and calve them for the first time as 2-year-olds. u Along with other selection criteria, cull females on the basis of pregnancy status following a fixed breeding season. u Conduct research concerning the relationships between scrotal circumference and other measures of fertility, calving ease, growth and composition traits within the breed.

Limousin Breeder Directions  Females that potentially reached puberty by 1-year-olds  Yearlings exposed and first calved as 2-year-olds  Females culled based on pregnancy status after a fixed breeding season plus other criteria

Research Relationships  Scrotal circumference and other fertility measures  Calving ease  Growth  Breed composition traits

Parameter estimates Mean year, age of dam & percent Limousin

 Table 1: Parameter  Mean year  Age of dam  Percent Limousin  Statistical significance Estimates

HCMA / MSUE COLLABORATION AGRICULTURE and HORTICULTURE WOLCOTT OBJECTIVE: Research, demonstration and teaching of innovative cultural practices to farm and non-farm public, agencies and organizations –Improved or new varieties or species of field and horticultural crops –Sustainable production practices –Integrated Pest Management Tools

Agriculture and Horticulture Wolcott Objective: n New or improved field and horticultural crop varieties n Sustainable production practices n Integrated pest management tools Research, demonstrate and teach innovative cultural practices to farm and non-farm public, agencies and organizations including: HCMA / MSUE

HCMA / MSUE COLLABORATION Position Responsibilities n Help to facilitate research and demonstration projects n Help to plan, implement and promote school farm and garden programs n Facilitate 4H activities overall... –Assist in development of educational materials –Coordinate and train Extension volunteers –Promote farm to school and other youth groups

Responsibilities n Facilitate research and demonstration projects n Plan, implement and promote school farm and garden programs n Facilitate 4-H activities n Assist in educational material development n Coordinate and train Extension volunteers n Promote farm to school and other youth groups HCMA / MSUE

Responsibilities n Projects - research and demonstration n Programs - school farm and garden n Activities - 4-H n Materials - educational development n Trainings - Extension volunteers n Promotions - Farm to school & other youth groups HCMA / MSUE

Major Findings n After about one year of the ABSP funding, DNAP consolidated its operations, the New Jersey facility was closed and the company was moved to Oakland, California n Organizational and personnel changes within DNAP n Budget cuts in March 1994 caused a cut in programs

DNAP Major Findings n Consolidation occurred after one year of ABSP funding Closed - New Jersey Closed - New Jersey Moved headquarters - Oakland, California Moved headquarters - Oakland, California n Organization and personnel changed n Budget cuts caused programs cut March 1994

ACR/DNAP Collaboration n Reliable embryogenesis-based regeneration method for banana is not yet achieved. n The coffee work was dropped after organizational changes in DNAP. n Zygotic embryo propagation method was perceived not feasible because of cross- pollination in peach palm.

ACR/DNAP Collaboration n Banana embryogenesis-based regeneration method unachieved n Coffee work dropped n Peach palm zygotic embryo propagation method not feasible as perceived