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Missouri's 7th District, U.S. House of Representatives

  
 

 

 

Congressional Issues 2010
MISSOURI FARM BUREAU
Agricultural Extension



Missouri Farm Bureau

Kevin Craig - "Liberty Under God"

General Education, like groceries, should be taken out of the hands of government entirely.

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We believe Extension continues to play an important role in Missouri agriculture and for people across the state of Missouri. Agricultural programs, 4-H and Home Economics activities, continue to be the strength of Extension for rural Missouri.  
We believe the county councils and the county program directors should have increased authority and responsibilities for the local Extension programs.  
We support the consideration of work experience and background in lieu of a master's degree requirement for hiring a University Extension 4-H Youth Specialist. We support allowing the Youth Specialist to work toward a master's degree by offering credit hours from the University at a reduced rate.  
We support promotional activities that increase public awareness of county Extension programs and services and we urge county Farm Bureaus to take an active role in county Extension program development.  
We favor increased rural representation on county councils.  
We also recommend more funds be made available for the Extension program on a line item basis.  
We believe every county which finances the necessary office and travel expenses should be assigned at least one agricultural extension agent.  
We favor increased funding for county extension offices to allow specialists more time to deal with customers. However, the counties are currently meeting their share of office budget appropriations. Therefore, we would ask the University of Missouri to consider increasing their portion of budget appropriations.  
We believe that Cooperative Extension, as well as the director of Cooperative Extension, should reside in the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.  
Commercial Agriculture Program  

We believe the Commercial Agriculture Program is a strong program for Missouri farmers and ranchers. We support increased funding for the Commercial Agriculture Program and other University of Missouri programs within the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.

 

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