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**2001 Extension Specialist Research Tour, June 28 & 29** I
hope you did not miss this message from Melvin. He has worked hard to pull this together even though the
budget for this program is tight. This was a great meeting last year so
plan to come. Please RSVP to Melvin at the number or e-mail below. This year’s research tour will begin with registration at 12:30 p.m. on June 28, 2001 at the Bradford Agronomy Research center. The tour wagons will leave promptly at 1:00 p.m. and the tour will continue until 4:00 p.m. The Bradford Farm tours and updates will include crop fertility, weed control, plant diseases, plant breeding, soil compaction, forages and horticulture crop research projects. A
walking research tour will begin at 6:00 p.m. and will include invited
guest representing agriculture organizations and agencies that support the
efforts of UOE, CAFNR and the Research Station.
The evening BBQ, MACAA (MO Association of County Agriculture
Agents) Agriculture Leader Award presentation and evening program will
follow the walking tour. The
evening speaker will be Lowell Molher, Director of MO Department of
Agriculture. The MACAA spring meeting and breakfast will be at 7:00 a.m. on June 29 (Cost $7.00, please contact Mary Sobba for meal tickets). The Livestock Research tour begins at 9:00 a.m. at South Farms and/or the Animal Science Center and should conclude about 1:00 p.m. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to me by June 26 so that final tour arrangements (wagons, meals, etc.) can be made. Budget
limitations have required that we make some adjustments in travel
reimbursementIt will be necessary for you to share hotel/motel rooms as
much as possible, so that lodging can be reimbursed in full.
You also need to pool travel as much as possible.
Any funds left after lodging is reimbursed will be allocated to
cover as much mileage and travel meals as possible We
regret very much the budget limitations on travel. Please try to understand and cooperate by sharing and
reducing expenses. John
Gardner, David Baker and Mike Chippendale support and believe in the
importance of this event and along with Tim Reinbott have made every
possible effort to obtain and stretch funds so that it can be done.
They deserve our thanks for their efforts
Hopefully, everyone will cooperate and the actual out-of-pocket
cost of attending will be minimal. It
should be emphasized again that these tours are for all agriculture
specialists, not just livestock or agronomy specialists, to keep us
informed and aware of agriculture research being conducted at the
University of Missouri. Melvin
Brees
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National Meeting The
national meeting in New Mexico will soon be coming up.
If you are planning on going please let me know by email.
Let me know if any spouse or children are also attending.
It is very helpful to know who is planning on attending. 2000 SALARY ANALYSES OF STATE EXTENSION SERVICE POSITIONS RELEASED The
2000 salary analyses for state extension service professional employees in
various position categories have recently been completed.
Salary data used in the analyses is based on the information
received from each organization and has been put into the Cooperative
Extension System (CES) Personnel Information System database. The 2000 Salary Analyses Report is available for review and downloading from the following website: http://www.reeusda.gov/hrd/hrdmob.htt Select the link to the 2000 Salary Analyses Report It is a little hard to compare in some areas due to the differences in job descriptions and appointments. THINK AHEADI recently reviewed the entries in the NACAA Awards program. While I discovered several regional winners, we need to be thinking ahead about entering in as least two of the areas to showcase your programs. Missouri Members have many excellent programs going on that need to be recognized. We also need to look around us and encourage our coworkers to enter their work in the awards program. |