EXTENSION TRENDS: CLARK COUNTY University of Idaho Extension, Clark County • www.uidaho.edu/clark
2019 Impact
2019 By the Numbers • 439 direct contacts • 430 volunteer hours • $2,500 extramural funding
Our Advisory Council Special thanks to our volunteers who help shape programming and inform the work we do for UI Extension in Clark County.
UI Extension Educator Joseph Sagers 208-270-4031 jsagers@uidaho.edu
UI Extension educators organized programs at four locations across eastern Idaho (Mud Lake, Blackfoot, Soda Springs and Preston) to provide forage growers with information to improve their operations. Each location partnered with members of the community to put on a full program. UI Extension partnered with Desert Air for the use of their facilities. Speakers were invited from around the region to present on beneficial insects, common insects, and diseases in alfalfa and how to properly respond to ongoing pest problems, water use efficiency, outlook for the hay market as well as advice about marketing hay, and ongoing research in alfalfa by a colleague from Utah State University Extension. Much of this information was new to these forage growers and the survey results were very positive. The information presented has equipped farmers with the tools needed to improve operations.
4-H in Clark County UI Extension, Clark County offers traditional 4-H programming.
On the Horizon UI Extension Educator Joseph Sagers is managing research plots of Teff grass in Kimberly. Teff is an underutilized crop in Idaho, primarily because it has not been heard of or marketed. It is an annual grass crop that offers high yield and quality for forage producers. Sagers is working to establish basic agronomic practices such as planting date and cutting height for growers in Idaho to help them utilize this new and emerging crop.