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Download full textDepartment of Agriculture, Washington, DC. Office of the Secretary. – 1993
Designed to help teachers bring more information about agriculture into their classrooms, this resource guide provides a listing of materials relating to agriculture available from private and public sources. It describes materials available from more than 300 organizations and publishers who responded to a request regarding materials they were…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Agriculture
Bean, Thomas L.; Isaacs, Linda K. – 1996
The Ohio Migrant Farm Worker Safety Needs Assessment was conducted to obtain baseline data on why migrant farm workers are at high risk of injury and illness in Ohio. First, 106 migrant farm workers were interviewed at clinics, labor camps, and job sites. Information concerning demographics, safety training, and incidence of occupational injury…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Educational Needs, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Waidelich, William D.; Hillison, John – 1996
A model was developed for determining critical secondary vocational occupational competencies as rated by industry representatives. The method used to generate the information was an item analysis of competencies that industry experts identified as core competencies in the Ohio Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP) process. The study identified the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Behavioral Objectives, Competence
Majchrowicz, T. Alexander; Hopkins, David E. – 1991
Farm and farm-related industries account for almost 18 percent of total U.S. employment in 1988. This share is based on a broad definition of the agricultural sector, including not only farm production but also industries that mine, manufacture, and sell farm inputs; process commodities; and sell consumer goods. Many jobs in industries that…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Personnel, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Supplies
Majchrowicz, T. Alexander – 1991
Over 20.7 million jobs, or 19 percent of total U.S. employment, were classified as farm and farm related in 1987, but many were only peripherally related to agriculture. Almost 71 percent of these jobs were in metropolitan areas. Gains in total agricultural employment were limited to farm-related industries, whereas farm production jobs continued…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Personnel, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Supplies
Castleman, Clayton; Greenland, Annette – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1976
The article describes the development and operation of an agricultural cooperative program in service and supply. The program balances a high school curriculum which also includes production and agri-mechanics. (MS)
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Career Choice, Cooperative Programs
Freudenburg, William R.; McGinn, Barbara – 1987
This paper presents survey results from rural areas having significant levels of employment both in agriculture and in extraction industries (coal mining). Although a review of the literature suggests that rural residents may express lower levels of environmental concern than urban residents, one study proposed that rural residents in farm-related…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Community Attitudes, Community Surveys, Conservation (Environment)
Dunham, Denis – 1986
This report focuses on food costs for 1985. Some of the information included in the report includes an analysis of food cost trends, percentages of the food dollar that goes to the farmer, and how much of the food dollar goes to food processors and marketers. Some of the highlights of the study are the following: (1) food prices rose slowly in…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Agriculture
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Vocational and Technical Education. – 1965
AS A RESULT OF TWO CONFERENCES HELD IN 1963-64, INTERVIEW-TYPE SURVEYS OF EMPLOYMENT NEEDS IN OFF-FARM AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES WERE CONDUCTED IN 26 STATES IN 1964. THE ANALYSIS OF THE FINDINGS RESULTED IN THIS SYNTHESIS. INFORMATION IS GIVEN ON -- (1) NUMBERS OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED, (2) PRESENT NUMBER, ESTIMATED INCREASE, OCCUPATIONAL GROUP AND LEVEL…
Descriptors: Age, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Skills, Educational Needs
ANDERSON, B. HAROLD; BENDER, RALPH E. – 1967
THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO--(1) IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE GUIDELINES, (2) COMPARE TEACHER AND PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS IN DISTRIBUTIVE, TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL, AND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION WITH COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS, (3) DETERMINE SITUATIONAL FACTORS AND CHARACTERISTICS THAT INFLUENCE THE IMPORTANCE ASSIGNED TO GUIDELINES,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Contracts, Cooperative Education, Distributive Education
Luft, Vernon D.; Backlund, Paul – 1980
This secondary curriculum guide is comprised of thirteen jobs (units of instruction) that focus on the area of leadership development. An introductory section lists the jobs included in the guide, intended use, unit objectives, and references. Among the jobs included are (1) Examining the History of the Future Farmers of America (FFA); (2)…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Agriculture
MORRISON, RICHARD G. – 1964
DATA WERE SECURED BY PERSONAL INTERVIEW FROM 152 FARM-BASED BUSINESSES TO DEVELOP TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES FOR MAKING A SURVEY OF NONFARM AGRICULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN AREA. SEVEN MAJOR OCCUPATIONAL FAMILIES WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE AGRI-BUSINESS COMPLEX. A TOTAL OF 2,811 EMPLOYEES WAS CATEGORIZED INTO NINE LEVELS OF…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Employment Opportunities
Hull, William L.; And Others – 1967
A 6-week teacher education institute, the second of two, focused on the use of distributive information and methods byvocational agriculture teachers in the preparation of students for off-farm agricultural occupations. The specific objectives were to (1) upgrade teachers in distribution, (2) acquaint teachers with cooperative education methods,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cooperative Education, Distributive Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Drake, William E.; Tom, Frederick K.T. – 1968
To ascertain the number of entry level off-farm agricultural jobs by specific job title in New York with implications for curriculum development, 1,110 nonpublic employers were contacted from a population of over 7,000 listed by the New York State Department of Labor. A 70 percent return of the employer survey questionnaire and a 28-percent return…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Curriculum Development, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Byrd, J. Rick; And Others – 1975
To improve vocational educational programs in agriculture, occupational information on a common core of basic skills within the occupational area of the farm manager (owner-operator) is presented in the revised task inventory survey. The purpose of the occupational survey was to identify a common core of basic skills which are performed and are…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Skills, Farm Management
