The study discussed in this article examined the extent to which fathers were aware of unsafe farm behaviors engaged in by their youth. Fathers and youth provided information about the youth's behaviors on the farm, particularly related to tractors/large equipment. Fathers indicated whether they were familiar with the North American Guidelines for…

Many beginning farmers have little previous contact with Extension, yet they will comprise an important part of our future base of support. We present those educational activities directed toward beginning farmers that represent high impact, outcome-based Extension programming, given an educator's time limitations. This checklist of insights will…

Previous scholarship on farm families emphasizes the importance of socializing children to become farmers. This study is the first to focus on the parental socialization factors that are associated with preadolescent children's attachment to, and plans to take over, the family farm. Forty-seven 7- to 12-year-old children and their farming parents…

IN A 3-YEAR ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT, IDEAS FOR A FARM BUSINESS INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM WERE IDENTIFIED BY A PILOT GROUP OF YOUNG FARMERS AND TEACHERS WHO CONDUCTED THE PROGRAM. AFTER 1 YEAR, THE PROGRAM WAS EVALUATED THROUGH QUESTIONNAIRES AND INTERVIEWS WITH TEACHERS, YOUNG FARMERS, AND AGRICULTURAL AGENCY PERSONNEL INVOLVED. SOME FINDINGS…

The authors describe a farm business analysis program in Ohio conducted for young and adult farmers and the farm wives by full-time adult educators who are teachers of vocational agriculture. The program includes keeping inventories and cash records, interpretation of computer analysis, and implementation of improvements identified through the…

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE SITUATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BEGINNING FARM OPERATORS WHICH INFLUENCE ESTABLISHMENT IN FARMING. KEY INFORMANTS IN EACH COUNTY OF NEW YORK IDENTIFIED 2,260 BEGINNING FARM OPERATORS WHO WERE STRATIFIED BY REGION AND DAIRY COWHERD SIZE. CLUSTER SAMPLES WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED. AN INTERVIEW…

Twenty-two field-tested instructional units were developed for use in adult and young farmer education by 20 specially trained agriculture teachers in Ohio. The resource units were developed in the following agriculture areas of instruction: corn and soybean production, agriculture mechanics, swine production, farm management, and horticulture.…

This series of articles focuses on adult/young adult education and its roles within the secondary vocational agriculture program and in teacher education. (LRA)

To improve farm management instruction in vocational agriculture, survey data were secured from 125 young farmers in 35 Ohio counties to determine the relationship between their perception of themselves as entrepreneurs and their success in farming. The respondents represented a range of success in farming, were full-time farmers between the ages…

This description of the development and operation of a school farm, by the William Campbell High School in Virginia, includes suggestions for planning and management of a school farm set up for teaching agricultural principles. (TA)

THE MAJOR PRUPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOUNG FARMERS' SELF PERCEPTION AS ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR MONETARY AND NONMONETARY SUCCESS IN FARMING. DATA FROM 125 QUESTIONNAIRES RETURNED FROM A SAMPLE OF 250 SELECTED YOUNG FARMERS LOCATED IN 35 OHIO COUNTIES WERE TESTED BY FACTOR AND MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS AND…

This instructional unit on farm recordkeeping is intended as a guide for use by teachers in planning and conducting young farmer and/or adult education classes. The unit consists of thirteen problems on the following topics: planning for farm recordkeeping, recording inventories, recording depreciable items, recording farm expenses, recording cash…