1997 Idaho Progress Report Page Continue to evaluate the program in terms of adoption of management concepts and A team training, was held for the idaho team in September, 1997. http://agecon.uwyo.edu/wire/Reports/97IDsarerpt.htm
Extractions: SECTION II - Annual Report A. Objectives 2. Develop/provide additional in-depth follow up training in specific resource areas, to meet needs identified by program participants. 3. Continue to evaluate the program in terms of adoption of management concepts and resource sustainability following implementation of the WIRE process by selected cooperators. B. Abstract A team training, was held for the Idaho team in September, 1997. This 8-hour training prepared members of the Idaho team to offer the full 45-hour WIRE course. During the training, the team scheduled two WIRE courses to be offered in the coming months of December and January. An intense period of preparation followed the team training, but this paid off with a successful first offering in Montpelier, Idaho. Benefits of the program already apparent to the instructors range from getting people to think, to having groups change the management of their operations. Several operations will now do a better job of tracking their financial situation as a result of attending the course. A number of producers are also asking for more information on range analysis and stocking rates. Most of the individuals, which attended a WIRE course, are now setting goals for the first time in their respective operation's history. This will do more for these operations than any other one thing they could have done.
1999 ID, MT, UT & WY FINAL Report Page Evaluate the program in terms of adoption of management concepts and resource Followup courses on financial management and marketing and risk http://agecon.uwyo.edu/wire/Reports/1999IDMTUTWYFinalSARERpt.htm
Extractions: SECTION II FINAL Report A. Objectives 2. Develop in-depth follow-up training in specific resource areas, to meet needs identified by program participants. 3. Evaluate the program in terms of adoption of management concepts and resource sustainability following implementation of the WIRE process by selected cooperators. B. Abstract SARE funds were made available to the WIRE project in 1995. However, regional WIRE activities actually began the previous year. These included: teams from Utah, Montana, and Idaho extension attending a Wyoming producer course; discussions of WIRE courses for each state; and discussions for methods to fund a regional WIRE effort. A multi-state coordinating committee was formed to provide leadership to this project for the region. SARE funds help to develop team-training and offer the program across the four western states. Since inception, a total of 76 courses have been offered collectively by WIRE Teams in Idaho (9), Montana (37), Wyoming (21) and Utah (9). This includes courses offered across the four states, Saskatchewan Canada and Queensland Australia, a satellite broadcast to North America, and most recently an offering via the World Wide Web. In total, the number of individuals reached by in-depth WIRE educational programs total just over 1,000. Evaluations of all WIRE courses offered to date show that participants award WIRE courses a 3.22 from a possible 4 points. Montana WIRE courses have been certified as satisfying FSA borrower training requirements, as are Wyoming and Idaho courses. In addition, an online version of the WIRE course has been recently developed and offered via the eCollege.com (World Wide Web) course delivery system. This makes the integrated management concepts of WIRE available to a much larger audience, as well as allowing for FSA borrowers another source for certified training.
