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Volume 55, Number 4 (2017)

Feature Articles

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Preparing Students for Extension Careers and Expanding U.S. Extension Reach Through International Service Learning
Paul Ebner, Alina Constantinescu, Florian Borlea, Alexandra Indrea, and Mark Russell

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Lessons Learned Developing an Extension-Based Training Program for Farm Labor Supervisors
Fritz M. Roka, Carlene A. Thissen, Paul F. Monaghan, Maria C. Morera, Sebastian Galindo-Gonzalez, and Jose Antonio Tovar-Aguilar

Research in Brief

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Preparing Youths for Careers in Agriculture Through State Crop Scouting Competitions
Anna N. Freije, Adam Sisson, Brandy VanDeWalle, Corey Gerber, Daren Mueller, and Kiersten A. Wise

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Kansas Dairy Producers' Needs Survey: Reproductive Management on Kansas Dairy Farms
Benjamin E. Voelz, Caleigh E. Payne, Lindsey Hulbert, Jeffrey S. Stevenson, Michael Brouk, and Luis G.D. Mendonça

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Food Safety Risks of Leafy Greens from Small-Acreage Farms in Minnesota
Cindy Tong, Michele Schermann, Francisco Diez-Gonzalez, and Jonathan Rossbach

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Prevalent Approaches to Professional Development in State 4-H Programs
Martin H. Smith, Steven M. Worker, Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty, Cheryl L. Meehan, Kendra M. Lewis, Emily Schoenfelder, and Kelley Brian

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Perception of Current and Ideal Practices Related to Public Value in Extension
Laura H. Downey, Donna J. Peterson, and Nancy Franz

Ideas at Work

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4-H Volunteer Continuing Education Academy
Ken Culp III and Leslie R. Bullock

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Multiyear Succession and Estate Planning for Farm and Ranch Families
Jon Hogge, Ben Eborn, Joel Packham, Reed Findlay, and Steve Harrison

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Local Food Systems Course for Extension Educators in North Carolina: Summary of an Innovative Program
J. Dara Bloom, Joanna Massey Lelekacs, Rebecca Dunning, Abbey Piner, and Emma Brinkmeyer

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Perception of Current and Ideal Practices Related to Public Value in Extension
Emily J. Anderson, Kelsey Roop, and Stacey MacArthur

Tools of the Trade

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Engaging Latino Communities from the Ground Up: Three Tools
Nancy Erbstein, Fe Moncloa, Stacy Shwartz Olagundoye, Claudia Diaz-Carrasco, and Russell Hill

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Using the Cultivating Learning with School Gardens Curriculum in Burundi, Africa
Suzanne R. Smith, Kevin Wright, Lauren Hrncirik, and Mary Katherine Y. Deen

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Maximizing Use of an Extension Beef Cattle Data Set: Part 2—Reproductive Rates
Jennifer M. Ramsay, Lauren L. Hulsman Hanna, and Kris A. Ringwall

Commentary

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Psychology's Contributions to Extension: State of the Art and Calls to Action
Fernando Landini, Alejandra Olivera Méndez, and Pedro De Hegedüs