Conferences
Record Keeping Training and Program Assessment for Native American Livestock Producers
Gerald Moore
Summary
Many of the Navajo, Hualapai, Hopi and Apache livestock producers have adopted new record systems for their operations as a result of past trainings. However, due to the overall lack of record keeping knowledge among the tribes, full adoption of any record keeping system by the producers requires continued support. To assist the producers in expanding their knowledge and skills with recordkeeping this project continues our past efforts to more Navajo, Hualapai, Hopi and Apache producers, who continue to express interest in the training. Through a series of hands-on recordkeeping workshops, tribal outreach professionals reached over 370 producers across all four Tribal Nations. Independent of the workshops, a program assessment was developed and administered on the Navajo Nation to determine the effectiveness of the past trainings and workbooks. Preliminary results from the assessment of this project show that of the 140 responses received to-date, 34% use it to collect/record financial records, 31% of the respondents currently use some aspect of the recordkeeping workbook, 31% of the respondents use it for tracking livestock related records, 11% of the respondents reported that using the workbook increased the prices they receive when selling their animals, 9% reported that they have received a feed reimbursement and 3% Reported receiving a loan since keeping records
Details
| Conference | 2009 National Extension Risk Management Education Conference |
| Presentation Type | 30-Minute Concurrent |