Results

The Proposed Results you entered in the Initialization stage are displayed in this section.  This section lets you document how well you are accomplishing your proposed results. If you did not enter a result, you can add them now as well.

As you complete your project or parts of your project, enter the number of participants who actually accomplished each result.  You do not need to complete entry of results until your final report.

Also enter how you verified that the participants actually accomplished the result, such as written evaluation.

To add a result that was not entered during Initialization:

For each result, you will be asked to identify the topic area, specific topic, the producer action, and the actual number of producers that achieved that action. You will also be asked to identify how you verified each result.

Identify each result/outcome that producers understood, developed, decided, or implemented as a result of participating in your project. At the end of your program delivery, the results should put producers in a better position to improve their farm or ranch economic viability. (Word Limit per result: 25)

Topic Area and Topic

The verification system organizes topics by topic area. For each result first select a topic area, and then choose a corresponding topic from the list provided (see list at end of this section). 

Producer Action

Producer actions describe what program participants will do relative to the specific result. There are four levels of producer actions which are listed in order of increasing producer engagement.

Understand - learn, increase awareness, identify, gain confidence

Develop - write, conduct, obtain, create

Decide - commit to, indicate, choose, plan to act

Implement - adopt, establish, incorporate, initiate, use

You may have several producer actions for a component of your program. For example, a result may be that producers will understand how to write a marketing plan with the producer action being “Understand”. You may have a second result that producers will write a marketing plan with the producer action being “Develop”. Finally, you may have a third result that producers will implement their marketing plan with the producer result being “Implement”.

When Measured

Enter when you evaluated how many producers accomplished each proposed result. This may be entered as a specific date or it may be entered as a time during the project implementation, such as 6 months or 10 months after project start date.

Actual Number

Enter the actual number of producers that achieved the result. This number will vary based upon the level of producer engagement required.

How Verified

Enter the method and/or tool that you used to verify (measure) how many participants were able to accomplish the risk management results you listed in this section.

(Word Limit: 10)

Add New Result

To enter a new Proposed Result, click on “Add New Item”. The screen below will open, allowing you to enter or edit results.

Re-Order Results

The order in which the Proposed Results are presented can be changed by clicking the icon on the left side and dragging a given result to its desired location.

Edit Result

Click on the pencil icon to edit a result.

Delete Result

Click on the red ‘X’ to delete a result.

This section of the Initialization asks you to identify a Topic Area and a Topic for each Proposed Result from the following list:

• Production

  • Conservation

  • Field Crops

  • Fruit-Nuts

  • Livestock

  • Pasture / Rangeland

  • Trees-Ornamentals

  • Vegetables

  • Agri-tourism

  • Economic risk of new technologies

  • Insurance products

  • Product and enterprise diversification

  • Water management

  • Soil management

  • Pest, weed and disease management

  • Organic production

  • Urban farming

• Marketing

  • Analysis of market fundamentals

  • Cash and futures pricing tools including commodities and inputs

  • Marketing plans and strategies

  • Branded, certified or identity preserved marketing

  • Local, regional, and direct marketing

  • Contract production 

• Business Management

  • Acquiring and managing credit

  • Asset management including leasing and renting

  • Access to land

  • Business and strategic planning

  • Cost of production and farm financial benchmarking

  • Economics of input decisions

  • Financial records and analysis

  • Value-added enterprises

• Legal

  • Federal and state farm programs

  • Contracts and leases

  • Environmental regulations

  • Food safety liability

  • Labor regulations

  • Personal and business liability

• People

  • Employee management and communication

  • Health, stress, and well being

  • Interpersonal, family and business relationships

  • Labor supply, recruitment, and retention

  • Transferring the farm

  • Mentoring, apprenticeships, and internships

  • Farm safety