2011 Annual Report for FNC10-808
South Central Kansas Residue Alliance, “A Framework for Change” One Producer, One Farm at a Time!
Summary
WORK ACTIVITIES
The spreadsheet below outlines what work (in bold) was accomplished, how much and how the grant funds were used during the first 12 months of the grant period.
Grant Funds Used from 3/11 – 3/12
(March, 2011)
USD 361, 124 N. Jennings Drive, Anthony, KS 67003 email: [email protected]
Videographer and Cameraman, Spring Workshop, Wichita, KS
120 miles @.50/mile = $60, 9 hours @ $15/hr = $135
Total $195.00
(April, 2011)
USD 361, 124 N. Jennings Drive, Anthony, KS 67003 email: [email protected]
Videographer and Cameraman, On-Farm Interview, Dave Wedman, Danville, KS., 30 miles @.50/mile = $15, 3 hours @ $15/hr = $45
Total $60.00
(May, 2011)
USD 361, 124 N. Jennings Drive, Anthony, KS 67003 email: [email protected]
Videographer and Cameraman, Coffee Shop Talk, Evening with Bruce Vincent, Kingman, KS., 3 hours @ $15/hr = $45
Total $45.00
(June, 2011)
USD 361, 124 N. Jennings Drive, Anthony, KS 67003 email: [email protected]
Videographer and Cameraman, On-Farm Interview, Jim Robb, Anthony, KS
50 miles @.50/mile = $25, 7 hours @ $15/hr = $105
Total $130.00
(July, 2011)
USD 361, 124 N. Jennings Drive, Anthony, KS 67003 email: [email protected]
Videographer and Cameraman, Summer Farm Tour, Hutchinson, KS
180 miles @.50/mile = $90, 11 hours @ $15/hr = $165
Total $255.00
(Aug, 2011)
USD 361, 124 N. Jennings Drive, Anthony, KS 67003 email: [email protected]
Videographer and Cameraman, On-Farm Interview, Tom Pauly, Conway Springs, KS., 60 miles @.50/mile = $30, 7 hours @ $15/hr = $105
Total $135.00
(Sept, 2011)
USD 361, 124 N. Jennings Drive, Anthony, KS 67003 email: [email protected]
Videographer and Cameraman, On-Farm Interview, Leon Sowers, Murdock, KS 50 miles @.50/mile = $25, 4 hours @ $15/hr = $60
Total $85.00
(Jan, 2012)
USD 361, 124 N. Jennings Drive, Anthony, KS 67003 email: [email protected]
Videographer and Cameraman, No-till on the Plains Conference, Salina, KS., 300 miles @.50/mile = $150, 11 hours @ $15/hr = $165 Totals: (Chaparral) $185.00, (Jacob) $135.00
(Jan, 2012)
USD 361, 124 N. Jennings Drive, Anthony, KS 67003 email: [email protected]
Videographer and Cameraman, Coffee Shop Talk Meeting, Salina, KS
0 miles @.50/mile = $0, 6 hours @ $15/hr = $90
Total $90.00
(Feb, 2012)
USD 361, 124 N. Jennings Drive, Anthony, KS 67003 email: [email protected]
Videographer and Cameraman, On-Farm Interview, Jeff Bahr and John Forrester, Hazelton, KS., 40 miles @.50/mile = $20, 3 hours @ $15/hr = $45
Total $65.00
(Mar, 2012) – Cover Crop and Their Benefits, DeAnn Presley, Coffee Shop Talk Meeting, Murdock, KS, No video was taken of this “Coffee Shop Talk”
Total $0.00
Misty’s Design - Webmaster, Hosting $826.67
Jeff Ericson, Videoing and Mentoring $1000.00
USD 361, Digital Video Team - Filming $2500.00
USD 361, Digital Video Design
Burn DVD, label, and package 500 DVDs @ $3.00/DVD, $0.00
Spring Workshop – 2011 Sedgwick County - 178 Attendees $2000.00
Farm Tour – 2011 Reno County – 117 Attendees $300.00
3- Coffee Shop Talk Meetings - May, Jan, March (Average of 35 attendees/mtg) $300.00
Scholarships to Expositions/Conferences 0.00
4 - Display Events – SW States RC and D Regional Conf., Reno Co. Farm Tour, Harper Co. Fair - A minimum of 650 total people attended $400.00
VacuumMount Camera Mount Total Cost $126.35 1/2 $63.18
RESULTS
Thus far we have approximately 45 hours of video footage from the above listed activities that the video team has attended. We have been actively meeting with farmers and ranchers on their land capturing the moments of their stories that might help others not make the mistakes they have made but also to help others realize and begin thinking about how they might better conserve, preserve, and restore the natural resources that are so important to our well being.
We have learned that videoing and getting together all the pieces needed for a DVD are much more difficult than we had realized that it was going to be. To be working with a group of High School students along with their adviser and mentor has been a great experience and the cooperation that we have received has been most generous.
We’ve been given many opportunities to visit with and be a part of many events that have brought together a lot of people. You can see from the numbers above (over 1000 people) that a lot of good networking has taken place and the feedback from these happenings have been very positive and we anticipate that the enthusiasm will continue into the next year of the grant.
WORK PLAN FOR 2012
We will be working diligently over the next few months on reviewing the footage that we have collected this past year. The videoing is over for the grant unless small occurrences can be captured that would fill in the necessary pieces of the video as we get into that aspect of the grant expectations.
10 to 12 of the Alliance members have taken CD’s home of footage from some of the various events and interviews that were videoed and will be selecting clips of info that will potentially be used in the final DVD product. This cutting and pasting will be going on all summer and into the fall, which is when we hope to release the DVD.
OUTREACH
The number of attendees for each of the events listed can be found on each individual item on the list above. Spring Workshop, Summer Farm Tour, Coffee Shop Talk Meetings and Display Events total numbered over 1000 attendees. For each of the activities that we completed for videoing there was always from 3 to 7 students along with teacher and mentor. At this point in time the sharing of the project was not as focused on as the capturing of the information for the DVD.
The distribution of the DVD this winter will require lots of connecting to people to make certain that it gets into the hands of as many people as possible. This process will require more one on one which should provide for an enhanced opportunity to get the message out there. The results of the project will be an on-going endeavor that will build as time passes, so immediate results will be measured in the number of DVD’s distributed; actual results, which will be determined by acres of cropland converted to a system of enhanced practices involved in the improvement of soil health and quality can only be measured as new acres are converted and adopted.