EXTENSION ACCOUNTABILITY--A USER PERSPECTIVE: SUMMARY OF REMARKS

As a producer, the institutional distinctions that are so important to land grant universities are not nearly as important to me. I do not believe that the production community cares whether the answer comes from an extension agent, a researcher or some professor on campus. Producers just want the answers to the questions we have. It is time to give some serious thought in the land grant system to developing a seamless agricultural research and extension system that does not draw such distinct lines between the components.