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Information Transfer in the Illinois Swine Industry: How Producers Are Informed of New Technologies.

Brashear, Genefer L.; Hollis, Gilbert; Wheeler, Matthew B. – Journal of Extension, 2000
A survey of 127 (of 300) Illinois swine producers found that 114 owned computers; the majority used industry magazines as sources of information about new technologies; extension newsletters were used much less by corporate farm enterprises; very small numbers used electronic mail; only about half used university specialists for information; and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Extension Education, Information Sources, Information Transfer