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Extension's Challenge in Relation to Tomorrow's Animal Agriculture¹

University of Missouri^,3, Columbia

Abstract

The need for learning is approaching the importance of the need for breathing—it is almost necessary for living. Few systems can support the "convenience" of large numbers of people in a position of mental obsolescence. Change is an inevitable reality. It can work for or against us, but it cannot be ignored. We doubt if it would be either wise or possible to expect extension methods to change to the extent or at the rate of all who advise or criticize. Some changes in emphasis and methods would seem to be in order. Some programs should receive more emphasis than they now get and others less. New programs should be initiated, and an occasional one dropped.

By mixing the wisdom from the past with judgment of the present and imagination for the future, the Extension Service can and will be equal to any occasion, because it is in the hands of determined, dedicated people.

¹ Presented to the General Session, 56th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Animal Science, Knoxville, Tennessee.

² Project Leader, Animal Husbandry Project, Extension Division. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.

³ Contribution from the University of Missouri Extension Division Journal Series No. 13.