M.S.
Agricultural Economics and Extension Education
University of Tennessee
1990/1991

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Specialty: Extension responsibilities include new enterprise evaluation, business skills development, direct marketing, and financial management providing in-service training, programs and supporting resources for county extension, community and governmental agencies.

• The following CDs will be mailed to you upon request by email. The active link is to the CD Table of Contents. If you would like the CD, please email Martellis Avent
  • Creating Business Opportunities
    The business resources were developed as part of the business training is available on CD. The business resources cover the preliminary evaluation of a new idea, developing a business plan, and evaluating new business profitability and researching new markets.
    
  • Direct Answers for Direct Marketing
    The direct marketing resource CD was part of a direct marketing train the trainer workshop for North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina cooperative extension agents. The manual was written to provide hand-on tools for extension agents as they address direct marketing questions.
    
  • Putting Small Acreage to Work
    Putting Small Acreage to Work CD resources were compiled as part a series of small farm workshops. The resources include extension publications and other sources of information on marketing, business start up and many possible enterprises that may be suitable for a small scale farm.
    
    
• Budgets - (2009)
  • Corn
  • Cotton

  • Peanuts

  • Tobacco
  • Wheat and Soybeans
    
• Budgets - (2008)
  • Corn
  • Cotton
  • NCSU Irrigation Budgets
  • Organic
  • Peanuts
  • Tobacco
  • Wheat and Soybeans
    
  
  
  
• Greenhouse Tomato Summary
  
  
• Greenhouse Tomato Annual Costs
  
  
• Custom Rates
  
  
• Presentations
  
  
• Case Studies
  
  
• Links
  • Direct Marking CD Links
  • Hispanic Resources
  • Organic Marketing
  • Small Acreage CD Link
  • Small Farm Start Up Resources
  • Creating Business Opportunities Web Site
    • Goal Setting