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The Agricultural Division assists regional agricultural producers - farmers and ranchers - and other stewards of natural resources in achieving their financial, production, stewardship, and quality-of-life goals, using consultation and education services, research and demonstration. Noble Foundation agriculture specialists advise on forage-based livestock operations, crop production, range management, horticulture, and developing and managing wildlife enterprises. The consultation program is the division's primary focus. This program is staffed by four consultation teams with each team having specialists in the following disciplines: forages, livestock, soils and crops, agricultural economics, horticulture, and wildlife and fisheries. Team members work together, and with other teams, to make recommendations that address each client's unique circumstances. Factors that influence these recommendations commonly include: the type of land being managed, the skill set of the producer or land manager and the specific goals the producer wishes to achieve. These consulting services are provided at no cost to program participants. Recommendations from Noble Foundation specialists are based on the understanding of the participants' operations, skills and goals, and are successful only when there is active participation and interaction between the specialists and the participant. The specialists further require feedback and information from the participants to ensure that recommendations are appropriate to the participants circumstances and the production environment. This feedback also can be used to measure the impact of these services. More so, the economic impact of the division's annual recommendations to regional agricultural producers is estimated at more than $15 million. The division serves a 47-county area within a 100-mile radius of the Noble Foundation's headquarters in Ardmore, Okla. As shown below, this service area includes counties in both Oklahoma and Texas. Program Eligibility/Requirements
Application Follow-up In this interview, the parties will discuss what type of consultation and/or other services would best serve the producer's needs and goals and the Noble Foundation's services and objectives are outlined. If it is determined, in the Noble Foundation's discretion, that an applicant or his or her farm/ranch operations would not be well-served by the requirements of the consultation program or the provided services, the Noble Foundation may decline the applicant's request to enter the program.
Educational Events and Public HelpLine In addition, the Agricultural Division offers a Helpline telephone (information) service (580.224.6500) that provides callers, inside and outside the 47-county service area, access to its agricultural specialists and specific expertise.
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