Impact Statements
Impact statements include information about specific areas of research, extension and teaching efforts and the impact these programs are making on the people of Idaho.
2025
- Promoting integrated crop-livestock system in Idaho farming systems
- Dairy replacement heifer program gives youth real life dairy industry experience
- Collaborative Camas Prairie winter canola tour brings industry knowledge to farmers
- Power of feedback: Shape the future of PNW Pest Alert Network
- Ranch succession workshop helps multi-generational ranches start the conversation
- Pest alert: Building on legacy, pioneering sustainable pest solutions
2024
- Sky’s the Limit with University of Idaho Extension’s 4-H program in Valley County
- Southern district Youth Beef Field Day teaches calving best practices to youth
- Ultrasound data collection at fairs has a positive impact on meat quality
- 4-H empowers youth to reach their full potential
- 4-H’s Leadership NOW! expands leadership development for Idaho teens
- 4-H youth and volunteers learn about mental health and wellness
- 4-H health advocates’ nutrition and hydration project support high school athletes
- Partnership vital for successful agriculture week celebration
- Sewing workshop participants learned new skills and gained confidence
- Indoor container garden promotes youth engagement and wellness in schools
- Elevating teens interpersonal and workforce skills at teen retreat
- Boys and girls club builds cooking skills with support from community partners
- Continuing to help youth thrive in Ada and Canyon counties
- Youth increase animal science knowledge through experiential learning
- Reaching new audiences with hands-on STEM education
- Library partnership reaches underserved youth audiences with 4-H curriculum
- 4-H camp makes positive changes on teens
- Teton 4-H reduces barriers to participation through targeted outreach and fundraising
- 4-H youth experience cattle production firsthand
- Two years of impact with Soccer for Success in Kootenai County
- Western Community Assessment Network (WeCAN) community bootcamp
- UI Extension advances agriculture education profession
- Idaho food entrepreneurs: Stories of grit, growth and innovation
- Enhancing Idaho’s integrated pest management strategies through Extension
- Professional development for teachers helps youth learn how to think, not what to think
- New Pest Friends’ website helps pest managers thrive
- UI Extension in Fort Hall uses technology to improve bull grading program
- Increased knowledge leads to improved practices and higher crop yields
- Effective termination of cover crops is vital before planting cash crops
- Early detection and rapid response to Palmer amaranth and waterhemp
- Forage field days in eastern Idaho brings research results to local producers
- North Central Idaho beef school series: commitment to beef programming
- Annie’s Project 101: improving women farm operators’ risk management skills
- Garden school increases access to adult learning opportunities and new audiences
- Enhanced Insect ID website: Empowering rapid response and long-term tracking
- Flexible online Idaho Master Gardener Program reaches statewide audience
- Horticulture inquiries highlight need for a master gardener program
- Idaho master gardeners learn and serve in Latah County
- Breaking the barriers of stigma to address suicide and mental health
- Get the Dish! Multistate Extension educator collaboration
- Secondary FCS teachers and UI Extension educators connect through sewing
- EXCITE team brings poverty competency workshops to public health partners
- Mealtime Inspirations participants learn food preparation skills in southeast Idaho
- Expanding Extension outreach through Money Mastery Mentors
- Facing social stigma — Extension provides research-based information on dementia
- Beef Counts serves as a catalyst to get beef on plates in North Central Idaho region
- Processing wild game while giving back to local veterans
- Eat Smart Idaho contractors help northern district program achieve more outreach
- Three years of repeated exposure to fruits and vegetable changes eating behavior
- Standout college athlete inspires healthy habits at two schools in Kootenai County
- Two years of impact with Soccer for Success in Kootenai County
- Teamwork makes the dream work: Venture High School and Eat Smart Idaho
2023
- Creating a Spark in young people ages 5-13 in Ada and Canyon counties
- U and I Together: Extension continues to bring Idahoans together with virtual series
- 4-H Adventure Camp is getting youth unplugged, outside and living real life
- Out of School, Into the Garden enhances learning opportunities for youth
- 4-H offers a high-quality youth development experience through Know Your Government
- Twenty-five mobile makerspaces expand access to hands-on STEM education
- Idaho teens gain financial literacy in immersive, overnight seminar
- UI Extension in Fort Hall develops thriving 4-H/youth livestock program
- 4-H health advocates lead change for nutrition equity at Caldwell High School
- UI Extension handwashing class keeps students washing their hands
- Youth engaging in 4-H visual arts build artistic and life skills
- Youth increase their physical activity with Five for Five: Five minutes to better health
- Sewing workshop provides training to local youth volunteers
- Ultrasound data provides valuable learning tool for Custer County youth
- Alpine 4-H Camp: The height of youth development
- Boys and Girls Club gain nutrition and garden knowledge
- Youth livestock exhibitors experience sampling lamb, goat and beef
- North Central Idaho UI Extension brings the farm and forest to area fifth graders
- Junior golf program teaches lifetime physical activity skills
- Idaho’s 4-H Learn, Engage, Act, Develop, Summit (LEADS) builds youth leadership
- Oneida County enrollment sees encouraging growth due to new grant funding
- 4-H Outside the Box learning labs expand opportunities for youth
- Peer Learning Networks and the Tri-state community review network
- Readying rural communities to capture the benefits of digitalization
- Extension professionals making a broader impact through U and I Together series
- Improving program opportunities in community development and natural resources
- Sustainability for public art created through the Cascade Arts Walk Placemaking project
- UI Extension internships provide hands-on opportunities for Idaho collegians
- Tuesday Market expands impact with USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program grant
- Idaho Potato Conference’s Spanish session highlights culinary uses of potato varieties
- Range livestock symposium offers participants industry relevant information
- Sheep and goat webinar series: Reaching a diverse and disperse audience
- Lemhi County Cattlemen’s Winter School — successful since 1970
- Cover crop interseeded into wide row silage corn shows promise
- Malt barley yield and grain metabolite response to nitrogen and sulfur
- Online QuickBooks for farming and ranching class provides flexibility
- Local data for local cereal grain growers
- Three Rivers Grazing Conference returns to North Central Idaho
- UI Extension teaches landowners new skills to manage noxious weeds
- Using a performance-based learning model for beginning farmer education program
- Increasing farm sales and success by building digital marketing skills
- Extension educators partner to provide American Heart Association Healthy for Life
- UI Extension collaborative on immunization teaching and engagement
- Community dinners meet the increasing need in bringing people together
- Extension educators turn understanding to action through Dementia Friends program
- Eat Smart Idaho brightened mealtime experience in a cafeteria
- Expanding nutrition education for Bannock County students
- EXCITE program establishes innovative model for mobile vaccine clinics
- EXCITE team integrates farm safety and immunization education, access to vaccines
- Participants save money and gain better mental health with a 52-week challenge
- Embracing gratitude: health benefits and practical applications
- Healthy Meals for Busy Families reduces spending at the drive thru
- Eat Smart Idaho healthy food drives teaches the importance of giving back
- Five for Five team shares their innovative curricula on large scale
- Exposure to a variety of fruits and vegetable changes eating behavior
- HACCP and food safety — important for Idaho’s food manufacturers