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Readers Survey -- Please Give Us Your Feedback

Farm Business Management Update, February 1998

By Gordon Groover of the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech

The Farm Business Management Update (FBMU) newsletter has been in publication since October 1992, and we would like feedback on how we're doing. Please take a few minutes to complete this questionnaire. Results of this survey will be used to improve the quality and content of the FBMU, to better serve you and the needs of your clientele with information from the Agricultural Economics Department and the Farm Business Management staff.

1. Please check the statement that best describes your use of the FBMU newsletter:
I scan topics in the newsletter and file.
I read 1-2 articles per issue.
I read all articles in each issue.
I scan topics in the newsletter and discard.
I read 3-4 articles per issue.
I seldom read the newsletter.

2. Please check the statement that best describes your access to the FBMU newsletter via Virginia Cooperative Extension's World Wide Web (WWW) page:
I usually read the FBMU on the WWW.
I use the WWW to lookup past FBMU articles.
I seldom and/or never read the FBMU on the WWW.

3. I use topics and/or information from the FBMU newsletters in my own newsletters or other publications:
Yes
No
If yes, on average how many articles do you use per year?

4. On average, approximately how many people in your office (including yourself) read this copy of FBMU?

5. On average, aproximately how many individual photocopies and/or reprints from the WWW of FBMU articles do you distribute to your clientele each year?

6. Please rank the strength of your opinion on the following items by selecting the appropriate response.

FBMU topics are timely.
Strongly agree
2-Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
FBMU topics are well written and address important issues.
Strongly agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
FBMU addresses topics important to my clientele and me.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
FBMU is important for me to stay current on business management topics.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
I would read FBMU on the Extension homepage if I were notified of its release via e-mail
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
I would prefer to have a printed copy of the FBMU mailed to my office.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree

7. Please indicate if you would like to read MORE, LESS or NO CHANGE articles in the FBMU on the following topics (choose only one response per topic):
Budgeting and decision aids
More
Less
No Change
Estate planning and business organization
More
Less
No Change
Retirement planning and family business transition
More
Less
No Change
Financial and business management
More
Less
No Change
Farm credit
More
Less
No Change
Agricultural policy
More
Less
No Change
Labor management and policy
More
Less
No Change
Leasing land and/or machinery
More
Less
No Change
Machinery costs and management
More
Less
No Change
Computer applications in agriculture
More
Less
No Change
Outlook - economic, business and markets
More
Less
No Change
Land use and rural development
More
Less
No Change
Environmental regulation and policy
More
Less
No Change
Direct and value added marketing
More
Less
No Change
Marketing and risk management
More
Less
No Change
Taxes and Law
More
Less
No Change
8. Please list other topic areas you would like addressed in future issues of the FBMU:

9. Other comments that will help us serve you better (please list):

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