The informational database is probably the one that holds the greatest challenge for our ingenuity. Good progress is being made in several areas in the development of national databases by Extension. Revision process established - always up to date. 4.2 million fact sheets and 2l.5 thousand handbooks printed. 43 university or technical schools using in their classes.
States have more and better prepared fact sheets available.
Specialists have more time available. Top authors and multiple reviewers are utilized. The cost has been one tenth that of each State doing their own. The Extension Goat Handbook was the first of these national data bases to be printed nationally rather than each State printing their own from photo ready copy. There were few objections from universities wanting their own name on these handbooks, probably because no university considers that it has turf to protect in the goat area.