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TAA Report & UpdateLobster
2013 Biennial Northeast Regional Sea Grant Meeting
Curtis Mahnken
Nov 19, 2013
TAA Report & Update
• Provide results
– Training results
– Evaluation results
• Insights
• Implications for future training
TAA for Farmers
Purpose
To help agricultural producers & fishermen adjust to foreign import competition in a global market
TAA for Farmers
• TAA is a job retraining program with a cash incentive
• TAA for Farmers is a training program with a cash incentive
TAA for Farmers
• USDA Agencies
– Foreign Ag Service (FAS): lead agency
– Farm Service Agency (FSA): accepts applications, makes payments
– National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA): delivers technical assistance
– Economic Research Service (ERS): helps review commodity petitions
TAA for Farmers-Training Coordination
Lobster Applications
State Applied Approved
Connecticut 76
Maine 2,687
Massachusetts 1,002
New Hampshire 144
Rhode Island 124
Grand Total 4,033
Initial Orientation
• Educators had 90 days from end of the application period to deliver the Initial Orientation
• Program overview, including workshops available to applicants
• Available in-person and online
• 3,834 completed (95%)
Initial Training
Intensive Training
• Applicants needed to complete at least 12 hours of training
• Complete in-person or online
• Six Lobster specific workshops offered
• Eight national workshops offered
Lobster Specific Workshops
• Energy Consumption and Fishing Efficiency for Lobstermen
• Product Quality and Handling (Lobster)
• Alternative Enterprises (Lobster)
• Lobster Market Overview
• Changing Business Models for Lobstermen
• Lobster Marketing Opportunities
Intensive Training
• 3,220 applicants completed at least 12 hours (84%)
• 283 completed 15 or more hours
• Most hours completed by Lobster applicant: 29 (12 different applicants)
• View the workshops at www.TAAforFarmers.org
www.TAAforFarmers.org
Initial Business Plan
• Short, six question plan to assess how applicant plans to incorporate workshops into their business
• Eligible for first cash payment: $971
• 3,203 completed (99%)
Long Term Business Plan
• Applicant assigned to a Business Planning Consultant to coach through process
• Used AgPlan for developing
• Eligible for 2nd payment: $1,942
• 2,966 completed long term business plans-93%
Evaluating TAA
• Applicants were evaluated:– Prior to training
– After Initial Orientation
– After each completed workshop
– After completing Initial Business Plan
– After completing Long Term Business Plan
– One year after completing LTBP
RESULTSLobster TAA Evaluation
Intensive Training
2% 10%
44%
44%
How favorable would you rate the overall TAA technical assistance trainings and workshops?
Not at all favorableSlightly favorableModerately favorableVery favorable
Intensive Training
Not a
t all r
eleva
nt
Slight
ly re
levan
t
Mod
erat
ely re
levan
t
Very
relev
ant
0%
20%
40%
60%
2.6%
19.1%
50.3%
28.1%
How relevant were the TAA technical assistance train-ings and workshops to your situation?
0%
20%
40%
How much did you learn that will:
Nothing A little Some Quite a bit A great deal
Intensive Training
Intensive Training
2.0
3.0
4.0
2.90 2.85 2.853.24 3.22 3.02
Describe Your Level of Knowledge
Pre-Assessment After Training
As a result of the TAA training & cash, will you take actions to:
Bette
r com
pete
with
fore
ign
com
petiti
on
Bette
r bus
ines
s effic
ienc
y
Reduc
e co
sts
Evalu
ate
alte
rnat
ive e
nter
prise
s
Devel
op n
ew m
arke
ting
oppo
rtuni
ties
Start
a ne
w bus
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s
Exit o
r dec
ide
to g
o ou
t of b
usin
ess
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
TrainingCash
Intensive Training
Not a
t all f
avor
able
Slight
ly fa
vora
ble
Mod
erat
ely fa
vora
ble
Very
favo
rable
Extre
mely
favo
rable
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
View of Intensive Training-One Year Out
LobsterOverall
Business Planning
Burden Opportunity0%
10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
7%
93%
6%
94%
Did you view the LTBP as a burden or opportunity?
LobsterOverall
Business Planning
Not useful Slightly useful Moderately useful
Very useful0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%
Did you find writing the LTBP useful for looking at the future of your business?
Business Planning
Not at all Slightly Moderately Very Extremely0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%
Rate the following two items as beneficial to your business
Business plan you wroteFeedback received from educators and consultant
Did you make any changes?
Yes67%
No33%
Have you made any changes as a result of the TAA trainings or the business plan you developed?
Was the training/cash you received from the TAA program
worth the effort?
Training Cash50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
95.1%92.5%
96.4% 95.2%
LobsterOverall
INSIGHTSLobster TAA Evaluation
Online Training
In-Person Online Combination0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%
15.1%
44.0%40.9%
Prior to Training: Preference to Complete TAA Training
Online Training
<20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60+0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
How would you prefer to receive TAA training?
In-PersonOnlineCombination
Online Training
1,86912%
13,89988%
Mode of Lobster Intensive Training
In PersonOnline
Online Training
Not beneficial Somewhat beneficial Very beneficial0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
How beneficial were the TAA training materials posted on the website?
LobsterOverall
Business Planning
No value Slight Moderate Large0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
2.5%7.2%
28.5%
61.9%
Did meeting with your consul-tant add value to the trainings
you took?
Poor Fair Good Excellent0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
1.0%4.8%
22.9%
71.4%
How would you rate your business plan consultant ex-
perience?
IMPLICATIONSLobster TAA Evaluation
More training?
Yes45%
No55%
Are you interested in additional intensive business management training?
More training?
One-on-one Small group Online0%
10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%
39.0%29.4%
70.2%
How would you prefer to take additional training?
More training?
<20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60+ Total0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Training Mode Desired by Age
One-on-OneSmall-GroupOnline
Would you participate again?
Not at all likely
Slightly likely Moderately likely
Very likely Extremely likely
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
4.3%
10.0%
16.0%
37.0%
32.9%
Quotes
• I was somewhat reluctant in the beginning not knowing what to expect, but I found it to be a source of valuable information that me and my husband can both utilize and plan to utilize in the future.
Concluding thoughts
• 3,220 lobster applicants trained
• 2,966 long term business plans completed
• Training was well received
– 85% found at least moderately favorable a year after completing their business plan
• Amount of cash payment did have an affect, though not as large as anticipated
Concluding thoughts
• There is a desire for more training
• Applicants preferred to access training online as opposed to traditional methods
• Overall-hybrid method of delivery achieved highly regarded results amongst participants
Lobster Commodity Development Team
• UCONN
– Tessa Getchis
– Anoushka Concepcion
• Maine
– Dana Morse
– Annie Tselikis – Maine Lobstermen’s Assoc
• MIT
– Madeleine Hall-Arber
• UNH
– Erik Chapman
– Ken La Valley
• URI
– Scott Donahue