 Extension plays a very vital role in terms of all of production agriculture. We use science-based information, we utilize that information and extend it to the public. And we extend it in various forms, whether it be through short courses, webinars, publications, videos such as this. Every venue possible that we can think of to extend that science-based information is our role. You know we have two programs here in Alabama Extension that come to mind quickly. First is the beef basics program. The other one sort of mimics that, but it's forage basics. Talking a lot about how you select species, whether it be animal species, plant species, optimum planting dates, planting rates, optimum fertilization practices, soil testing, anything we can do from a management standpoint to make those production systems more efficient. I got started in Extension in 1976. I was hired as extension forage crop agronomist. That's the only job I've had with the university and I was on the faculty in that role for 35 years. Without a doubt, efficiency in the area of forage livestock production, which I have worked throughout my career, has improved. There are a lot of reasons for that, one of which being research with forage livestock production. There's been a lot of work done in recent years with grazing management and Extension personnel have done a great job of extending that information to the public. The science-based information to me is so important because it's unbiased. It's done by researchers, typically by grant funded projects, but it's that non-biased information that we collect and we present the data as it comes to us as a researcher. And then we disseminate that information into user forms. There's no question that producers want to have environmentally friendly operations and they want to have sustainable operations. The mission of Extension is to provide research-based information that can benefit the financial well-being and the quality of life of the general public. The reason I chose Extension for really a career was I grew up on a farm and it was very exciting to me, even though at the time I didn't really realize what the value of it was when I was much younger. But everything we do in agriculture, we've got to have reliable information. What we do in Extension is so important because we do make that valuable difference out there and helping producers make their livelihood throughout the industry, whether it's livestock-based industry or other industries in the ag sector.