This paper details a methodology for determining Extension constituent needs. The forest products industry was surveyed in Minnesota, Virginia, and Oregon through a collaborative efforts of the states' Extension programs.the respective states. The objective was to identify educational and training needs and to evaluate the current training methods. A mail survey was used to gather data from the primary and secondary forest products companies. The results found that marketing and management subject areas ranked higher in need that most production subject areas. Despite differences between the forest products industries in each state, few significant differences in educational needs were found between states.
Bowe et al. (Sun,) studied this question.