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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 1, 2025 9:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Martin, Edward C - (ecmartin) <ecmartin@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] 2025 National AI Report for Extension & agInnovation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:175%"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Extension and agInnovation Directors & Administrators,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="line-height:175%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you for your participation in the National AI Convenings this past summer and fall. We enjoyed seeing you and working with you on this important topic at the
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2025 Joint Cooperative Extension & agInnovation Directors & Administrators Meeting</span></em> in St. Louis this past September.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:175%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are happy to share that the full report is now available
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<span style="color:#00A4BD">at this link. </span></a>As always, feel free to reach out to me directly if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. Thank you for your partnership on this initiative.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:175%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:175%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Aaron Weibe, Ph.D<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:175%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Director of Technology Services & Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:175%"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This work is supported in part by New Technologies for Ag Extension (funding opportunity no. USDA-NIFA-OP-010186), grant no. 2023-41595-41325 from the USDA National Institute of Food
and Agriculture in partnership with the University of New Hampshire Extension. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of
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