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University of GeorgiaCollege of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences

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Committee members Doug Bailey – Horticulture Ursula Dietrich – Small Animal Medicine Jeff Fisher – Environmental Health Science Tom Sims – University of Delaware

University of GeorgiaCollege of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences

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Sunday, November 26, 2006 Tom Sims arrives in Athens, Dinner

Monday, November 27, 2006 (Athens) Breakfast 8:30 a.m. - Meeting with Staff (CRSS Conference Room) 9:00 a.m. - Meeting with Undergraduate Students (Room 2401, Plant Sciences Building) 9:30 a.m. - Meeting with Graduate Students (Room 2401, Plant Sciences Building) 10:15 a.m. - Meeting with Faculty (Room 142, CAGT Building) 11:30 a.m. - Meeting with Cooperators (Room 142, CAGT Building) 12:30 p.m. - Lunch for faculty, cooperators and review team (128, 130 CAGT Building) 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Departmental Presentations (Room 128, 130 CAGT Building) Dinner

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 (Athens, Travel to Griffin) Breakfast 9:30 a.m. - Meeting with Administration - Drs. Angle, Shulstad, Sparks, Broder (Room 107 Conner Hall) 10:30 - Noon - Tour of facilities -- Plant Sciences Building - Donn Shilling CAGT - Roger Boerma Greenhouses - Kurk Lance Noon - Lunch 1:00 p.m. - Tour Plant Sciences Farm - Herb Yeomans 2:00 p.m. - Leave for Griffin (Arrive in Griffin, get review team checked into hotel), Dinner

Itinerary

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Wednesday, November 29th (Griffin, Travel to Tifton) Breakfast 8:30 a.m. -- Meeting with Staff (Large Conference Room, Redding Building) 9:15 a.m. -- Meeting with Students (305 Flynt Building) 10:00 a.m. -- Meeting with Assistant Dean (Dr. Arkin’s office, Flynt Building) 11:00 a.m. -- Meeting with Cooperators (Large Conference Room, Redding Building) Noon - Lunch, faculty, cooperators, review team (Large Conf. Room, Redding Bldg.) 1:00 p.m. -- Meeting with faculty (Large Conference Room, Redding Building) 2:00 p.m. -- Tour of facilities - Jerry Johnson 3:00 p.m. -- Leave for Tifton ((Arrive in Tifton, get review team checked into hotel), Dinner

Thursday, November 30th (Tifton, return home) Breakfast 9:00 a.m. -- Meeting with Students (TBA) 9:30 a.m. -- Meeting with Staff (Conference Room, Horticulture Building) 10:00 a.m. -- Meeting with faculty (Conference Room, Horticulture Building) 11:00 a.m. -- Meeting with Cooperators (Conference Room, Horticulture Building) Noon - Lunch, faculty, cooperators, review team (Conf. Room, Horticulture Building) 1:30 p.m. -- Meeting with Assistant Dean (Dr. Brown’s office, NESPAL Building) 2:00 p.m. -- Tour of facilities - Charles Douglas Tom Sims to Airport (Flight departs at 6:55 p.m.)

Itinerary (cont.)

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Departmental Overview – Donn Shilling

Undergraduate Program – Bill Vencill

Graduate Program - Miguel Cabrera

Research Overview - Roger Boerma Breeding/Genetics/ Genomics – Roger Boerma Environmental Sciences – David Radcliffe Crop Management & Physiology – Bob Carrow Weed Science - Bill Vencill

BREAK (20 min.)

Extension and Outreach Overview - Dewey Lee Crop Management - John Beasley Soils - David Kissel Water - Larry West

Facilities Athens - Donn Shilling Griffin - Jerry Johnson Tifton - Steve Brown

Q&A

Departmental PresentationEach presentation will be approximately 7 minutes with 3 minutes allotted at the end of each presentation for Q&A.

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Overview– Agriculture Statistics– Mission and Function– Structure– Department Statistics– Governance/Communication– Research/Teaching/Extension

University of GeorgiaCollege of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences

Importance of Food and Fiber

In two-thirds of Georgia’s counties, Agriculture represents either the largest or second largest part of the counties economy.

Source:“The Economic Importance of Food and Fiberto Georgia’s Rural Economy”

Ware

Burke

Clinch

Hall

Laurens

Early

Floyd

Worth

Bulloch

Lee

Charlton

Coffee

Fulton

Wayne

Tif t

Long

HarrisScreven

Emanuel

Decatur

Troup

Carroll

Liberty

Irwin

Polk

Dodge

Bryan

Grady

Colquitt

Wilkes

Dooly

Telfair

Brooks

Appling

Camden

Bartow

Cobb

Sumter

Gilmer

Jones

Thomas

Mitchell Glynn

Elbert

Walker

Tattnall

Taylor

Berrien

Echols

Talbot

Stewart

Coweta

RabunFannin

Union

Macon

Washington

Hart

Bibb

Jasper

Jefferson

Baker

Lowndes

Wilcox

Brantley

Monroe

Hancock

Greene

Henry

Marion

Crisp

Miller

Pierce

Murray

Terrell

Upson

Gwinnett

Heard

Twiggs

Pike

McIntosh

Gordon

Effingham

Clay

Morgan

Walton

Putnam

Jenkins

Toombs

Wilkinson

Meriwether

Randolph

Houston

Cook

Bacon

Cherokee

Turner

Chatham

Jackson

White

Oglethorpe

Atkinson

Warren

Banks

Paulding

Butts

Johnson

Newton

Crawford

Baldwin

Wheeler

Dade

Lincoln

Pulaski

Madison

Lumpkin

Franklin

Calhoun

Richmond

Whitfield

Jeff Davis

Candler

De Kalb

Forsyth

Dougherty

Haralson

Columbia

Lanier

Ben Hill

Chattooga

Lamar

Evans

McDuffie

Pickens

Towns

Seminole

Dawson

Fayette

Bleckley

Schley

Barrow

Oconee

Webster

Treutlen

Douglas

Habersham

Peach

Spalding

Catoosa

Muscogee

Taliaferro

Clarke

Clayton

Stephens

Montgomery

Quitman

Chattahoochee

Glascock

Rockdale

Percent of Total Output 0 - 10 %10 - 25 %25 - 40 %40 - 60 %60 - 100 %

Agriculture Statistics

2005 Total Farm Gate ValueGA = $10.580 billion2004 = $10.284 billion

$0 - $20,000,000$20,000,000 - $45,000,000$45,000,000 - $80,000,000$80,000,000 - $200,000,000$200,000,000 - $316,814,000

Livestock & Aquaculture

12.3%

Vegetables8.5%Ornamental

Horticulture6.6%

Forestry & Products

6.1%

Other Income6.3%

Fruits & Nuts2.5%

Row & Forage Crops

15.1%

Poultry & Eggs

42.7%

Agriculture Statistics

2005 Row & Forage Crops FarmGate Value

GA = $1.6 billion2004 = $1.5 billion

$0 - $1,000,000$1,000,000 - $5,000,000$5,000,000 - $15,000,000$15,000,000 - $30,000,000$30,000,000 - $58,866,000

Straw1.44%

Tobacco2.82%

Wheat2.36%

Soybeans2.04%

Sorghum0.20%

Silage1.64%Barley

0.01%

Corn5.28%

Cotton45.24%

Hay10.15% Oats

0.36% Other0.66%

Peanuts26.46%

Rye1.32%

Agriculture Statistics

$0 - $1,000,000$1,000,000 - $3,000,000$3,000,000 - $6,000,000$6,000,000 - $10,000,000$10,000,000 - $43,415,000

2005 Ornamental HorticultureFarm Gate Value

GA = $699 million2004 = $657 million

Turfgrass21.6%

Other1.0%

Greenhouse35.2%

Field Nursery14.3%

Container Nursery27.9%

Agriculture Statistics

Mission and Function

To discover new knowledge and evaluate innovative concepts and technologies to enhance science and help ensure sustainable natural resources and a profitable agricultural industry through teaching, research and extension activities.

Mission and FunctionMulti-functional, multi-locational, interdisciplinary department

1. GA Mtn Res & Ed Center, Blairsville2. NW Res & Ed Center, Calhoun3. Wahsega 4-H Center, Dahlonega4. Athens Campus5. Fortson 4-H Center, Hampton6. Rock Eagle 4-H Center, Eatonton7. Griffin Campus8. Central Res & Ed Center, Eatonton9. Collaborative Res, Fort Valley10. Statesboro11. SW Res & Ed Center, Plains12. Vidalia Onion & Veg Res Farm, Reidsville13. Burton 4-H Center14. Tifton Campus15. Bamboo Farm &Coastal Gardens,

Savannah16. Rural Development Center17. C.M. Stripling Irrigation Res Park, Camilla18. Jekyll Island 4-H Center19. Attapulgus Research Farm

Dean

Associate Deans/Assistant Deans --Programmatic & Location

Department Heads

Faculty

Structure

Mission and Function

• Breeding/Genetics/Genomics• Crop Management and Physiology• Environmental Sciences• Weed Science

Programs

Faculty - 41

Research Scientist - 5

Post Doctoral Associates - 4

Technicians - 62

Administrative Staff - 6

Graduate Students - 42

Undergraduate Students - 150

Departmental Statistics

Departmental Staffing and Students

Departmental Statistics

Base Budget $6,000,000

Grants $4,208,871

Contributions Various $ 441,593 4-H $ 116,071

Royalties $ 611,552

Budget

Governance/Communication

• Locational Meetings

• Spring and Fall faculty meetings

• Executive Committee-REIs and Extension Coordinator

• Standing Committees

R/TCounty Agents

Public/Industry

Governance/Communication

Students

Scientific community

Information Continuum

E

Customers

•Students•Colleagues•Decision makers•Interest Groups•Farmers•Regulators•Policy makers

Research

Teaching

Extension

Customer

Interaction and CommunicationInteraction and Communication

Teaching Programs

UGA State-Wide Teaching Program

State-wide Teaching Programs

• Undergraduate– Turfgrass Management– Agriscience & Environmental Systems– Biological Sciences

• Plant Sciences Area of Emphasis– Environmental Chemistry– Water and Soil Resources– Applied Biotechnology

• Plant Science Area of Emphasis– Environmental Resource Science

• Graduate– MS– Ph.D– Non-thesis Master– MPPPM

Students• Relevant majors• Recruitment• Internships• Scholarships• Job placement• Employer relationships• Loyalty• Student life/educational experience•Access to faculty

Extension

Specialists - Translate, package, and deliver information

County Agents Educational Programs

Public, Industry, and Others

• 157 County offices

• Funding-federal, state, county, private

• Close relationship between departments and county programs

• All politics are local

ExtensionExtension

Government

Industry

Public ScientificCommunity

Teaching

ResearchResearch

Extension

ResearchResearch

All information is based on “good science”

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