Northwest District PAC Issue Identification
Agriculture/Natural Resources For The
2011 Program Year
DASNR
Initiative
Issues(s)
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Cattle & Forages
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Forage protection and management
Grazing management/stocking rate
Nutrition management – Helping manage cows through the winter
Herd management – Do a cattle handling demonstration
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Nutrition and herd management
Forage production and management
Herd Health
Nutrition expense
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Forage production & management
Marketing
Nutrition
Herd health
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Forage production and management on Native and Improved pastures
Marketing
Alternative feed options for beef cattle
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Hay Quality
Range Management (weed & brush control)
Grazing Management
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Forage production and management
Quality assurance
Nutrition and herd management
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Nutrition and herd management
Animal Health for Stockers and Cowherd
Hay & forage Production and Management
Counties
Texas
Noble
Dewey
Logan
Harper
Major
Beaver
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Cattle & Forages
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Cattle & Forages
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Genetics (OK Steer Feedout)
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Nutrition and Herd Management
Forage Production and Management
Herd Health/Beef Quality Assurance
Marketing of beef cattle/OQBN, Age & Source Verification
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Decreasing cow numbers
Marketing of calves/stockers
Blaine
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Cedar tree removal
Prescribed burning
Woods
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Herd Health
Nutrition and Herd Management
Marketing - GIPSA
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AI and Breeding Herd Health Management
Supplementation for Various Forages
Health, Nutrition and Marketing for Stockers
Health, Nutrition and Marketing for Cow/Calf
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Trichomanosis laws
Vaccines for cow/calf and newly arrived stockers
Marketing
Concerns over environmental rights and animal activists and animal laws
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Prescribed Fire for invasive species control
Grazing Management
Rangeland Management for Beef Cattle Production & Wildlife
Forage selection for hay
Herd health
OK Steer Feedout, Ellis Co. Commercial Pen Contest, Jr. Steer Feedout
Process verified programs
Breeding & reproduction
Woodward
Kay
Garfield
Kingfisher
Ellis
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Crop Management
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Crop Management
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Soil Fertility
Pest Management
Alternative Crops
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Soil Fertility & management
Variety selection – Grain Sorghum
Crop production practices
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pH issues – how it relates crop rotation and no-till
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Grain Sorghum & row crop educational programs
Continue wheat field day at Marshall
Sensor based technology programs
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No-Till Cropping Practices
Alternative Crops
Soil Management
Wheat, Grain Sorghum & Canola Variety Selection and Performance
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Variety Selection
Crop Production Practices
Soil Fertility and Management
Non-traditional Crop Alternatives
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No-Till Production Including Crop Production, Crop Rotation, Equipment, Labor, Herbicides,
Demonstration Plots
Dewey
Beaver
Blaine
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Crop Management
continued
7.
Logan
Harper
Woodward
Grant
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Alternative crops – corn, grain sorghum, sesame and canola
No-till vs conventional tillage
Weed control in wheat
Wheat and canola variety plots
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Crop Production Practices
Crop Variety selection
Soil fertility & management
Woods
Kay
Garfield
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Crop Management
12.
Crop Management
Environmental Quality
& Waste Management
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Farm & Agribusiness
Management
continued
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Farm & Agribusiness
Management
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Soil Fertility Management
Conservation Tillage with Nitrogen Affixing Crops for Rotation
Crop Rotation Benefits and Concerns Regarding Herbicide Carryover and Potential Disease
Maintaining Grain Quality In On Farm Grain Storage
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No – till crop rotations
Nitrogen fixing summer crops – cover crops
CRP – how can it be used for hunting – border strips
Sesame
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Crop Rotation
Alternative Crop Production – Sesame, Canola
Soil Fertility and Management
No-Till and Minimum-Till Cropping Systems
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Cover Crops as a Nitrogen Source to Replace Other Forms of Nitrogen
Poultry Litter and Other Animal Waste as Fertilizer
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Value Added
Marketing
Risk Management
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Land & Crop Lease Agreements
Government Programs
Grain and livestock marketing
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Economic and social sustainability
Business Structure & Organization
Alfalfa
Ellis
Garfield
Dewey
Harper
Texas
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Farm & Agribusiness
Management
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Farm & Agribusiness
Management
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Wheat – Multiple Uses
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Wheat – Multiple Uses
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Farm and business risk management
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Enterprise Analysis
Business Structure & Oganization
Finance and Capital
Record Keeping/Computer Software Programs
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Increasing age of farmers
Young farmers buying farms and ability to cash flow
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Business Structure and Organization
Economic & social sustainability
Policy & regulatory requirements
Public Relations
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Information on Renewable Energy for Farms, Ranches & Rural Businesses
Continue Programs That Include Business Management Such As Annie’s Project and Master Cattlemen
Adding Value to Ag Products
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Risk Management
Marketing options and outlook
Farm Bill Programs
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Quicken for Farm Financial Records
Marketing
Land mineral leasing and/or sales
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Variety selection
Agronomic practices
Noxious and problem weeds
Crop rotation
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Varieties of wheat
No-till
Rye in wheat
pH issues in wheat
Grant
Woodward
Blaine
Kay
Garfield
Kingfisher
Ellis
Noble
Blaine
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Wheat – Multiple Uses
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Insects
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Fertility
Variety/Genetics
Marketing
Farm Program
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Variety selection
Pest management
Agronomic practices
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Variety Plot/Variety Selection
Soil Fertility and management
Calf nutrition and health
Grain, cattle and hay marketing
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Forage Nutritive Value and Utilization
Variety Selection
Soil Fertility
Agronomic Practices
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Agronomic Practices
Cattle, grain & hay marketing
Variety selection
Soil fertility
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Agronomic Practices
Management
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Optimum Utilization of Soil Nutrients
Variety Selection and Adaptability
Insect and Weed Pest Management
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Variety selection, disease resistance, yield
Forage production
Herbicide control of invasive grasses
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Soil Fertility
Forage Production & Utilization
Dewey
Major
Beaver
Woodward
Kay
Garfield
Kingfisher
Ellis
Consumer Horticulture
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Consumer Horticulture
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Variety Development and Selection
Calf nutrition & health
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Community gardens and gardening
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Turfgrass Management
Tree Selection & Care
Soil Fertility
Noble
Woodward