2006 University Review
Welcome
Thank you for your commitment to the process
University of Georgia
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
2006 University Review
Committee members
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Doug Bailey – Horticulture
Ursula Dietrich – Small Animal Medicine
Jeff Fisher – Environmental Health Science
Tom Sims – University of Delaware
University of Georgia
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
2006 University Review
Itinerary
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
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Itinerary (cont.)
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.)
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Departmental Presentation
Each presentation will be approximately 7 minutes with 3 minutes allotted
at the end of each presentation for Q&A.
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
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Overview
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Agriculture Statistics
Mission and Function
Structure
Department Statistics
Governance/Communication
Research/Teaching/Extension
University of Georgia
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Agriculture Statistics
Importance of Food and Fiber
Fannin
Catoosa
Dade
Towns
Union
Walker
Percent of Total Output
0 - 10 %
10 - 25 %
25 - 40 %
40 - 60 %
60 - 100 %
Rabun
Murray
Whitfield
Gilmer
White
Habersham
Stephens
Lumpkin
Gordon
Chattooga
Pickens
Dawson
Banks
Franklin
Hall
Floyd
Bartow
Cherokee
Jackson
In two-thirds of Georgia’s
counties, Agriculture
represents either the largest or
second largest part of the
counties economy.
Polk
Paulding
Hart
Forsyth
Cobb
Madison
Barrow
Gwinnett
Elbert
Clarke
Oglethorpe
Haralson
Oconee
Fulton
Wilkes
Walton
De Kalb
Lincoln
Douglas
Rockdale
Carroll
Clayton
Morgan
Newton
Taliaferro
Greene
Columbia
McDuffie
Warren
Henry
Fayette
Richmond
Coweta
Jasper
Butts
Heard
Putnam
Spalding
Hancock
Glascock
Pike
Troup
Lamar
Burke
Baldwin
Meriwether
Monroe
Jones
Washington
Jefferson
Upson
Bibb
Harris
Talbot
Wilkinson
Crawford
Taylor
Emanuel
Houston
Laurens
Bleckley
Effingham
Pulaski
Dodge
Dooly
Webster
Candler
Bulloch
Schley
Stewart
Treutlen
Macon
Marion
Screven
Johnson
Peach
Muscogee
Chattahoochee
Jenkins
Twiggs
Wheeler Montgomery
Evans
Toombs
Bryan
Sumter
Wilcox
Telfair
Crisp
Tattnall
Quitman
Liberty
Terrell
Randolph
Lee
Jeff Davis
Ben Hill
Appling
Long
Turner
Clay
Calhoun
Dougherty
Irwin
Worth
Coffee
Wayne
Bacon
McIntosh
Tif t
Early
Pierce
Baker
Atkinson
Berrien
Mitchell
Colquitt
Miller
Ware
Cook
Glynn
Brantley
Lanier
Clinch
Seminole
Source:
“The Economic Importance of Food and Fiber
to Georgia’s Rural Economy”
Decatur
Grady
Thomas
Brooks
Camden
Lowndes
Echols
Charlton
Chatham
Agriculture Statistics
2005 Total Farm Gate Value
GA = $10.580 billion
2004 = $10.284 billion
Fruits & Nuts
2.5%
Poultry &
Eggs
42.7%
Other Income
6.3%
$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
Forestry &
Products
6.1%
Ornamental
Horticulture
6.6%
Livestock &
Vegetables
Aquaculture
8.5%
12.3%
Row &
Forage Crops
15.1%
Agriculture Statistics
2005 Row & Forage Crops Farm
Gate Value
GA = $1.6 billion
2004 = $1.5 billion
Hay
10.15% Oats
0.36% Other
0.66%
Cotton
45.24%
Peanuts
26.46%
$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
Corn
5.28%
Barley
Straw
0.01%
1.44%
Wheat
Tobacco Soybeans
2.36%
2.04%
2.82%
Silage
1.64%
Sorghum
0.20%
Rye
1.32%
Agriculture Statistics
2005 Ornamental Horticulture
Farm Gate Value
GA = $699 million
2004 = $657 million
Field
Nursery
14.3%
$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
Container
Nursery
27.9%
Greenhouse
35.2%
Other
1.0%
Turfgrass
21.6%
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 Function
Multi-functional, multi-locational, interdisciplinary department
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GA Mtn Res & Ed Center, Blairsville
NW Res & Ed Center, Calhoun
Wahsega 4-H Center, Dahlonega
Athens Campus
Fortson 4-H Center, Hampton
Rock Eagle 4-H Center, Eatonton
Griffin Campus
Central Res & Ed Center, Eatonton
Collaborative Res, Fort Valley
Statesboro
SW Res & Ed Center, Plains
Vidalia Onion & Veg Res Farm, Reidsville
Burton 4-H Center
Tifton Campus
Bamboo Farm &Coastal Gardens,
Savannah
Rural Development Center
C.M. Stripling Irrigation Res Park, Camilla
Jekyll Island 4-H Center
Attapulgus Research Farm
Structure
Dean
Associate Deans/Assistant Deans -Programmatic & Location
Department Heads
Faculty
Mission and Function
Programs
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Breeding/Genetics/Genomics
Crop Management and Physiology
Environmental Sciences
Weed Science
Departmental Statistics
Departmental Staffing and Students
Faculty - 41
Research Scientist - 5
Post Doctoral Associates - 4
Technicians - 62
Administrative Staff - 6
Graduate Students - 42
Undergraduate Students - 150
Departmental Statistics
Budget
Base Budget
$6,000,000
Grants
$4,208,871
Contributions
Various
4-H
$
$
441,593
116,071
Royalties
$
611,552
Governance/Communication
• Locational Meetings
• Spring and Fall faculty meetings
• Executive CommitteeREIs and Extension Coordinator
• Standing Committees
Governance/Communication
Information Continuum
R/T
County
Agents
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Students
Scientific community
Public/
Industry
Interaction and Communication
Teaching
Customer
Research
Customers
•Students
•Colleagues
•Decision makers
•Interest Groups
•Farmers
•Regulators
•Policy makers
Extension
UGA State-Wide Teaching Program
Teaching
Programs
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
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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
Public, Industry, and
Others
County Agents
Educational
Programs
Extension
• 157 County offices
• Funding-federal, state, county,
private
• Close relationship between
departments and county
programs
• All politics are local
Research
Industry
Extension
Government
Public
Scientific
Community
Teaching
Research
All information is based on “good science”
The Challenge
FUNDING
QUALITY
TIME
2006 Crop and Soil Sciences
University Review
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University of Georgia
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences