8:00 1. Welcome and Opening Remarks (D.C. Coston/Bill Hicks) 8:15 2. Impact Assessment / SERA-TF-10 (Tom Helms) 8:30 3. CSREES Update (Bob Robinson) 9:00 4. AESOP Report (Terry Nipp) 9:30 Break 10:00 5. Technology Application: "Tick-Cattle-Landscape Interactions: An Ecological Basis for Integrated Pest Management Strategies Against Ticks" (Pete Teel) 10:30 6. Update on Title VIII Coordinating Comm. Activities (Joe Coffey, CARET rep and Rodney Foil, AHS rep) 10:50 7. Adjourn
Participants
| agInnovation South John Beverly, TX Jim Boling, KY Bill Brown, LA Bob Cannell, VA Jerry Cherry, GA D. C. Coston, OK Everett Emino, FL Jim Fischer, SC Frank Gilstrap, TX T. J. Helms, Exec. Dir. Richard Jones, FL Fred Knapp, KY Graham Purchase, MS Anna Rasberry, Asst to ED. Don Richardson, TN Larry Rogers, LA Charles Scifres, AR David Teem, AL Greg Weidemann, AR Johnny Wynne, NC CARET Debbie Moreland |
ASRED Larry Arrington, FL Jack Bagent, LA Bill Caldwell, NC Zerle Carpenter, TX Dan Ezell, SC Chester Fehlis, TX David Foster, AR Billy Hicks, TN Bob Issac, GA Jon Ort, NC Pedro Rodriquez, PR Walter Walla, KY AHS Durward Bateman, NC Gale Buchanan, GA Rodney Foil, MS Oran Little, KY Milo Shult, ARARS Charles Onstad |
ARD Marvin Burns, OK Sam Donald, Director McArthur Floyd, AL Charles Panton, NCESCOP Interns Carlos Fernandez, TX Tom Gerik, TX David Leatham, TX Bill Ocumpaugh, TX CSREES George Cooper A. J. Dye Bob Robinson AES Advisory Comm. Jon Brandt, NC Les Myers, VA Other Dick Ridgeway, Riley Memorial Foundation |
Agenda Item 1
Background
The joint meeting of Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (agInnovation South) and the Association of Southern Region Extension Directors (ASRED) will be called to order by respective chairs of each association.
Action Requested
For information only.
Background
An update on activities of the ESCOP/ECOP Image Enhancement activity as relating to impact statement development will be presented for information. The joint research/extension task force (SERA-TF-10) membership appointments and nominations are listed below:
State |
Representative |
Nomination for Participation as Discipline Area Expert |
| Alabama | Katie Smith Research Information, AES |
Tom Chesnutt Human Sciences, Extension System |
| Arkansas | Mr. Howell Medders Interim Dept. Head, Ag. Publications |
Dr. Lynn Russell Extension Family Resource Mgt. Specialist |
| Florida | Mr. Don Poucher Director and Assoc. Extension Scientist IFAS Educational Media and Services |
Dr. Glen Hembry, Chair Department of Animal Sciences (animal science) |
| Georgia | Dr. Barry W. Jones Coordinator of Ed., Comm. and Tech. |
n/a |
| Kentucky | Randy Weckman Agricultural Communications |
M. Scott Smith Department of Agronomy (plant science) |
| Louisiana | Ms. Frankie Gould Agricultural Communications |
Dr. C. Pat Hegwood, Head Department of Horticulture |
| Mississippi | Mr. Cliff Bice, Head Office of Ag Communications |
Dr. Terry Kiser, Head Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences |
| North Carolina | Mr. David Caldwell Agricultural Communications |
Dr. Billy Caldwell Assistant Director, NCCES (agronomist/plant breeder)Alternate: Dr. Eric Young Assistant Director, NCARS (horticulture/planning & marketing) |
| Oklahoma | Ms. Carla Chlouber Managing Editor, Ag. Publications |
n/a |
| Puerto Rico | Dr. Hipolito O’Farrill Extension Specialist |
Mr. Rafael F. Olmeda Asst. Dir. Ag., Marketing, & Nat. Res. (plant sciences) |
| South Carolina | Ron Addis Public Information Director Clemson University |
Dennis Decoteau Chair, Horticulture Department Clemson University |
| Tennessee | Dr. Bonnie P. Riechert, Coordinator TAES Communications Unit |
n/a |
| Texas | Ms. Lynette James Communications Specialist |
Dr. Frank Gilstrap Associate Director, TAES (entomology) |
| Virginia | Dr. Stewart D. MacInnis Public Relations Specialist |
Dr. Timothy P. Mack, Head Department of Entomology |
| Virgin Islands | Mr. Kofi Boateng Extension Prog. Sup. for Livestock |
n/a |
Action Requested
For information only.
Action Taken
Dr. Helms suggested that a training session for task force members be held jointly with the NorthCentral region in late summer or early fall. This proposal was approved on motion/second by Walla/Boling. The ARD group was asked to submit names soon for inclusion in this process.
Background
Dr. Bob Robinson, Administrator, CSREES, will present an update of current issues.
Action Requested
For information only.
Action Taken
A handout summarizing the following activities was distributed. (A copy is available from the ED office).
- Research, Education, and Economics Information System (REEIS)
- CRIS Enhancement
- Globalizing Agricultural Science and Education Programs for America (GASEPA)
- Higher Education Programs
- Risk Management Education
- Sustainable Agriculture, Research, and Education Program
- Food Quality Protection Act
- GPRA Update
Background
Dr. Terry Nipp will join the meeting via conference call for report of AESOP activities.
Action Requested
For information only.
Background
Dr. Pete Teel, Entomologist from Texas A&M University, will make a presentation that will examine the application of technologies to obtain and integrate research data necessary to study the important interactions of tick, cattle, and landscape.
The technologies of remote sensing, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have been utilized to obtain and integrate information on cattle movement with spatial heterogeniety of rangeland vegetation communities, spatial distribution of free-living tick populations, and the number of parasites acquired by the moving host. Ticks are obligate bloodfeeding ectoparasites of vertebrates that spend only about 2% of their life span feeding on hosts to complete the life cycle. The remaining 98% of the life span is spent in vegetation communities where they have fallen upon completion of feeding. The resulting distribution of ticks and the risk of becoming reinfested is correlated to the host animal use of the landscape. While the traditional method of protecting cattle from economic losses and the threat of disease transmission is with acaricide applications to animals, other methodologies, including brush control techniques can suppress tick populations in the off-host environments. One of the limitations to the development of effective IPM strategies against ticks is understanding how tick populations respond to the interactions of grazing cattle and the disturbances of heterogenous landscapes.
Action Requested
For information only.
Background
Joe Coffey, CARET representative and Rodney Foil, Administrative Heads Section representative, will provide an update of activities of the Title VIII Coordinating Committee. This is an ad hoc committee established by NASULGC’s Board on Agriculture to coordinate an effort to develop positions consistent with the various components of the land-grant university system.
Action Requested
For information only.
Background
Final remarks and announcements will preceed adjournment.
Action Requested
For information only.
Action Taken
Two additional items were presented for information:
- Convenient times for future meetings were discussed. The 1998 Southern Region Mini Land Grant meeting has been scheduled for August 1-4 in Athens, Georgia.
- Dick Ridgeway of the Riley Memorial Foundation distributed information concerning a joint CSREES/NCRS Regional Workshop on October 9-10 in Atlanta. Directors are asked to submit nominations for exemplary collaborative programs. Programs to be used in the workshops will be chosen in late July or early August.
Meeting adjourned.
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