Annual/Termination Reports:

[06/30/2014] [02/03/2015]

Report Information

Participants

Brief Summary of Minutes

See attached "Copy of Minutes" file for NCDC227's annual report.

Accomplishments

Publications

Impact Statements

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Report Information

Participants

List of Attendees:
Brett Allen-USDA-MT Jill Anderson-SDSU David Archer-USDA ARS
Dwayne Beck-SDSU Ruth Beck-SDSU Rick Bennett-Agrisoma
Derek Brake-SDSU Emmanuel Byamukama-SDSU Patrick Crampton-Agrisoma
Matt Diersen-SDSU Nicolas DiLorenzo-UF Lisa Elliott-SDSU
Eric Eriksmoen-NDSU Steve Fabijanski-Agrisoma Bob Fanning-SDSU
Dan Forgey-Producer Stephen Gent-SDSU Bill Gibbons-SDSU
Kathleen Grady-SDSU Chris Graham-SDSU Elaine Grings-SDSU
Garret Groves-Agrisoma Zhengrong Gu-SDSU Louis Hessler-USDA ARS
Jon Kleinjan-SDSU Daryl Males-Agrisoma Jim Marois-UF
Ken Mudry-Paterson Gr Chuck Red-ARA John Rickertsen-NDSU
Henry Roghair-Producer Vance Owens-NC SunGrant Daniel Scholl-SDSU
Heidi Sieverding-SDSMT Jim Stone-SDSMT Bruce Swan-SDSU
Nleya Thandi-SDSU Clint Vanneman-Producer Lin Wei-SDSU
David Wright-SDSU Yang Yen-SDSU

Brief Summary of Minutes

Agenda:
North Central Development Committee 227 Brassica carinata
Second Annual Meeting, December 3 & 4, 2014
Ramkota Inn, Lewis and Clark Room, Pierre, SD

Dec 3, Wednesday Afternoon: Production Outreach for Producers
1:30 pm Introduction and overview. Bill Gibbons (SDSU)
1:35 pm Welcome and summary of NCDC 227. Daniel Scholl (SDSU AES and Official
Administrator for NCDC 227)
1:50 pm Agrisoma Biosciences commercialization plans. Daryl Males (Agrisoma)
2:30 pm Agronomy panel.
John Rickertsen (NDSU)
Kathy Grady, Jon Kleinjan (SDSU)
Jim Marois (UF)
Daryl Males (Agrisoma)
3:10 pm Break
3:30 pm Biofuel market pull from DOD/Navy. Vance Owens (NC Sun Grant Center and SDSU;
speaking for Chris Tyndall, Navy).
4:00 pm Meal feeding panel
Jill Anderson (SDSU)
Elaine Grings, Derek Brake (SDSU)
Nicholas Dilorenzo (UF)
4:40 pm Meal processing and high value markets. Bill Gibbons (SDSU)
5:00 pm Adjourn

Dec 4, Thursday: Research and Collaborations
8:00 am Welcome and introductions. Bill Gibbons (SDSU)
8:15 am ARA and Blue Sun Biodiesel updates. Chuck Red (ARA)
8:45 am Economics and insurance. Bill Gibbons (speaking for Lisa Elliott, Matt Diersen, SDSU)
9:15 am Life cycle analysis. Jim Stone, Heidi Sieverding (SDSMT)
9:45 am Break
10:00 am Review of Feb 2014 Florida meeting Jim Marois (UF)
10:15 am NCDC Committee: Goals, structure, proposal development, operations. Bill Gibbons
10:30 am Working Group Activities start: Confirm top R&D needs, who will participate in this
research, identify lead people to help with proposal development, define objectives and deliverables, estimate timelines, discuss other funding opportunities, etc)

10:30 am Breeding and variety evaluations. Lead: Rick Bennett (Agrisoma)
11:15 am Agronomy. Leads: Dwayne Beck (SDSU), John Rickertsen (NDSU)
12:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm Weed control. Lead: Daryl Males (Agrisoma)
1:45 pm Insects and pollinators. Leads: Jim Marois (UF), Louis Hessler (USDA)
2:30 pm Meal feeding. Leads: Jill Anderson, Elaine Grings (SDSU),
3:15 pm Meal processing and co-products. Leads: Steve Gent, Zhengrong Gu, Lin Wei (SDSU)

Brief summary of meeting:
1. Development plan for Northern Tier (SD, ND, MT, southern Alberta, southern Saskatchewan)
• Variety development for enhanced yield and traits
• Commercial development for risk management
• Logistical plan for commercial crop
• Seed crushing at ADM (Redwing, Enderlin, Velva) or Cargill (Fargo)

2. Market development for oil
• Biodiesel markets have been identified for initial scaling
• Bio jet markets under development for airlines
• Working with ARA on Navy testing contract
• Technology development and deployment planned in 2-3 years

3. Meal markets
• Need to expand inclusion rates for beef
• Expand utilization into dairy, poultry, aquaculture

4. Acreage projections for commercialization
• Ramping up to 2020
• 2015: production for research and crop insurance risk assessment
• 2016: 10-15K acres in region
• 2017: 20-50K acres in region
• 2018: 500-750K acres in region

5. Insurance: understand various options through which protection can be provided to producers who would grow these alternative oilseeds
• Identify options in spectrum from government programs to contracting
• Develop roadmap of steps for each option, including timeline
• Identify resources, individuals/organizations, data, other information needed
• Identify who would accomplish each step
• Identify pros/cons of each protection option

6. Presentations
• Agrisoma Biosciences commercialization plans: Daryl Males (Agrisoma)
• Agronomy panel: John Rickertsen (NDSU), Kathy Grady, Jon Kleinjan (SDSU), Jim Marois (UF), Daryl Males (Agrisoma)
• Biofuel market pull from DOD/Navy: Vance Owens (NC Sun Grant Center)
• Meal feeding panel: Jill Anderson (SDSU), Elaine Grings, Derek Brake (SDSU), Nicholas Dilorenzo (UF)
• Meal processing and high value markets: Bill Gibbons (SDSU)
• ARA and Blue Sun Biodiesel updates: Chuck Red (ARA)
• Economics and insurance: Bill Gibbons (speaking for Lisa Elliott, Matt Diersen, SDSU)
• Life cycle analysis: Jim Stone, Heidi Sieverding (SDSMT)
• Review of Feb 2014 Florida meeting: Jim Marois (UF)
• NCDC Committee: Goals, structure, proposal development, operations. Bill Gibbons (SDSU)

Accomplishments

During our February 2014 meeting we listed the various technical need areas for carinata development, along with a prioritization of these areas and potential collaborators. We also included whether other on-going research projects by other groups were addressing these issues. This information is in the table below. During the Dec 2014 meeting we had the following working groups discuss needs and develop plans for 2015. <br /> <br /> 1. Working group discussions<br /> • Breeding and variety evaluations. Lead: Rick Bennett (Agrisoma)<br /> • Agronomy. Leads: Dwayne Beck (SDSU), John Rickertsen (NDSU) <br /> • Weed control. Lead: Daryl Males (Agrisoma)<br /> • Insects and pollinators. Leads: Jim Marois (UF), Louis Hessler (USDA)<br /> • Meal feeding. Leads: Jill Anderson, Elaine Grings (SDSU), <br /> • Meal processing and co-products. Leads: Steve Gent, Zhengrong Gu, Lin Wei (SDSU)<br /> <br /> 2. 2015 SD Carinata Trials<br /> • Variety trials coordinator is Jon Kleinjan<br /> o Locations: Selby, Ideal, SD; New Underwood, Hettinger, ND<br /> o Screen 60-80 varieties year 2015<br /> o Down-select to 15-20 varieties for 2016<br /> o Top 1-2 varieties for 2017<br /> • Agronomy Trials coordinator is Dwayne Beck<br /> o Location: Dakota Lakes<br /> o Priorities: Seeding rates, planting dates, herbicides, row spacing<br /> • Herbicide Trials: coordinator is Paul Johnson<br /> o Multiple locations<br /> o Herbicide evaluations<br /> o Screening of herbicide resistant varieties<br /> • Standard methods for SD production: Jon Kleinjan is coordinator<br /> o Protocols for plot trials<br /> o Standard metrics for crop evaluation<br /> <br /> 3. Future grant funding opportunities: The groups discussed priority research areas requiring collaborative partnerships that would be the focus of upcoming RFPS. These included: <br /> • Plant breeding for agricultural production. <br /> • Plant-associated insects and nematodes: disease issues and pollinators<br /> • Animal nutrition, growth and lactation from feeding trials.<br /> • Nitrogen and phosphorus cycling<br /> • Agroecosystem management and lifecycle factors<br /> • Implementation on small and medium sized farms: distributed fuel production<br />

Publications

None, this was the first year of the project

Impact Statements

1. Variety selection: Protocols have been established and implemented to accurately evaluate varieties for performance across a broad geography. The key milestone will be identifying top yielding varieties for each geography and climate. The key indicator will be adoption of these varieties in crop rotations.
2. Agronomy practices: Baseline production methods established in Canada are being adapted for use in various regions of the US. The key milestone will be developing a comprehensive suite of agronomic practices for use by US producers in various regions. The key indicator will be adoption of these agronomic practices by producers.
3. Meal processing: Oilseed meals are being processed by established fermentation protocols to develop nutritionally enhanced meals, with lower levels of antinutritional compounds. The key milestone will be developing a procedure to enhance protein content and digestibility of these meals, while reducing or eliminating antinutritional factors. The key indicator will be adoption of this technology by meal processing companies to produce commercial quantities of these microbially enhanced feeds.
4. Livestock feeding: Feeding trials are underway using standard methods on beef and dairy cattle, as well as fish. The key milestone will be identifying optimal feed inclusion rates for the oilseed meals, either in their raw state or after microbial conversion to reduce antinutritional factors. The key indicator will be adoption of these feeds by livestock producers.
5. Economic, insurance, and life cycle analysis: Data from the work above is being used to characterize the economics, insurability, and LCA of the non-food oilseed production system. The key milestone will be linking all elements of this value chain together to demonstrate technical, economic, and environmental feasibility and sustainability. The key indicator will be adoption of this system as part of US agriculture

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