NCDC226: NCDC Proposal Project: EFFECTS OF CHANGING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ON BEEF CATTLE
(Multistate Research Coordinating Committee and Information Exchange Group)
Status: Inactive/Terminating
Date of Annual Report: 01/16/2011
Report Information
Annual Meeting Dates: 01/13/2011
- 01/13/2011
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2010 - 09/01/2011
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2010 - 09/01/2011
Participants
Via Skype: John Gaughan (Univ. QLD, Australia), Anna Bell (MO) and Ernie Minton (KSU). In person: Robert Weaber (MO), Brad Scharf (MO), Don Spiers (MO), John Harington (KSU), Lily Edwards (KSU), Terry Mader (NE)Brief Summary of Minutes
NCDC226 Project: EFFECTS OF CHANGING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ON BEEF CATTLEMeeting Minutes
Date and location: January 13, 2011 - Lied Conference Center Nebraska City, Nebraska
Attendees: Via Skype: John Gaughan (Univ. QLD, Australia), Anna Bell (MO) and Ernie Minton (KSU). In person: Robert Weaber (MO), Brad Scharf (MO), Don Spiers (MO), John Harington (KSU), Lily Edwards (KSU), Terry Mader (NE).
Overview of Discussions: Dr. Minton provided an overview of current status of AFRI activity and funding opportunities. This was followed by an additional discussion of the potential for funding within the climate change mitigation and adaptation in agriculture program area. John Harrington provided an update on current publications available on Effects of climate change in agricultural . Agenda items that were discussed for the duration of the meeting included: AFRI priorities, how to involve other disciplines on an as need basis, various objectives and linkages between the disciplines represented at the meeting, so what why is this project important to the industry, stakeholder participation, linkages to other AFRI funded projects, how will the Australian connection fit, logic model development, funding and resource allocation, who can do what, and how will participants interact to accomplish needed objectives. Towards the end of the meeting Anna Bell provided an overview of how the education/youth/4-H component of this project will be integrated with the research and extension components. Discussion was excellent and interaction among all disciplines was outstanding.
Action items for the group for next step. Send to Drs. Spiers and Mader one to three pages total the following items for your topic area:
Brief Introduction, including Problem and Justification
Objectives
Research Methods
Materials and supplies
Budget, labor, benefits supplies etc without overhead
Paragraph on your expertise.
Proposed date of next meeting. March 23 at Nebraska City
Accomplishments
Many of the participants are members of W1173 and are considering the possibility of holding additional NCDC226 discussions at the W1173 meeting.Publications
Impact Statements
Date of Annual Report: 09/05/2013
Report Information
Annual Meeting Dates: 09/05/2013
- 09/05/2013
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2012 - 09/01/2013
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2012 - 09/01/2013
Participants
Brief Summary of Minutes
NCDC226 was created as an NCDC-Proposal for the NC region. Unfortunately, the proposal prepared for the USDA was not funded and the committee is terminating.In the interest of confidentiality, we have only requested an abstract from the competitive proposal to serve as their termination report, as approved by the NCRA office:
Climate is a global concern in agriculture. Last summer was the hottest in 75 years (US National Climatic Data Center), with daily news stories regarding losses of livestock and productivity, which during a normal year equals $897, $369, and $299 million for dairy, beef, and swine industries, respectively. Australia is equally oppressed with heat stress and drought. Of equal concern is decreasing student interest in science, when the future needs qualified scientists addressing complex climate problems. Our goal is to establish a virtual resource for animal/environment interaction with a tailored smart phone app to address both issues. The central hypothesis is that guided use of this expanding technology will reduce current and future livestock heat stress, and be a platform to stimulate student interest in science. We are basically moving science to practice through technology transfer. These issues can only be resolved with our international team of professionals, using this approach to integrate research, extension, and education. Our objectives include: 1) Develop a heat stress management app that streams in weather data, with user input of animal information; 2) Create information modules pertaining to animal/ environment interaction for extension and education; and 3) Improve livestock welfare and student interest in science. The outcome of this work is an important first step in creating a virtual resource connecting professionals with producers, specialists, educators, and students to improve livestock welfare and productivity in the face of increasing climate extremes, and stimulate interest in life sciences relative to animal/environment interaction.