SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: OLD SERA35 : Delta Region Farm Management and Agricultural Policy Working Group
- Period Covered: 10/01/2010 to 09/01/2011
- Date of Report: 02/10/2012
- Annual Meeting Dates: 06/01/2011 to 06/03/2011
Participants
Mike Salassi - LSU Agricultural Center Ken Paxton - LSU Agricultural Center Robert Boucher - LSU Agricultural Center Becky Cross - NASS Arkansas State Office Terry Griffin - University of Arkansas Larry Falconer - Texas A&M University Mark Welch - Texas A&M University Bob Stark - University of Arkansas Luke Parsch - University of Arkansas Thais Carvalho - University of Arkansas Kelly Bryant - University of Arkansas Gail Gillis - Mississippi State University Paul Darby - LSU Agricultural Center Jeff Gillespie - LSU Agricultural Center Brad Watkins - University of Arkansas Tyler Mark - LSU Agricultural Center
The 2011 Annual Meeting of SERA-35 met at Rick Evans Grandview Prairie Conservation Education Center in Columbus, Arkansas - June 1-3, 2011.
The general purpose of the annual meeting is to provide opportunities for formal presentations of current research and extension activities, discussion of issues related to the commodity costs and returns budget generator program used by the various states to develop annual production cost estimates, and to provide opportunities for informal discussion on topics of interest to the group.
Formal presentations at the 2011 meeting are listed below:
1. Impact of Cultivar Attributes on Rice Variety Adoption in Arkansas
Brad Watkins, Tatjana Hristovska, Karen Moldenhauer, and Charles Wilson, II.
2. Incorporating Seasonality in Price Risk Management
Mark Welch and Tao Jiang
3. Commercial Fresh Blackberry Shipping Market Growth and Price Trends in the United States
Thais De Carvalho, Michael R. Thomsen, and John R. Clark
4. Precision Agriculture and the Quality-of-Life Aspects of the Rural Household
Terry Griffin and LaVona Traywick
5. Effects of Nighttime Temperature Variability on Field and Milling
Yields: A Cultivar-Specific Analysis of Arkansas Rice Production
Nate Lyman and Lanier Nalley
6. Measuring the Impact of Milling Yield on Rice Price
Michael Deliberto and Michael Salassi
Next year's meeting will be held in May in Louisiana.
Accomplishments
Accomplishments for the current year include development and publication of projected commodity costs and returns budgets for major crops produced in the region. These reports are published by each state for the major crop and livestock enterprises in their region.
Impacts
- The development and publication of current reliable production cost estimates for major crop and livestock enterprises in the region serve a variety of purposes. They are used by producers in making farm planning decisions for the coming year. They are used by agricultural financial institutions in evaluating crop loans for producers. They form the foundation data base for a wide variety of agricultural production economics and farm management research and extension actitivies. The primary mission of this group is to provide that important information on an annual basis.