Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Minutes are available at the following link: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/rc_serec/NCR31home.htm

The objectives of NCCC-31 focus on information exchange among committee members, with other NC groups and forage research organizations, with granting agencies, with extension personnel, and with students. We invited NCDC-205 (formerly NC-226 Development of pest management strategies for forage alfalfa persistence) members, who met jointly with us for one day, to learn more about commons goals being pursued by these committees, and to explore the possibility of merger with NCCC-31. Results of research conducted by committee members on forage physiology, ecology, and management were disseminated in a timely manner through multiple outlets. Committee members published 22 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 33 abstracts of presentations at scientific meetings, 14 conference proceedings, and 17 extension bulletins. Several committee members participated in the North American Alfalfa Improvement Conference by exchanging current information with an international audience: http://naaic.org/Meetings/National/2004NAAIC&TC/announce2004.htm A website was created at Purdue University that defines the role and management of potassium in crop production, including forages: http://www.agry.purdue.edu/kteam_index.asp One committee member was an invited speaker at the Alfalfa Intensive Training Seminar http://www.alfalfa.org/cascconf.html, a seminar sponsored by the National Alfalfa Alliance to familiarize consultants with current research findings. Several members participated in the 5th International Symposium on Neotyphodium/ Grass Interactions to share current information with others working in the relatively new area of grass endophytes and their impact on plants and livestock. A field trip, part of the 2004 NCCC-31 annual meeting, focused on local water and wildlife management issues in grazing lands in the Cache Valley of Utah. Jennifer MacAdam served on the USDA-NRI Prosperity of Small Farms and Rural Agricultural Communities review panel and shared information with NCCC-31 members about research that program and the Managed Ecosystem program are interested in funding. Interaction among committee members has led to shared protocols within the committee, including Jeff Volenec sharing protocols for sugar and starch analyses (to Vance Owens) and amylase assays (to Bill Lamp). Four graduate students participated in the annual meeting, providing them an opportunity for professional interaction with key forage researchers.

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