SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: SAC1 : Crops and Soils
- Period Covered: 10/01/2017 to 09/30/2018
- Date of Report: 09/03/2018
- Annual Meeting Dates: 05/15/2018 to 05/17/2018
Participants
David Baltensperger TAMU (Chair and host), Mike Phillips MSU (Chair-Elect), Jeff Edwards OSU, Robert Bacon UARK, Scott Senseman UTK, Julie Carrier UTK, and Rebecca McCulley UKY (attended via web conference due to flight cancellation)
The meeting was held at Texas A&M University, College Station TX. The meeting began on Wednesday, May 16th with introductions and greetings from the Texas A&M and AgriLife administration. This was followed by discussion of SAC-1 business which included updates from the administrative advisor Lesley Oliver and NIFA representative Jeff Steiner. After a tour of the AgriLife facilities, topics of interest were discussed by the group and another tour was given of TAMU's new turf facility. The following day included discussion of additional topics of interest including alumni relations and commodity group support, and acadmic (undergraduate and graduate) programs. Detailed minutes are attached.