SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: SAC2 : Animal Sciences
- Period Covered: 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2019
- Date of Report: 03/12/2021
- Annual Meeting Dates: 02/03/2020 to 02/03/2020
Participants
Name Institution Email Dave Gerrard (Chair) Virginia Tech University dgerrard@vt.edu G. Cliff Lamb Texas A&M University gclamb@tamu.edu Todd See North Carolina State Univ. tsee@ncsu.edu Bill Brown Texas Tech Univ. william.f.brown@ttu.edu Todd Applegate University of Georgia applegt@uga.edu Mike Looper University of Arkansas looper@uark.edu Richard Coffey University of Kentucky rcoffey@uky.edu John Arthington University of Florida jarth@ufl.edu Neal Schrick University of Tennessee fschrick@utk.edu Charles Rosenkrans Clemson University cfrosen@clemson.edu Wayne Greene Auburn University wgreene@auburn.edu Clint Rusk Oklahoma State Univ. clint.rusk@okstate.edu
Overview
The meeting was held virtually and in cooperation with the NCAC6 Animal Science administrators. The Chairs of the two groups started the meeting with individual introductions.
Joe Cassady, Chair of NCAC6, guided the group through a review of each of their projects (information not included in this report).
Dave Gerrard, Chair of SAC-2, guided the group through a review of each of the Southern Region projects.
Cliff Lamb (Texas A&M University) elected as chair for 2020/21
John Arthington (University of Florida) elected as secretary for 2020/21
Project overviews:
S-1074 – Future Challenges in Animal Production Systems: Seeking Solutions Through Focused Facilitation – Making satisfactory progress; continue with the project
Todd Applegate elected as the new Monitor for the project
Ron Lacewell should likely be replaced as the Administrative Advisor
S-1076 – Fly Management in Agricultural Systems and Impacts on Animal Health and Food Safety – Making satisfactory progress; continue with the project
Charlie Rosenkrans elected as the new Monitor for the project
David White to remain to Administrative Advisor
S-1081 – Nutritional Systems for Swine to Increase Reproductive Efficiency - Making satisfactory progress; continue with the project
David Gerrard remains Monitor for the project
Bob Godfrey remains Administrative Advisor
SCC-81 – Sustainable Small Ruminant Production in the Southeaster US - Making satisfactory progress; continue with the project
Ralph Noble (now at Ft. Valley, GA) remains Monitor for the project
Bob Godfrey remains Administrative Advisor
SCC-84 – Selection and Mating Strategies to Improve Dairy cattle Performance, Efficiency and Longevity - Making satisfactory progress; continue with the project
John Arthington elected as the new Monitor for the project
New Administrative Advisor needs to be identified
SERA-41 – Improving Production Efficiency of the Beef Cow Herd in Southern Forage Based Systems – Making satisfactory progress; continue with the project
Neil Schrick remains Monitor for the project
David White remains Administrative Advisor