Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

(15 March) The meeting was called to order by Chair Kenneth Albrecht at 8:00 AM in the Atrium of the Basin Park Hotel, Eureka Springs, AR. Introductions followed. The following agenda was presented by Ken Albrecht: Wednesday, 15 March Call to order Discuss Administrative Advisor and CSREES Advisor Status Daryl Lund (NCRA) conference call State Reports Appointment of Committees State Reports Field Tour Thursday, 16 March Committee Reports, Other Business Discussion of Outcomes, Impact Statements, and Annual Report State Reports Other Business Pass Gavel Adjourn Jennifer Macadam requested addition of discussion of state reports to other business. Amended agenda adopted. Administrative advisor status: The group discussed need for new Administrative Advisor as Dr. Dale Gallenberg has accepted position at another university and will no longer serve as AA of NCCC31. Administrative Advisors come from list of AES Directors (Assistant and Associate) and Department Heads. The group was encouraged to give ideas to the Chair. We have had people with forage experience in the past but this is not necessary. We decided to ask Dr. Lund during telephone conference about appointment of a new administrative advisor. Committee assignments were made by chairman Albrecht: Location: Jennifer MacAdam and Robin Groose Nominations: Jeff Volenec and Bob McGraw Resolutions: Howard Skinner, Dave Barker, and Xuejun Dong Group proposed that someone other than the chair or secretary be local host for upcoming meetings. Proposal adopted by group. Call to Dr. Daryl Lund (NCRA) Telephone conference call with Dr. Daryl Lund focused on three issues: 1. Annual report. Dr. Lund stressed the importance of submitting the annual report through NIMSS. The administrative advisor can designate people to enter this information online. Outcomes and impacts should be contributed by all on committee. One person, given access to NIMSS by Nikki Nelson, can then submit complete report online. The report (SAES-422) is due 60 days after meeting. 2. Impact statement: Dr. Lund noted that all committees should develop a 1-2 page impact statement. Examples are posted on the website from other committees. These are very important because directors look at them when determining use of federal funds and to demonstrate impact current and past research issues. Key characteristics of impact statements are that they should: be broader in scope and cover a longer period of time than the annual report, demonstrate wise allocation of resources, show measurable impact of multi-state committees to congressional delegations and CSREES, and provide concrete examples of how committees work has impacted science, stakeholders, and others. While there is no regular schedule for developing new impact statements, Dr. Lund suggested that we compose a new one every three to five years. Dr. Lund suggested that we can go back to initiation of committee (1966) do document impact. 3. Multi-state funding and Hatch funding in presidents budget: Presidents budget suggested phasing Hatch down to $0 in FY06 and switching to multi-state competitive grant process. Directors convinced congress that this was not practical and Hatch funding actually increased slightly. Directors at various universities distribute Hatch funds differently. Presidential proposal for FY07 is that 55% of Hatch would be competitive over next five years with balance being distributed as in the past. Challenge with this proposal is that multi-state funds would go into new competitive grant program at end of project. AES Directors are working with the administration to resolve some of these issues and manage long-term sustainable funding in partnership with the federal government, particularly since AES directors are generally very supportive of multi-state activities since they help minimize duplication of efforts. USDA-ARS does not seem to be facing similar issues. State Reports: Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma ARS, Pennsylvania ARS, Wyoming (16 March) Business: Our committee unanimously supported the recommendation of Dave Barker (Chair C-6, CSSA) to co-sponsor two forage symposia during the 2006 ASA annual meetings in Indianapolis: 1. Grasslands for the bioeconomy and 2. Modeling the grassland agroecosystem. It was also noted that we are already co-sponsoring a symposium on spatial statistics. Committee reports: Location: Drs. MacAdam and Groose suggested meeting in Ohio. Dr. Barker and Dr. Mark Sulc agreed to make local arrangements and will determine suitable date and location in Ohio. Meeting will most likely take place sometime during the week of 12-16 or 19-23 March 2007. Nominations: Drs. Volenec and McGraw nominated Ben Tracey to serve as secretary for the 2007 meeting. He accepted and was elected unanimously. Resolutions: Drs. Skinner, Barker, and Dong proposed the following resolution: Be it hereby resolved that: 1) In recognition of the effort needed to guide NCCC-31 during a time of change in membership, institutional oversight, and requirements for documenting impacts, we thank Ken Albrecht and Vance Owens for their service as chair and secretary during the past year; 2) In appreciation for his efforts to provide an interesting, unique, and attractive setting for this year's meeting, we thank Chuck West for organizing the venue and serving as host for the NCCC-31 annual meeting; and 3) In recognition of the 40th anniversary of the first meeting of NCR-31 (now NCCC-31), we officially recognize and thank those who were instrumental in forming the committee and bringing together researches interested in forage physiology and management, and request that this appreciation be formally conveyed to the following individuals, Dale Smith, Gerry Matches, Larry Smith, Ken Larsen, Gordon Martin, Bob Van Kueren, and Don Holt. The resolution was unanimously approved. Other business: Vance Owens agreed to scan the red book containing notes and minutes from all meetings of NCR-31 and NCCC-31 since its inception in 1966 and provide file copies to all members at next meeting. Jeff Volenec agreed to lead the effort in putting together an impact statement for NCCC-31. He will work with other members of the committee to demonstrate the impact on forages of past activities of NCCC-31 in several of the following areas: 1. cutting management/strategies 2. cold tolerance/winterhardiness 3. expanding cutting to include grazing (grazing tolerant alfalfa) 4. grazing management 5. forage quality analysis and prediction 6. Stand density, seeding rate, population dynamics, persistence, and endophyte effect on forage crops 7. symbiotic relationships in forage crops 8. carbohydrate and protein metabolism 9. biofuels State Reports: Indiana, Wisconsin, Utah, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Arkansas Other business: Several suggestions were made for future meetings to help us better meet reporting needs. These ideas included changing the state report format to highlight outcomes and impacts, adjusting meeting format to allow greater discussion of committee objectives, eliminate field tours, plan symposia other professional meetings. None of these ideas was unanimously accepted as there are positives and negatives associated with each and the exchange of information among committee members is highly valued. However, future meetings will be planned to try to provide more input into accomplishment of objectives and highlighting of outcomes and impacts. Vance Owens will visit with the new administrative advisor or Daryl Lund to discuss changing the format of our state reports. Joe Moyer agreed to update the NCCC-31 website on NIMSS. Gavel was passed to Vance Owens and meeting was adjourned at 12:10 PM Thursday, 16 March. Minutes respectfully submitted by NCCC-31 secretary, Vance Owens

Outcomes: Objectives of NCCC-31 focus on fostering opportunities among members and others from diverse states for funding, collaborative work, increased understanding of physiological basis of forage crop management, publication and dissemination of forage information, and interaction among members, professional staff, and students. Interaction among members of NCCC-31 and others has resulted in numerous collaborative efforts in the areas of research, information dissemination, grant funding, and teaching including: Scientists at Iowa State University have initiated forage research projects with scientists from the USDA-ARS and ISU departments of Ag and Biosystems Engineering, Economics, Natural Resources Ecology and Management, and Chemical Engineering. ISU is collaborating with forage scientists within the Midwest, Pennsylvania, and the ISU Crop Advisory Institute to develop forage teaching modules covering various aspects of forage management and production. Mark Sulc and Ben Tracey have developed collaborative research and participated in a symposium at the ASA annual meetings on integrated grain crop and livestock systems. This effort resulted in submission of a manuscript to Agronomy Journal. Xuejun Dong cooperated with Institute of Botany, the Chinese academy of Sciences, in grassland eco-physiological research including bringing two graduate students from China to North Dakota for six months. Discussion of phosphorous/potassium interactions on alfalfa persistence has resulted in preparation of collaborative multi-state research proposal to test theories in other environments (Wisconsin and Purdue). Dirk Phillip identified members of Division C-6, Forage and Grazinglands, at the Crop Science Society of America meeting in November 2005 who were interested in investigating mechanisms to identify or expand federal funding opportunities for grassland research. A conference call with this group (Jeff Volenec and Jennifer MacAdam from NCCC-31) took place to initiate explorations of funding opportunities for forage research through the NRI, NSF, NRCS and EPA. Jennifer MacAdam and Tom Griggs organized a symposium for Division C-6, Forage and Grazinglands, at the Crop Science Society of America meeting in November 2005 entitled Beyond the Plant: Biodiversity Impacts on the Grazing Animal that explored the emerging issue of the impact of plant diversity on ruminants. All speakers were non-members of the Society and included Fred Provenza, who studies herbivore behavior and diet selection; John Haskell, who studies the impact of diet on grazing animals at the landscape level; David Chapman, an Australian scientist who studies forage-ruminant interactions; and an animal scientist, Kathy Soder. Jennifer MacAdam and a graduate student attended a workshop at The Land Institute, where there is interest in moving annual grains to perennials and fertilization with biologically fixed nitrogen. Parallels with forage systems were discussed with the staff and workshop attendees. Several states (MN, WI, and SD) are conducting work on harvest management of alfalfa cultivars tolerant to grazing. Scientists from KS, MO, and AR implemented collaborative research related to tall fescue and the associated fungal endophyte (Neotyphodium coenophialum) and other cool-season grasses. Scientists from several states continue to evaluate new and alternative perennial and annual forage crops for their respective environments. Laboratory protocols (e.g., carbohydrate and protein analysis, carbon flux) have been shared among members of NCCC-31 allowing various scientists to improve research capabilities. Several members participated in the ASA, CSSA, SSSA annual meetings in Salt Lake City, UT in 2005. Results of research conducted by committee members were disseminated through multiple outlets. Committee members and collaborators were authors or co-authors of more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 25 abstracts of presentations at scientific meetings, 27 conference proceedings, 17 extension articles, and 6 book chapters. During 2006, members plan, among other things, to: continue collaborative research, seek grant funding, publish results of research in various outlets, teach and train undergraduate and graduate students, attend professional meetings, and attend annual meeting of NCCC-31.

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