1. Vegetable Crops Continuing Conference 2005
ANR Issues and Updates
Richard B. Standiford
Associate Vice President
Vegetable Crops Continuing Conference 2005
December 1, 2005, Davis

2. Overview Strengths of ANR Budget Staffing Cross County Assignments
New Advisor Positions
Workgroups

3. Strengths of ANR Best public research university scientists in world
Most outstanding network of local-based advisors
Involved clientele
History of interaction with local CE
Generous support
Teamwork – campus-county continuum
Diversity
Ecosystems
Commodities
People

4. Trends in ANR Budget
1992=215M, 1999=248M, 2004=336M

5. Trends in UCCE Academics

7. Trends in County Support

8. County Support per Advisor

9. County Support per Advisor
Historical specialist
Support = $40,000/FTE
Current specialist
Support = $19,000/FTE

10. County FTE by Program Area

11. Trends in Advisor Programs
More cross-county
More commodity assignments
More reliance on extramural grants
More difficult to maintain campus ties
Demographics – large number of retirements
Recruit and retain the best!
Competitive salaries, facilities

12. Cross-County Assignments
Total Number of Counties 50
Counties with Cross-county assignments
39 (78%)
Total number of advisors
232
Advisors with Cross-county assignments
106 (46%)

13. County Size 1-3 20 45 29 (64%) 4-7 21 101 55 (54%) 8-12 9 90 22 (24%)
County size # counties # advisors advisors w/
cross-county
1-3 20 45
29 (64%)
4-7 21
101
55 (54%)
8-12 9 90
22 (24%)

14. Cross-County Assignments by General Program Area
Total Advisors Cross-county Percent
advisors 59 10
17%
123 63
51% 48 37
78%
47(2) 20
43%
Human Resources
Agricultural Resources
Natural Resources
County Directors

15. Future Position Requests
Statewide planning
Build Coalitions
Program Council Rating
Open, Transparent
Ties in with Broad Program Need

16. Principles of ANR resource allocation
(1) Merit - i.e., assessment of need and potential impact of proposed programs;
(2) Statewide perspective - i.e., local, regional or broader needs as assessed and addressed from a statewide perspective;
(3) Open and participatory process - having input solicited and considered from Division stakeholders; and
(4) Transparency - with both the process and the decisions known to Division stakeholders.

17. Criteria for Considering and Rating Positions
1)  Fills critical programmatic or administrative gap that is an urgent need to address immediately,
2)  Consistent with current high priority issues/program areas,
3)  Likelihood of making a significant impact,
4)  Builds on strengths of ANR
5)  Strengthens research-extension continuum,
6)  Demonstrates stakeholder input, and
7)  Availability of support (county, industry, agency) for the position.

18. 2005-06 CE Advisor Positions North Coast and Mtn. Central Valley
South
Nat. Res. and CD – Inyo/Mono
Dairy - Tulare
Strawberry/Veg Crops – SLO and Santa Bar.
4-H Youth Dev. – Lake and Mendocino
Area Air Quality - Kings, Tulare, Fresno, Madera
Nutr., Family, Cons. Sci. and CD – Contra Costa
4-H Youth Dev. - Yolo
Nutr., Family, Cons. Sci. – Santa Clara
Nutr., Family, Cons. Sci. - Fresno
Veg Crops and DREC Dir. - Imperial
Veg Crops – San Joaquin

19. ANR Advisor Positions 2006-07
52 positions under consideration
Input by campuses to Regional Directors
6 to 10 per region provided to Program Council as part of budget call process

20. General Summary of Proposed Advisors Positions – 2006-07
Region
Ag Policy & Pest Mgt.
Ag Productivity
Human Resources
Natural Resources
Cent. Coast & South 3 5
Cent. Valley 10 2 7
No. Coast & Mtn. 1 6
Total 17 13 15

21. Workgroups and Coordinating Conferences
83 ratified
22 Human Resource
15 Ag Policy/Pest Management
29 Ag Productivity
17 Natural Resources and Animal Agriculture
1000 ANR members

22. Specialist Status 117 total in state
Cuts of concentrated on support
All reversions returned to campuses
Executive Council policy to use reversions to rebuild support to critical level
Current support per specialist = $19,000
Minimum support thresholds is $30,000 per FTE

23. Questions?

24. ANR BUDGETED FUNDS BY FUNCTION

25. SOURCES OF ANR BUDGETED FUNDS

26. ANR BUDGETED FUNDS BY PROGRAM

27. Core Issues - ANR Priority Ag Policy Pest Mgt. Agric. Product.
Human Res.
Natural Res.
High
Invasive species
Pest mgt.
Food safety
Sustain. and viability of agriculture
Youth development
Water quality
Medium
Biosecurity
Organic production
Soil quality
Waste mgt.
Human nutritional status
Obesity
Air quality
Land use
Sustain. use of nat. resources
Water supply and alloc.
Wildland fire