1. ANR/CED Strategic Business Plan Mike Buschermohle Precision Ag Specialist Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science

2. ANR/CED Strategic Business Plan

3. ANR/CED Program Structure
Knowledge Areas
Fundamental areas in which Extension ANR/CED educational programs
are planned, developed, implemented and reported.

4. ANR/CED Program Structure
Focus Areas
Focus Areas must have great potential to increase economic prosperity, improve environmental quality, or enhance well-being in rural or urban communities.

5. ANR/CED Program Structure
Focus Area Leadership Teams
3 county ANR/CED agents
3 subject matter specialists
1 ANR/CED program leader

6. ANR/CED Program Structure
Role of the Leadership Teams
• Establish and oversee Workgroups
• Meet with Workgroup chairs
• Develop State Action Agenda content
• Coordinate in-service training planning and delivery
• Prepare state-level Impact Statements using information provided by Workgroups
• Function as the liaison between administration and the Workgroups
• Coordinate special projects among Workgroups
• Prepare Outcome Indicators for their Focus Area – State Action Agenda
• Evaluate Workgroups annually for relevancy and effectiveness and determine renewal

7. ANR/CED Program Structure
Focus Area Leadership Teams
Jason Evitts, Central Region - ( )
Dr. Brian Leib, Specialist ( )
Lindsay Griffin, Western Region ( )
Dr. Jason de Koff, Specilaist ( )
Steven Huff, Eastern Region Agent ( )
Dr. Tyson Raper, Specialist ( )
Tracey Sullivan, Program Leader

8. ANR/CED Program Structure
Application for Leadership Teams
July 1
Application announcement made by statewide ANR/CED program leader
Aug. 1
Agent and specialist applications will be submitted via a SharePoint application form available on the ANR/CED Internal Team site
Sept. 1
– The regional program leaders will make recommendations of agents and area specialists to the state ANR/CED program leader.
– The recommendations of specialists from department heads are due to the state program leader.
Oct. 1
Agents and specialists are notified of Leadership Team assignments
Jan. 1
Agents and specialists begin their role as a member of the Leadership Team and the new chairs and vice chairs assume their new role.

9. ANR/CED Program Structure
Workgroups
Workgroups are intended to support and enhance county-based educational programs
Cotton
Tobacco
Corn
Soybeans
Wheat

10. ANR/CED Program Structure
Workgroups
Beef
Dairy
Equine
Forage
Small Ruminant
4-H Livestock
Avian Influenza

11. ANR/CED Program Structure
Workgroups
Crop Nutrient Stewardship
Energy Conservation
Pesticide Safety Educational Program
4-H STEM

12. ANR/CED Program Structure
Crop Nutrient Stewardship
Lori Duncan, Specialist - Chair
Greg Allen, Western Region
Paul Hart, Central Region
David Qualls, Central Region
Lena Beth Reynolds, Eastern Region
John Wilson, Eastern Region
Mike Buschermohle, Specialist
Shawn Hawkins, Specialist
Angela McClure, Specialist
Tyson Raper, Specialist
Hugh Savoy, Specialist
Forbes Walker, Specialist
Pat Turman, NRCS
John McClurkan, TDA
David Duhl, TDEC
There can be up to 15 university personnel on the workgroup committee, and up to 5 non-UT/TSU persons. Terms of service for each workgroup will be two years.  New calls for membership on existing workgroups will be made in January after 2 years of service.  All workgroup members are welcome to reapply. In an effort to keep all workgroups on the same schedule, any new workgroups formed during the 2 year service period may have initial terms of slightly more or less than the two years (as needed). Additional or replacement workgroup members may be added at any point during the year at the discretion of the leadership group.

13. ANR/CED Program Structure
Workgroups
• Conduct program needs assessments
• Identify programming resource needs
• Identify existing resource materials
• Develop needed resource materials (websites, publications, etc.)
• Review existing resource materials for relevance
• Plan and deliver in-service training
• Develop educational program Outcome Indicators
• Develop and validate Program Evaluation Network (PEN) instruments
• Provide information to Leadership Teams to support Statewide Impact Statements
• Obtain funding to support educational programs as required
• Initiate cooperation with existing and potential program partners

14. Cotton In-Service Training August 16th, 2016
              Location: Mess Hall at Ames Plantation
11:00 AM -11:45 PM Box Lunch
Location: MARY SCOTT
12:00 PM Nitrogen rate, timing - Dr. Tyson Raper
12:25 PM Making the replant decision - Mr. Shawn Butler
12:50 PM UAV use in cotton production - Dr. Mike Buschermohle
1:20 PM CST Trial placement, site variability - Mr. Ryan Blair   
1:50 PM Potassium Rate, placement and impacts on earliness - Dr. Owen Gwathmey
2:15 PM Sulfur Deficiencies and updated recommendations - Dr. Frank Yin
Location: JESSIE BUNTIN
2:45 PM Diseases and fungicides - Dr. Heather Kelly
          3:10 PM Cotton varieties: what is new, what is coming - Ms. Andrea Jones
3:40 PM General Discussion, wrap-up - Dr. Tyson Raper
          4:00 PM Travel to Lone Oaks
          7:00 PM Dinner at Lone Oaks

15. ANR/CED Program Structure
Workgroup Application
Commercial Horticulture

16. Questions