1. Where Have We Been? Where are We Going?

2. Grand Challenge Focus Area Strategic Plan Theme

3. Beef Cattle & Calves 48.4% Cotton, Lint & Seed 9.4% Broilers 8.6% Greenhouse &Nursery 8.4% Milk & Wholesale 5.9 % Corn 2.5% Hay 2.2 % Wheat 2.0% 1.9 Eggs 1.9% Sorghum Grain 1.8% Peanut s Peanut s.9% Rice.8 % Onions.7% Hogs.5% Potatoes.4 % All Others 5.6% Texas Agricultural Cash Receipts by Commodity

4. Protecting our Environment FOCUS AREA: Water Sustain Healthy Ecosystems and Conserve our Natural Resources Mitigate Negative Effects of Global Climate Change

5. Enhance Competitiveness, Prosperity, and Sustainability of Urban and Rural Agricultural Industries Growing Our Economy FOCUS AREA: Cropping Systems and Livestock Production

6. Improve Public Health and Well-Being Improving Our Health FOCUS AREA: Drug and Vaccine Development

7. Create and Utilize Fundamental Information (Genomic, Proteomic and Metabolomic) to Optimize Plant and Animal Production, and Human Health Feeding Our World FOCUS AREA: Marker Assisted Breeding and Metabolomics