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Wednesday, June 18

Noon to 12:45 Lunch

12:45 Welcome by Bob Curtis, Almond Board The Land Grant, Experiment Station, and Cooperative Extension Mandates
Gale A. Buchanan, USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

1:30 Agricultural productivity patterns and the payoffs to public agriculture R&D
Jennifer S. James, Associate Professor of Agribusiness, Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo

2:15 Review the legacy of the past century’s investment (scientific development, agricultural advancements, global leadership, others). Case studies and review of the contribution these have made to society and our economy
Dan Sumner, Director of Agriculture Issues Center/Professor of Agriculture and Resources Economics, UC Davis

2:45 Break

3:15 Benefits to society at large
Tim Paine, Professor, UC Riverside and UC ANR Program Leader

Trends in public investment – where does funding come from, where does it go; start-up costs; how has it changed over time – trends in FTEs; different kinds of extra-mural grants.

  • 4:00 Rick Standiford, PhD, Associate Vice President ANR & Forest Management Specialist, Agriculture and Natural Resources University of California, Oakland
  • 4:30 Donald Cooksey, Interim Dean of College of Natural & Ag Sciences/Professor of Bacteriology, UC Riverside

Wrap up and invitation to the reception
Gary Van Sickle, CA Tree Fruit Agreement

5:30 to 7:00 Reception (no-host bar, hosted food)

Thursday 19 June

7:00 Continental breakfast

8:00 Commodity Research and the Experiment Station Mission
Neal Van Alfen, Dean of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences/Professor of Plant Pathology, UC Davis

8:30 Financial Considerations That Constrain Research – Indirect Costsand other issues
Charles Louis, Vice Chancellor, UC Riverside

9:00 Importance of state, federal & voluntary commodity programs.
TBA

9:45 Council on Ag Research Extension and Teaching
Karen Ross, CA Assoc of Winegrape Growers and incoming representative to the Council on Agriculture Research, Extension & Teaching.

10:00 What can be learned from other states or countries in terms of relationships and initiatives. Other models (Panel)

  • 10:30 Cotton research and extension models in Australia
    Daniel Munk M.S., Farm Advisor in Cotton Production Systems, UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno
  • 10:50 Citrus Research and extension in Florida, Arizona and CA – a comparative analysis
    Ted Batkin, Citrus Research Board
  • 11:10 The combined viticulture and enology research programs and the initiatives.
    Deborah Golino, Cooperative Extension Specialist and Director of Foundation Plant Services, UC Davis

11:30 The Role of the CSU Colleges of Agriculture in Commodity Research in California
David Wehner, Dean, Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Noon: Lunch

12:45 Luncheon Speaker: Response and opportunities for future collaborations. What are the next steps? What would be the components of an action plan?
Dan Dooley, Vice President, UC Agriculture & Natural Resources

1:30 Adjourn