14.

Northwest District PAC Issue Identification

Agriculture/Natural Resources For The

2010 Program Year

DASNR
Initiative / Issues(s) / Counties
Cattle Forages
continued / 1.
  • Cattle Handling
  • Animal ID
/ Texas
2.
  • Brush and Weed Control in Pastures
/ Alfalfa
3.
  • Value Added Products to Marketing Cattle Including Organic
  • Buyers Opinion on Marketing and Hedging Contracts, Including Farm-to-Farm Sales
  • Pasture Rotation and Cross Fencing
  • Herd Health
/ Noble
4.
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Hay production
/ Dewey
5.
  • BQA
  • Marketing
  • Age and Source
  • Vac 45
  • Beef Quality Summit
/ Logan
6.
  • Hay Quality
  • Range Management (weed & brush control)
  • Grazing Management
/ Harper
7.
  • Developing Purer Stands of Forage Grasses
  • Vac 45
/ Major
8.
  • Cowherd Nutrition and Management
  • Animal Health for Stockers and Cowherd
  • Forage Production and Management
  • OK Steer Feedout/Great Western Steer Feedout
/ Beaver
Cattle & Forages / 9.
  • Nutrition and Herd Management
  • Forage Production and Management
  • Herd Health
  • Marketing
  • Age & Source Verification
/ Woodward
10.
  • Age & Source Verification, Premise ID – Responsibilities Of and Benefits to Producers?
/ Woods
11.
  • Herd Health
  • Nutrition and Herd Management
/ Kay
12.
  • AI and Breeding Herd Health Management
  • Supplementation for Various Forages
  • Health, Nutrition and Marketing for Stockers
  • Health, Nutrition and Marketing for Cow/Calf
/ Garfield
13.
  • Forage Production, Fertility and Grazing Management
  • Herd Health
  • Marketing
  • Hunting Leases of Grassland
/ Kingfisher
14.
  • Prescribed Fire Management
  • Grazing Management
  • Rangeland Management for Beef Cattle Production & Wildlife
  • Forage Sorghum Test Plots (Variety Selection for Haying & Grazing
  • Nutrition – Alternative Feeding Practices and Feeds
  • Great Western Feedout, OK Steer Feedout, Ellis Co. Commercial Stocker Pens & Jr. Steer Feedout
  • Process Verified Programs – Animal ID, Age & Source Verification
  • Reproduction Management – Nutritional Concerns
/ Ellis
Crop Management
continued / 1.
  • Weed Management-No-Till and Conventional
/ Texas
2.
  • Soil Health Education
  • Value Added Products
  • Resistant Weed Issues and Misuse of Pesticides
/ Noble
Crop Management
continued / 3.
  • Soil Fertility
  • Pest Management
  • Alternative Crops
/ Dewey
4.
  • Alternative Crops – Canola, Grain Sorghum, Sesame
  • Alternative Crop Insurance
/ Logan
5.
  • No-Till Cropping Practices
  • Alternative Crops
  • Soil Management
  • Wheat, Grain Sorghum & Canola Variety Selection and Performance
/ Harper
6.
  • What To Do With CRP Ground Coming Out of Program
  • Nitrogen/Phosphorus Enhancer – What Does Research Say?
  • Crop Insurance Should Be Considered As An Input – Include With Production Meetings
  • Sesame, Canola and Grain Sorghum Production Practices
/ Major
7.
  • Variety Selection
  • Crop Production Practices
  • Soil Fertility and Management
  • Non-traditional Crop Alternatives
/ Woodward
8.
  • No-Till Production Including Crop Production, Crop Rotation, Equipment, Labor, Herbicides, Demonstration Plots
/ Grant
9.
  • What To Do With CRP Ground When It Comes Out of the Program – What Crops Can Be Grown?
/ Woods
10.
  • Crop Production Practices
  • Crop Management
/ Kay
11.
  • Soil Fertility Management
  • Conservation Tillage with Nitrogen Affixing Crops for Rotation
  • Crop Rotation Benefits and Concerns Regarding Herbicide Carryover and Potential Disease
  • Maintaining Grain Quality In On Farm Grain Storage
/ Garfield
12.
  • Crop Production – Herbicide, Fertility, Insecticide, Rotation
  • Production Practices for Canola and Sesame
/ Kingfisher
Crop Management / 13.
  • Crop Rotation – Forage Sorghum Variety Trials
  • Alternative Crop Production – Sesame, Canola
  • Soil Fertility and Management
  • No-Till and Minimum-Till Cropping Systems
/ Ellis
Homeland Security / 1.
  • County Bio-Terrorism Plan
/ Texas
Wildlife Management / 1.
  • Prairie Dog Management
  • Hunting Leases
/ Texas
Environmental Quality Waste Management / 1.
  • Pond-Pond Bank-Stream Erosion
  • Water Resources
/ Alfalfa
2.
  • Soil Health Education
  • Runoff Due to Fertility and Pesticide Usage and Tillage Practices
  • Natural Conservation Resources
/ Noble
3.
  • Cover Crops as a Nitrogen Source to Replace Other Forms of Nitrogen
  • Poultry Litter and Other Animal Waste as Fertilizer
/ Garfield
Farm Agribusiness Management
continued / 1.
  • Accessibility of Grants
  • Technology Compared to History, Do Producers Want to Learn
  • Economics and Timeline Between Tillage and No-Till
  • Crop Insurance – Relying Too Much on Insurance and Government Payments
/ Noble
2.
  • Value Added
  • Marketing
  • Risk Management
/ Dewey
3.
  • Transitioning the Family Farm from One Generation to Another
  • Family Financial Security
  • Estate Planning
/ Logan
4.
  • Crop Lease Agreements
  • Government Programs
/ Harper
Farm Agribusiness Management / 5.
  • Enterprise Analysis
  • Market Information and Strategies
  • Finance and Capital
  • Record Keeping/Computer Software Programs
/ Woodward
6.
  • Crop Insurance – options and overview
/ Woods
7.
  • Business Structure and Organization
  • Finance and Capital
  • Policy
  • Public Relations
/ Kay
8.
  • Information on Renewable Energy for Farms, Ranches & Rural Businesses
  • Continue Programs That Include Business Management Such As Annie’s Project and Master Cattlemen
  • Adding Value to Ag Products
/ Garfield
9.
  • Risk Management
  • Market Outlook
  • Farm Bill Programs
/ Kingfisher
10.
  • Quicken for Farm Financial Records
  • Marketing
  • Record Keeping
/ Ellis
Wheat – Multiple Uses
continued / 1.
  • Cropping System Plan Including Alternative Crops and/or Tillage
  • Value Added
  • Yearly Comparison of Grain Versus Grazing
/ Noble
2.
  • Fertility
  • Variety/Genetics
  • Marketing
  • Farm Program
/ Dewey
3.
  • Wheat Pasture – Tool to Determine How Much Wheat Pasture Should Be Worth
/ Major
Wheat – Multiple Uses / 4.
  • Variety Plot/Variety Selection
  • Soil Fertility/ Greenseeker Technology Utilization
  • No-Till Systems
  • Marketing Crop as Forage as Well as Grain
/ Beaver
5.
  • Forage Nutritive Value and Utilization
  • Variety Selection
  • Soil Fertility
  • Agronomic Practices
/ Woodward
6.
  • Agronomic Practices
  • Management
/ Kay
7.
  • Agronomic Practices
  • Management

8.
  • Optimum Utilization of Soil Nutrients
  • Variety Selection and Adaptability
  • Insect and Weed Pest Management
/ Garfield
9.
  • Variety and Development
/ Kingfisher
10.
  • Fertility Management
  • Forage Production & Utilization
  • Variety Development and Selection
  • Grazing Research
/ Ellis
Consumer Horticulture / 1.
  • Community gardens and gardening
/ Noble
Natural Resources Education / 1.
  • Wind Power – Leasing, Potential Economic Impact on Communities (during and after construction)
  • Oklahoma Water Plan – Rights of Land Owners
  • Lease Hunting Information On Laws, Insurance, Release Forms, Services, Management Groups, Land Owner Rights
/ Grant
2.
  • Wind Power – Benefits to Land Owners, Economic Impact On Communities
/ Woods
Bio-Based Products / 1.
  • Technology In the Production, Processing and Utilization
  • Improvement In Rural Roads and Bridges to Move Products From the Field to Processing Centers
  • Information on Mini Crushers
/ Grant