Southwest District PAC Issue Identification

Agriculture/Natural Resources & Rural Development

2010 Program Year

DASNR
Initiative / Key Component / Issue(s) / Counties
Beef & Forages / 06 / 1. Forage Production & Management
  • Fertilizing pastures
  • Grazing management
  • Forage management
  • Economics of forage production
  • Forage nutritive values
  • Hay production and storage
  • Variety seletion
/ Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Custer, Garvin, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson, McClain, Roger Mills, Stephens, Tillman, Washita
02 / 2. Nutrition & Herd Management
  • Nutrition & cow herd management
  • Importance of protein supplementation
  • Alternative feed sources
  • Breeding and reproduction
  • Hay
/ Beckham, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Garvin, Jackson, Kiowa, Roger Mills, Washita
02, 24,25,26 / 3. National Livestock ID System
  • Animal ID and COOL education
/ Beckham, Caddo, McClain
x / 4. Marketing
  • Value-added production
  • Livestock and hay
/ Beckham, Canadian, Comanche, Garvin, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, McClain, Tillman
x /
  1. Quality Assurance
  • Animal & herd health
/ Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Garvin, Greer, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, McClain, Roger Mills, Tillman, Washita
Crop Mgt. / 03 / 1. Soil Fertility & Management
  • Soil fertility
  • Alternative fertilization
  • N-Rich, N-RAMP
/ Beckham, Caddo, Cleveland, Comanche, Garvin, Grady, Harmon, Jefferson, Roger Mills
03 / 2. Crop Production Practices
  • Cotton production
  • Organic farming
  • Field trials
  • Crop rotation
  • Alternative crops
/ Cleveland,Custer, Grady, Harmon, Jackson, Roger Mills, Stephens, Tillman
03 / 3. Variety Selection
  • Variety plots for corn, sorghum, soybeans & wheat
  • Restrictions on selling seed wheat
/ Caddo,Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Harmon, Jefferson, Roger Mills
03, 09 /
  1. Pest Management
  • Noxious weed education
  • Insect control
/ Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Custer, Garvin, Jefferson, McClain, Tillman
5. Miscellaneous Issues
  • Mechanized agriculture (Canadian)
  • Marketing vegetables (Comanche)
  • Value-added products
  • IPM
  • Invasive species
/ Comanche, Jackson, McClain
Wheat-Multiple Uses / 04 / 1. Variety Selection
  • OSU variety recommendations
  • Wheat college (Caddo)
/ Beckham, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Jackson, Roger Mills, Tillman, Washita
04, 05 / 2. Agronomic Practices/Soil Fertility
  • Use of N-Rich and N-RAMP strips in wheat
  • Use of sensor technology, GreenSeeker
  • Increasing fertilizer efficacy
  • No-till weed control
/ Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Greer, Jackson, Roger Mills, Washita
3. Pest Management
  • Pest, disease & weed control
/ Beckham, Canadian, Comanche, Custer, Jackson, Roger Mills, Tillman, Washita
4. Forage Nutritive Value and Utilization
  • Forage nutritive value and utilization
/ Beckham, Comanche, Washita
Farm & Agribusiness Management / 07, 08 / 1. Enhanced Marketing Strategies & Opportunities
  • Crop marketing
/ Comanche
07 / 2. Broad Farm Management Issues
  • Estate planning
  • Family farm programs
  • Farm labor issues, shortages
  • Record keeping
  • Enterprise options
  • Decision making systems
  • Taxes
/ Caddo, Cleveland, Comanche, McClain, Roger Mills
07 / 3. Risk Management
  • Business plan development
  • Futures and options
/ Caddo, McClain, Roger Mills, Stephens
4. Miscellaneous Issues
  • Public highway ‘weights & measures’
  • Energy lease contracts (wind)
  • Alternative energy crop production
/ Caddo
Consumer Horticulture & Urban Forestry / 58 / 1. Youth Horticulture Education
  • Farm part-time employment
  • Junior Master Gardeners
/ Canadian, Cleveland
2. Education & visibility of horticulture industry professionals
  • Community beautification projects
/ Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma
57 / 3. Volunteerism
  • Master Gardener program
/ Cleveland, Oklahoma
57, 58 / 4. Basic Gardening Concepts
  • Urban forestry
  • Plant management systems
/ Cleveland
Commercial Horticulture / 12 /
  1. Plant Production
  • Selection, management and use
/ Beckham, Oklahoma
2. Miscellaneous
  • Soil fertility
  • ODAFF testing procedures and quality
  • Basic garden concepts
  • Pesticide application
/ Beckham, Oklahoma
Environmental Quality & Waste Mgt / 40, 45 / 1. Water Issues
  • Water rights law
  • Surface water quality
/ Canadian, Oklahoma, Washita
40 / 2. Nutrient Management
  • Carcass composting
  • Farm waste disposal
/ Cleveland, Greer, Oklahoma
Community Resource & Economic Dev. / 51 / 1. Recreation & Tourism
  • Agritourism in Oklahoma
  • Recreation
  • Hunting leases & management
/ Beckham,Comanche, Greer, Harmon, Stephens, Tillman
51 / 2. Community Strategic Planning
  • County health services
  • Business recruitment
  • Housing
/ Beckham, Caddo, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Kiowa
50, 55, 56 / 3. Leadership Development
  • Pride training
  • Public deliberation
  • Retention of youth
/ Cleveland, Grady, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman
51 / 4. Business Education
  • Home-based and micro-enterprises
/ Cleveland, Harmon
52, 53, 56 / 5. Community Infrastructure
  • Assist county commissioners with Public Safety Committee
  • Emergency services
/ Beckham, Cotton, Garvin
6. Miscellaneous
  • Marketing events
  • Value added products
  • Ag enterprise vitality
  • Alternative energy development & issues
  • Financial management
/ Comanche, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Stephens, Washita
Rural Development / 63 / 1. Homeowner Education
  • Purchasing
  • Available housing
/ Comanche, Cotton, Comanche
51 / 2. New Industries
  • Business recruitment
  • Alternative
/ Cotton
3. Miscellaneous
  • Individual and family support systems
/ Cleveland