| Focus of activities |
POSTHARVEST ENGINEERING - Engineering of systems, processes,
and equipment to maintain the quality and safety of plant-based foods during handling,
preservation, storage, transportation, and "minimal" processing; and to develop
alternative or improved utilization of plant material in food and non-food products. PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE - The design and management of machinery, buildings and equipment relating to
the production of food, feed, and fiber. Constituents are commercial agricultural
producers, related agri-businesses and power suppliers. Funding is primarily from
commercial firms and producer associations. |
| Visibility in community, evidence of leadership
& programming |
Numerous responses to information requests in writing, via
email and during telephone conversations, from Extension staff and from clientele in
Michigan and other states Vegetable Area of Expertise Team
 | team co-chair -- my role as co-chair is one of coordination and communications. |
| moderated summer Vegetable Crop Advisory Team conference call |
| coordinated monthly contributions to "Vegetable Notes" section of the Great
Lakes Vegetable Grower News |
| coordinated education program for Great Lakes Vegetable Growers & Farm Market
convention and trade show |
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| Extension programs and short courses sponsored |
Sponsored Programs
| Exploring Aspects of Precision Agriculture - 2-day training event for MSUE staff |
| MSU Vegetable IPM School: Precision agriculture for vegetable production |
| ANR Week: Precision Farming - assessing soil variability |
| Workshop for Celery Growers and Shippers (Hudsonville) - Celery quality and pre-cooling |
Extension presentations (non-sponsored events)
| Great Lake Vegetable Growers Convention - Forced air cooling of snap beans |
| MABA Winter Conference - Precision agriculture and the land-grant university |
| Ohio Fruit and Vegetable Congress - Disinfection of produce washwater to reduce
contamination |
| IPM Breakfast Meetings (St. Joe Co.) - Update on precision farming activities at MSU |
| Introduction to Precision Farming for Fruit, Vegetable and Field Crop Producers (St.
Joe. Co.) - Overview of precision farming |
| Potato Storage Day (Montcalm Co.) - Update on potato sprout control |
| AgExpo (Michigan's premier farm show) -- served as coordinator of commercial equipment
logistics for facilitating the arrival and unloading of equipment |
| Invited by Novartis for potato storage design and management presentation to Colorado
potato growers. |
| Montcalm Research Farm Twilight Tour - Using computers for agricultural information |
| Potato IPM Breakfast Meetings (Montcalm Co.) - Potato storage issues |
| Michigan Horticulture Society Conference & Tradeshow - Using computers for
agricultural information |
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| Extension publications |
Vegetables Notes section of monthly Great Lakes Vegetable
Grower News
| March
 | Snap bean temperature is important for quality |
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| April
| Precision ag brings new information dimension to growers |
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| May
| On the road to precision farming - satellites and GPS |
|
| June
| On the road to precision farming - differential positioning |
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| August
| On the road to precision agriculture: assessing soil variability |
|
| September
| On the road to precision agriculture: are you ready for the jump to precision farming? |
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| November
| Grid sampling for soil management: problems, improvements, and beyond |
|
Field Crop Advisory Team Alert
| Temporary grain storage ideas, v.14, n.14, p.4 |
AE Extension Newsletter
| January
| Preventing potato bruise damage |
| On the Road to Precision Agriculture: in-service training for extension staff |
| On the Road to Precision Agriculture: ANR week program |
| Surfing the Web: wind energy |
|
| February
| On the Road to Precision Agriculture: grid sampling problems, improvements and beyond |
|
| March
| On the Road to Precision Agriculture: InfoAg99 conference |
|
| April
| On the Road to Precision Agriculture: are you ready for the jump to precision farming? |
| Surfing the Web: miscellaneous |
|
| May
| Determining barriers to adoption and research needs of precision agriculture |
| On the Road to Precision Agriculture: non-grid soil sampling and fertilizing ideas |
| Surfing the Web: miscellaneous |
|
| June
| Spotlight: the usefulness of precision agriculture technologies |
| On the Road to Precision Agriculture: methods of directed sampling |
|
| July
| Surfing the Web: agriculture and natural resources websites |
|
| August
| Spotlight - temporary grain storage ideas |
| Wisconsin Team Forage: factors affecting silage density in bunker silos |
| On the Road to Precision Agriculture: an eye in the sky or the basics of remote sensing |
| Precision Agriculture Research: yield monitor accuracy - Successful Farming magazine
case study |
| Temporary grain storage resources |
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| September
| On the Road to Precision Agriculture: remote sensing - how plants interact with
electromagnetic energy |
| Surfing the Web: potato information |
| On the Research Front: Multispectral data for soil mapping - possibilities and
limitations |
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| October
| On the Road to Precision Agriculture: remote sensing - how soils interact with
electromagnetic energy |
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| November
| Surfing the Web: eye in the sky |
|
| December
| Surfing the Web: conservation tillage |
| Surfing the Web: vegetable and fruit web sites |
| Surfing the Web: information on genetically modified crops |
| Silage bag capacity |
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| Professional Improvement |
| MAEA spring in-service training |
| Leadership conference for AoE co-chairs and coaches |
| field crops AoE team annual retreat |
| MSUE fall extension conference |
| vegetable AoE in-service training |
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| Awards and honors for outreach and
Extension - none |
| Extension proposals and grant support |
all grant activity reported under Research / Scholarship,
even though many include a significant Extension component |
| Extramural courses and program
development - NA |
| Other |
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