1. What is our future?

2.  Feeding the world/food security  Understanding what G x E x M means  Increasing the efficiency of plant and animal production  Promoting the soil as a resource  Developing effective linkages with pest specialists  Focus on product quality (grain, forage)

5. Expect yields to continue to increase

6. Wheat and Rice show a leveling in yield increases in the past 20 years

11. Hudson, 1994

13.  Weeds are showing a positive response to rising CO 2 concentrations  Insect and disease pressure increase with more favorable environments over the winter and more humid conditions during the growing season.

14.  Increasing temperatures will expand the range of overwintering insects  Additional stress on plants will create a condition of potential susceptibility to pathogens and insects

16.  Within season conditions will affect the quality of the grain, fiber, or fruit.  Examples  Protein content in wheat  Aflatoxin in grains  Wine quality  Raisin quality

17.  Feeding the world/food security  Understanding what G x E x M means  Increasing the efficiency of plant and animal production  Promoting the soil as a resource  Developing effective linkages with pest specialists  Focus on product quality (grain, forage)

18.  Agronomists are positioned to address these challenges  Need to focus on the system with its moving parts to fully develop solutions applicable to producers