1. NFREC
Quincy
Marianna
Suwannee Valley

2. NFREC Listening Sessions Center Advisory Committees
1. What NFREC is known for
2. NFREC’s clientele
3. Major issues/programs over the next 5 to 10 years
4. Do less of what?
5. Internal factors affecting delivery
6. External factors affecting delivery
7. Measuring success

3. Advisory Committees Vegetables Environmental Horticulture
Beef Cattle/Forages
Row Crops
Forestry/Natural Resources

4. What NFREC is Known For Pest management/IPM Vegetable work
Crop breeding
Beef cattle work
Bull test
Variety testing
Field days/outreach to commodities
TSWV work
Diagnostic clinic
Agronomic crops work

5. NFREC’s clientele DIRECT County faculty Producers Gov’t agencies
Industry reps
Consultants
INDIRECT
Producers
Youth
Homeowners

6. Issues/Programs 5 to 10 Years
HIGH
Water quality/quantity
Nutrient BMPs
Beef cattle production efficiency
Crop breeding
Weed Science
Pest mgt. (insect and diseases)
Economics/marketing/sustainability
Systems approaches
Forages
Land use policies
Vegetables
Small farms, alternative crops, etc.
Row Crops
Horticulture
RCD-keeping the rural lifestyle
MEDIUM TO LOW
Some row crops
Small grain breeding
Swine
Industrial forestry
Wildflowers/native plants

7. Do Less of What ? Swine production
Small grain breeding-substitute small grain forages
Some row crops
Industrial forestry
Aquaculture

8. Internal Factors Affecting Delivery
Budget
Lack of faculty and staff-retirements
Slow to adapt to change
Lack of marketing
Quality of staff (pay issue)
Reassigning resources
Need critical mass

9. External Factors Affecting Delivery
Legislature/politics
US economy
Growth and urbanization
Demographics of state
Lack of well-trained scientists
Lack of clientele financial support
Salary competition with private sector
Special interests
Grants sic “mission creep”

10. Measuring Success Profitability of farms, value of agriculture
Viability of rural communities
Numbers of farms remaining
Adoption of practices
Participation in programs, e.g. field days
Water and air quality measurements
Numbers of start-ups in agriculture-related businesses
Number of young people coming into agriculture
Strength of rural lifestyle and natural resources
Health and happiness of clientele

11. NFREC – Center Faculty Input
Mission
To develop and deliver technologies and information to sustain and enhance agriculture, natural resources, and the quality of life in northern Florida, the state, and the region

12. Major Issues in next 5 to 10 years Center faculty input
Changes in land use
Water issues
Regulation
Human health
Agriculture and natural resource policy changes
Environment
Sophistication of producers
Shift away from some row crops
New technologies (bio and info)
Consolidation of markets
Conservation biology

13. Priority Issues in Panhandle Region-Regional REC Subcommittee
Coastal areas-fisheries, water quality, dunes, tourists
Rural and urban community development-growth, financial, other FYS issues, e.g. health
Eco and agri tourism
Water issues
Management of military lands
Viable agricultural industries
Fewer, larger farms
More diversification
Agroforestry
Production agriculture still strong-many sub-issues listed here
Multistate work
Teaching programs
Staffing
Communications