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MSUE Agriculture and Agribusiness Institute

MSUE Agriculture and Agribusiness Institute. Wendy Powers, director and professor. Work groups. Animal and Plant Production Bioproducts and Bioenergy Business Management Environmental Quality. Audiences. Commercial agriculture Agribusiness Home gardeners General public. Focus areas.

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MSUE Agriculture and Agribusiness Institute

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  1. MSUE Agriculture and Agribusiness Institute Wendy Powers, director and professor

  2. Work groups • Animal and Plant Production • Bioproducts and Bioenergy • Business Management • Environmental Quality

  3. Audiences • Commercial agriculture • Agribusiness • Home gardeners • General public

  4. Focus areas • Animal and Plant Production • Managing production risks • Invasive species, emerging diseases, emergency plant/tissue management, weather variability, resource availability • Increasing consumer knowledge about production practices • Increasing awareness about Michigan's agricultural diversity and benefits of this diversity, the multiplier effect of agriculture in communities, and production practices • Improving production efficiency • Improving yields, improving quality, decreasing input costs

  5. Focus areas • Bioproducts & Bioenergy • Increase economic prosperity through renewable energy development • Increase long term sustainablity of (environment, economic, social) bioenergy & bioproducts • Increased production of bioenergy and bioproducts • Improved conservation and energy efficiency

  6. Focus areas • Business Management • Increased jobs in ag, food, bioeconomy and natural resources • Increased economic activity in ag, food, bioeconomy and natural resources

  7. Focus areas • Environmental Quality • Improving water quality • Minimize nutrient and pesticide losses • Improving air quality • Improving management to improve air quality, improving siting decisions • Improving water use efficiency • Smart use of water • Improving energy use efficiency • Alternative energy options and feasibility, using energy wisely, knowing your energy use

  8. AABI work areas • Some overlap between work groups • i.e. energy efficiency in Environmental Quality and Bioproducts & Bioenergy • Some overlap between institutes • i.e. new business development includes ag processing and natural resources

  9. Indicators – Animal & Plant Production • Action • Adoption of new tools, practices or technologies • # of new businesses undergoing energy audits • Change in purchasing decisions • #successful business transitions, annually • Condition • Change in nutrient/pesticide use • Change in $ expended on energy • $ lost, $ gained, $ saved or protected • $ changed due to yield changes, quality changes • Improved labor productivity, ( $ output/hour)

  10. Indicators – Business Management • Action • Adoption of new tools, practices or technologies • # of new businesses undergoing energy audits • Change in purchasing decisions • #successful business transitions, annually • Condition • Change in nutrient/pesticide use • Change in $ expended on energy • $ lost, $ gained, $ saved or protected • $ changed due to yield changes, quality changes • Improved labor productivity, ( $ output/hour)

  11. Indicators – Bioproducts & Bioenergy • Action • Adoption of new tools, practices or technologies • # of new businesses undergoing energy audits • Change in purchasing decisions • #successful business transitions, annually • Condition • Change in nutrient/pesticide use • Change in $ expended on energy • $ lost, $ gained, $ saved or protected • $ changed due to yield changes, quality changes • Improved labor productivity, ( $ output/hour)

  12. Indicators – Environmental Quality • Action • Adoption of new tools, practices or technologies • # of new businesses undergoing energy audits • Change in purchasing decisions • #successful business transitions, annually • Condition • Change in nutrient/pesticide use • Change in $ expended on energy • $ lost, $ gained, $ saved or protected • $ changed due to yield changes, quality changes • Improved labor productivity, ( $ output/hour)

  13. Working across groups • Using common indicators to aggregate impacts • ‘Mining’ survey response to provide data for indicators across work groups

  14. Examples where this is happening • Animal & Plant Production (APP) and Environmental Quality • Business Management and APP • Bioproducts & Bioenergy • Product Center Innovation Counselors • Soil sample self-mailer • Food safety • Climate change and variability

  15. Next steps • Craft a survey tool to collect information and then develop an ‘easy’ way of reporting/storing/aggregating quantitative impacts

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