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David B. Hannaway Forages Program Director Research, Teaching, Extension, and International Projects Crop & Soil

Oregon Tall Fescue Commission: Forage Information System Web Segments. David B. Hannaway Forages Program Director Research, Teaching, Extension, and International Projects Crop & Soil Science Department Oregon State University.

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David B. Hannaway Forages Program Director Research, Teaching, Extension, and International Projects Crop & Soil

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  1. Oregon Tall Fescue Commission: Forage Information System Web Segments David B. Hannaway Forages Program Director Research, Teaching, Extension, and International Projects Crop & Soil Science Department Oregon State University

  2. Old: Initiated in 1994, premier forage-related site in the world; 50,000+ hits/year Forage Information System New: re-designed, working on content, to be released early 2006. Working address: http://forages.oregonstate.edu/new/index.cfm

  3. FIS New Design

  4. FIS Redesign • Four primary sections: • Forage Information • Educational Opportunities • Professional Resources • Search Tools

  5. FIS Redesign • Subsections for four primary sections: • Forage Information • News • Publications • Projects • Topics • Visual Media • Web Links

  6. FIS Redesign • Subsections for four primary sections: • 2. Educational Opportunities • Conferences/Workshops/Seminars • External Training/Event Calendars • On-line Courses • On-line Curriculum • University Courses

  7. FIS Redesign • Subsections for four primary sections: • 3. Professional Resources • Experts • Grant Potentials • Organizations • Positions Available • Vendors

  8. FIS Redesign • Subsections for four primary sections: • 4. Search Tools • Advanced Search • Glossary • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) • Topical Index • Outline

  9. FIS: Tall Fescue-related Topics • Forage Information: • News • Publications • Projects • Topics • Visual Media • Web Links

  10. Forage Information: Topics/Species & Varieties/Tall Fescue FIS: Tall Fescue-related Topics

  11. Topics/Species & Varieties/Tall Fescue /Tall Fescue Information System FIS: Tall Fescue-related Topics

  12. Topics/Species & Varieties/Tall Fescue /Key Resources FIS: Tall Fescue-related Topics

  13. Topics/Species & Varieties/Tall Fescue /On-line Monograph FIS: Tall Fescue-related Topics http://forages.oregonstate.edu/is/tfis/monograph.html

  14. Topics/Species & Varieties/Tall Fescue /On-line Monograph / Editors FIS: Tall Fescue-related Topics

  15. Topics/Species & Varieties/Tall Fescue /On-line Monograph / Contributors FIS: Tall Fescue-related Topics

  16. Topics/Species & Varieties/Tall Fescue /Variety Information FIS: Tall Fescue-related Topics

  17. Topics/Species & Varieties/Tall Fescue /Variety Information / Variety Trials FIS: Tall Fescue-related Topics

  18. Topics/Species & Varieties/Tall Fescue /Web Resources FIS: Tall Fescue-related Topics

  19. Topics/Species & Varieties/Tall Fescue /Where To Buy FIS: Tall Fescue-related Topics

  20. Topics/Species & Varieties/Tall Fescue /Where To Buy / Oregon FIS: Tall Fescue-related Topics

  21. Topics/Species & Varieties/Tall Fescue /Where To Buy / Oregon / Map FIS: Tall Fescue-related Topics

  22. Summary of FIS Tall Fescue-related Projects • 1. Topics / Species & Varieties / Tall Fescue • “Fact Sheet” (ASTA ‘Beneficial Species’ Format) • Information System (TFIS  Fact Sheet Format) • Key Resources (Web Sites, Publications, Organizations, Vendors, Experts, Images) • On-line Monograph (update of ASA monograph of 1979; “readily accessible and easily updatable information on important aspects of tall fescue production and utilization”; jointly edited with Henry Fribourg, Univ. of Tennessee) • Variety Information (database of varieties and variety trial information) • Web Resources (key tall fescue–related web sites) • Where To Buy (searchable database of vendors and varieties linked to on-line maps of vendor locations)

  23. Summary of FIS Tall Fescue-related Projects • 2. Professional Resources / Organizations Seed / • Oregon Seed Council (http://forages.oregonstate.edu/organizations/seed/osc/) • Oregon Tall Fescue Commission (http://forages.oregonstate.edu/organizations/seed/otfc/) • 3. Professional Resources / Vendors / Seed • List of and links to seed companies • (http://forages.oregonstate.edu/new/main.cfm?PageID=51&sub=Seed)

  24. What’s Needed? • Funding for continued development of the various FIS tall fescue-related segments. • Vendor and variety information to keep the system up-to-date. • Periodic review and recommendations of the system.

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